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Le Goff, Pierrick

Affiliate Professor

Pierrick Le Goff holds a PhD in law from the University of Marburg in Germany. He also holds an LL.M from the University of Pennsylvania (USA), an LL.M from the University of Marburg, and a postgraduate diploma in international law from the University of Paris II Law School. He is a member of the Paris and New York Bars.

As a partner at De Gaulle Fleurance, a corporate law firm with around 150 attorneys, he focuses his practice mainly on international arbitration, major infrastructure projects, and compliance. He is regularly appointed as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

Before joining De Gaulle Fleurance in 2019, Pierrick Le Goff was Group General Counsel of Alstom (2015-2019), a multinational in which he has also held the function of General Counsel of the transport sector (2011-2015) as well as various positions in the energy sector in England, Germany, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland (1994-2011). He had previously started his career in Paris in 1992 with a business law firm.

His teaching and speaker activities focus mainly on international business law, international litigation and arbitration, international construction law, corporate social responsibility as well as ethics and compliance. His doctoral thesis researched the particularities of damage compensation in major construction projects, and he has authored several doctrinal articles on international contracts and the globalization of the legal practice.

Pierrick Le Goff started his teaching activities at Sciences Po Law School in 2013 in the field of international contract law and major infrastructure projects in the Master in Economic Law. Since 2017, he is involved in the Law School Clinic where he addresses regulatory aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility, including the area of ethics and compliance. He also serves as adjunct faculty member at the University of Marburg Law School in Germany where he teaches in the field of international construction law.

Pierrick Le Goff is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He is a member of the UNIDROIT/ICC working group on international investment contracts and co-chair of the subgroup “adaptation clauses”.

He is also a member of the International Law Association (ILA), the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA); the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the Association for Research and Teaching in Construction Law of the University of Marburg.

Fields of Expertise: 

  • International Business Law
  • International Construction Law
  • International Litigation and Arbitration
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Ethics & Compliance

Publications: 

Books

  • “Guide de la gouvernance des sociétés“, Editions Dalloz, Paris, 2023, 693 pages, avec P. Durand-Barthez.
  • “Die Vertragsstrafe in internationalen Verträgen zur Errichtung von Industrieanlagen“ (Les clauses pénales dans les contrats internationaux de construction d’installations industrielles), Editions Tenea Medienverlag, Berlin, 2005, 325 pages.

Articles

  • “Der Einfluss von ESG-Standards auf das internationale Anlagenbaugeschäft” (The impact of ESG standards on the international construction sector), in: Festschrift für Georgios Gounalakis, Nomos Verlag, forthcoming 2024.
  • “Essential elements in drafting arbitration clauses”, in: The Plurality and Synergies of Legal Traditions in International Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer, March 2024.
  • “Sanctions économiques et arbitrage international”, Journal du Management Juridique, No. 96, November 2023, with S. Nataf.
  • “France: International Arbitration”, Legal 500 Guide to International Arbitration, October 2023, with S. Nataf, C. du Pac de Marsoulies, V. Choulika & A. Malek.
  • “Guide de la Gouvernance des Sociétés”, Book (693 pages), Dalloz Publisher, July 2023, with P. Durand-Barthez.
  • “Getting the Deal Through: Risk & Compliance Management 2022 – Chapter France” (Lexology, 2022) with A. Lancrenon and N. Ivanytska.
  • “Deference in international arbitration and economic sanctions”, Revista Internacional de Arbitragem e Conciliação, December 2022, with C. Kleiner.
  • “Contrat international de réalisation d’infrastructure industrielle”, Etude n° 346 in : Lamy Contrats Internationaux, Wolters Kluwer, October 2021.
  • “Devoir de vigilance: les entreprises sont de plus en plus poursuivies en justice par des ONG”, Interview, Novethic, June 2021.
  • “Le droit des générations futures va-t-il sauver la planète ?”, Les Dialogues de l’inclusion et de la RSE, January 2021.
  • “Les enjeux des directions juridiques conformité du secteur immobilier en 2020”, Compliances Magazine, No. 7, March 2020.
  • “Convention de Singapour sur la médiation : de nombreux enjeux pratiques pour les professionnels”, Echanges Internationaux, June 2019, with M-A. Ziadé.
  • “Entretien avec Pierrick Le Goff, Directeur Juridique Groupe d’Alstom”, Journal Spécial des Sociétés, N° 172, March 2019, p. 6-7.
  • “Taking Integrity to the Next Level with the ISO 37001 Standard” (Contribution au livre “Integrity: A Valuable Proposition”, publié à l’occasion de la conférence internationale sur l’intégrité et l’anti-corruption, ICC Hollande, La Haye, décembre 2018, p. 57-61).
  • “Arbitrage construction : le rapport d’ICC mis à jour” (Co-auteur, Magazine Echanges Internationaux, Comité Français de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale, No. 112, septembre 2018, p. 16).
  • “Compliance et transparence en 2018 : les nouvelles obligations de vigilance, d’anti-corruption et d’information extra-financière” (Co-auteur, sections « Procédure d’alerte » et « Impact sur l’organisation et la gouvernance », Revue Actes Pratiques et Ingénierie Sociétaire, No. 157, janvier-février 2018, p. 29-35).
  • “Arbitrage ICC : une institution à l’écoute des utilisateurs” (Magazine Echanges Internationaux, Comité Français de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale, No. 110, janvier 2018, p. 27).
  • “Arbitration”, in Encyclopedia of Global Studies (eds.: Helmut K. Anheier & Mark Juergensmeyer), SAGE Publication Inc., 2012, p. 80-81.
  • “Une activité juridique au cœur des grands projets internationaux d’infrastructures énergétiques”, Juriste d’Entreprise Magazine, No. 10, Juillet 2011, p. 6-8.
  • “Global Law: A Legal Phenomenon Emerging from the Process of Globalization”, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 14, 2007, p. 119-145.
  • “Théorie et pratique du contrat de réalisation d'ensembles industriels en RFA : vers une lex mercatoria germanica ?”, Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 2004, p. 5-32.
  • “Une nouvelle référence pour les contrats internationaux clé en main: le Livre Argent de la FIDIC", Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales, 2000, p. 151-158.
  • “Faut-il supprimer les sociétés à risque limité ? Apport et critique de l’analyse économique américaine du droit des sociétés”, Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, 1999, p. 593-617.
  • “The French Approach to Corporate Liability for Damage to the Environment”, Tulane European & Civil Law Forum, Tulane University Press, 1997, p. 39-63.