Romain Zamour

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Tel: +33 1 40 73 13 09

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Tel: +1 212 909 6209

Overview

Romain Zamour is a member of the Litigation Department based in Paris. His practice focuses on the resolution of international disputes, including through ... Read Full Biography

Publications

EU Member States Issue Declarations to Terminate Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties
23 January 2019

Lord Goldsmith QC
,
Tony Dymond
,
Wendy J. Miles
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Patrick Taylor
,
Merryl Lawry-White
,
Mark McCloskey
,
Donald Francis Donovan
,
David W. Rivkin
,
Catherine Amirfar
,
Mark W. Friedman
,
Ina C. Popova
,
Dietmar W. Prager
,
Natalie L. Reid
,
William H. Taft V
,
Antoine F. Kirry
,
Romain Zamour
New French Law Expands Protections Covering Trade Secrets
10 October 2018

Lord Goldsmith QC
,
Antoine F. Kirry
,
Ina C. Popova
,
Patrick Taylor
,
Frederick T. Davis
,
Alexandre Bisch
,
Line Chataud
,
Aymeric D. Dumoulin
,
Fanny Gauthier
,
Robin Lööf
,
Alice Stosskopf
,
Romain Zamour
Paris Commercial Courts Create New International Chambers
12 January 2018

Lord Goldsmith QC
,
Antoine F. Kirry
,
Ina C. Popova
,
David W. Rivkin
,
Patrick Taylor
,
Frederick T. Davis
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Alexandre Bisch
,
Floriane Lavaud
,
Robin Lööf
,
Romain Zamour
Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Renders Important Decision on Hydrocarbon Activities Carried Out in a Disputed Area
29 November 2017

Catherine Amirfar
,
Donald Francis Donovan
,
Lord Goldsmith QC
,
Natalie L. Reid
,
Aimee-Jane Lee
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Romain Zamour

Upcoming Events

Recent Events

Sources of Law in Commercial Cases (U.S./UK)
18 May 2019

EFB Paris Bar School and L’École Nationale de la Magistrature

Paris Common Law Seminar

Paris, France

Speaker: Lord Goldsmith QC, Ina C. Popova, Christopher Boyne, Romain Zamour

Speaking Engagements
Parallel Domestic Proceedings in Investor-State Arbitration
2 April 2019

Paris Arbitration Week co-hosted with Debevoise

Parallel Domestic Proceedings in Investor-State Arbitration

Debevoise, Paris

Speaker: Romain Zamour

Speaking Engagements

Romain Zamour is a member of the Litigation Department based in Paris. His practice focuses on the resolution of international disputes, including through international arbitration, with particular experience in the mining, oil & gas, power, media, and financial sectors. Mr. Zamour has represented individuals, corporations, and States in a broad range of commercial and investment arbitration proceedings around the world, seated in various jurisdictions and governed by various substantive laws and arbitration rules, including the rules of ICSID, the ICC, and ad hoc rules. He is fluent in both the civil law and common law traditions, having received his legal education in France and the United States.Mr. Zamour served on the organizing committee for the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society of International Law. He regularly speaks and publishes on international law. Prior to entering private practice in New York in 2014, Mr. Zamour served for a year as Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, where he assisted arbitral tribunals in inter-state and UNCITRAL investor-state arbitrations. Mr. Zamour joined the New York office of Debevoise in 2016 and moved to the firm’s Paris office in 2018. Mr. Zamour was educated at the Yale Law School, the Sorbonne, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (Ulm). He is a member of the New York bar.Romain Zamour est membre du département Contentieux au sein du bureau de Paris. Il intervient principalement dans la résolution des différends internationaux, y compris par l’arbitrage international, et en particulier dans les secteurs minier, énergétique, électrique, financier, et des médias. M. Zamour a représenté des personnes physiques, des sociétés, et des Etats dans de nombreuses procédures d’arbitrage commercial ou d’investissement à travers le monde, impliquant divers sièges, droits applicables, et règlements d’arbitrage, dont les règlements du CIRDI, de la CCI, et des règlements ad hoc. Il est familier des traditions du droit civil et de la common law, ayant reçu son éducation juridique en France et aux Etats-Unis.M. Zamour a fait partie du comité d’organisation de la rencontre annuelle 2018 de la American Society of International Law. Il donne régulièrement des conférences et publie au sujet du droit international. Avant de rejoindre le secteur privé à New York en 2014, M. Zamour a été pendant un an Conseiller juridique adjoint à la Cour permanente d’arbitrage à La Haye. A ce titre, il a assisté des tribunaux arbitraux dans le cadre d’arbitrages entre Etats et entre investisseurs et Etats (CNUDCI). M. Zamour a rejoint le bureau de New York de Debevoise en 2016, puis son bureau de Paris en 2018.M. Zamour a été éduqué à la Yale Law School, la Sorbonne, et l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (rue d’Ulm). Il est membre du barreau de New York.