SHAPARAK SALEH Born on 13 March 1980 in Brussels 2, rue Lord Byron 75008 Paris – France Tel: + 33 1 53 45 97 67 – + 33 6 75 20 11 65 [email protected]

CAREER JUNE 2018 – PRESENT:

TEYNIER PIC, Paris, France

Partner

 Representing an Algerian company in a construction dispute against a Turkish company (ICC; seat in Brussels)  Representing several Iranian citizens against a world food company in a dispute concerning the exercise of a put option (ICC; seat in Paris)  Representing a franchisee against a franchisor in a dispute concerning the violation of a non-compete clause (IEMA; seat in Sophia-Antipolis)  Representing two Spanish investors against Venezuela in annulment proceedings before the French courts  Representing a Canadian gold mining company against Venezuela in annulment proceedings before the Paris Court of Appeal FEB. 2004 – MAY 2018:

FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP, Paris, France

Trainee, Associate, Senior Associate then Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Department

 Representing an aircraft manufacturer in relation to disputes with its clients and suppliers (ICC; seats in London and Paris)  Representing international petroleum companies in several disputes arising under production sharing contracts concluded with an Algerian state-owned company in relation to the exploitation of crude oil fields (ICC and UNCITRAL; seats in Geneva)  Representing several international petroleum companies in disputes related to the implementation of a tax on exceptional profits in Algeria (ICC and UNCITRAL; seats in Geneva)  Representing a Russian company against an Italian consortium in relation to the termination of a construction contract (VIAC; seat in Vienna)  Representing an international cement company in a post M&A dispute based in South-America (ICC; seat in New York)  Representing several Swiss and German electricity companies in disputes against a French electricity company (ICC; seats in Paris and Geneva)  Representing clients in relation to interim measures application before domestic courts preceding the constitution of the arbitral tribunal  Representing clients in enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards before the French courts (exequatur)  Representing clients in actions to set aside arbitral awards rendered in France and in Belgium and recourse against orders granting leave to enforce awards in France, at all levels of the French court system  Acting as clerk to arbitral tribunals in two cases presided over by Jan Paulsson (CAS; Lausanne)  Representing a Federal State in a tort claim brought by individuals who were abducted in that state

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS  Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration, Future Leaders 2017, 2018 and 2019  GAR 100 – 7th Edition 2014: Jonathan Neal, legal manager for BP International: “very intelligent and commercially astute”  Grant from the Institute of Directors for undergraduate studies at King’s College London, United Kingdom

TEACHING ACTIVITIES SEPT. 2018 – PRESENT:

INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES (SCIENCES PO PARIS) LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement (Teaching a course on “International Arbitration and Third Parties”) SEPT. 2009 – PRESENT: INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES (SCIENCES PO PARIS) Master Droit économique – Global Governance Studies (Teaching a course on “Advanced International Commercial Arbitration”) UNIVERSITE PARIS II PANTHEON-ASSAS, PARIS, FRANCE Nov. 2011 – PRESENT: Master 2 Droit des Affaires et Fiscalité (Teaching a course on “French International Commercial Arbitration”) ECOLE DE FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE DES BARREAUX DE LA COUR D’APPEL DE PARIS 2013 – 2016: (Teaching a course on “Post-Arbitration Litigation”) 2002 – 2003:

UNIVERSITE PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE, PARIS, FRANCE (Teaching contract and administrative law to 1st and 2nd year law students)

EDUCATION 2005:

PARIS BAR EXAM École de formation professionnelle des barreaux de la Cour d’appel de Paris

2004 – 2005:

MASTERS DEGREE IN PRIVATE LAW (Led by Professor Christian Larroumet) Magna Cum Laude Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France

2002 – 2003:

MASTERS DEGREE IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (Led by Professor Pierre Mayer) Magna Cum Laude Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

1998 – 2002:

DOUBLE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH LAW •

2000 – 2002: “MAÎTRISE” IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH LAW Cum Laude Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

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1998 – 2000: LLB IN ENGLISH LAW Class: 2:1 King’s College London, London, United-Kingdom

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCES:  “Efficiency and quality in international commercial arbitration”, Fifth International Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration, November 2018  “Domestic Courts or ICSID Annulment Committees: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?”, Paris Arbitration Week, 2018  « Le risque contractuel dans les accords pétroliers et gaziers africains », Colloque pluridisciplinaire sur les enjeux de l’exploitation pétrolière et gazière en Afrique, May 2017  « La réforme du droit des contrats », Formation EFE, 2015-2016  “Interim measures”, ICC-YAF / Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners Conference, March 2015  « Reconnaissance, exécution et annulation des sentences arbitrales en France et aux Etats-Unis », Ecole de Formation Professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d’Appel de Paris, April 2013  “Class Actions?”, Conference on Common Law, École Nationale de la Magistrature, April 2010  « Reconnaissance et exécution des sentences arbitrales », Conference on International Contracts, Formation EFE, 2009 PUBLICATIONS:  “Protection of States’ Diplomatic Assets in France”, Kluwer Arbitration, 21 February 2018, co-authored with Yann DehaudtDelville  “Enforcement”, GAR Know-how, 2017, co-authored with Elie Kleiman and Yann Dehaudt-Delville  “Bon courage, TRIBUNALS!”, BCDR International Arbitration Review, (2015) 2, pp 1-14, co-authored with Lucy Reed  “Paris Court of Appeal issues three confirmations in one decision”, ILO, 29 May 2014, co-authored with Elie Kleiman  “Enforcement of international co-authored with Elie Kleiman

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 “Enforcement of international arbitration awards: latest developments”, ILO, 14 March 2013, co-authored with Elie Kleiman  « Célérité et loyauté en droit français de l’arbitrage international : quels pouvoirs et quelles responsabilités pour les arbitres et les parties? », Cah. arb. 2012, vol. 1, p 99, co-authored with Elie Kleiman  “Arbitrators cannot seek a ruling on 13 October 2011, co-authored with Elie Kleiman

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ORGANISATIONS  Co-founder of “Freshfields au Féminin” (organising annual women only events and bi-annual internal events; organising conferences with inspirational role models; organising coaching sessions and creating a mentoring program from 2015-2018)  Member of ArbitralWomen, the Association Française d’Arbitrage, CFA 40 and LEX

LANGUAGES Trilingual in French, English and spoken Persian Fluent in Italian