Alexis Foucard - ARBITRATION LIFE with Janette and Hana

As Paris Arbitration Week wrapped up, Janette Brin and Hana Doumal sat down with Alexis Foucard, senior associate at Clifford Chance, for a special episode of Arbitration Life. Alexis has extensive experience in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and litigation. He also lectures in international dispute resolution, and he frequently speaks or writes on related issues. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Alexis practiced at a large American firm devoted solely to business litigation. Alexis also worked for other international law firms in Paris and the United Nations’ Office of Legal Affairs in New York. His experience encompasses a range of dispute types and business sectors, including energy, construction, aircrafts, telecommunications, white-collar, and joint-ventures.


In this interview, Alexis discussed his favorite thing about being an arbitration lawyer, his thoughts on the U.S. legal market, and the most important advice he’s received in his career.


Stay tuned until the end to find out Alexis’s favorite legal show on Netflix.


To learn more about Arbitration Life, visit arbitrationlife.org.

Arbitration Life is sponsored by the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre. Meeting the rapidly evolving dispute resolution needs of arbitration users worldwide, the BVI IAC is a neutral, impartial, efficient, and reliable dispute resolution institution and conference center located in the Caribbean, Latin America and at the cross-roads of the Americas. For more information, visit bviiac.org.