Publications & Presentations
The FIDIC Red Book Contract: An International Clause-by-Clause Commentary
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory
Wolters Kluwer 2023
Recent Speaking Engagements
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Speaker, "FIDIC Contracts and the UNIDROIT Principles", Thirty Years of the UNIDROIT Principles - Past, Present and Future Relevance (conference), UNIDROIT Headquarters, Rome, May 6 and 7, 2024
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Keynote speaker, “FIDIC Contracts and Civil Law”, Ho Chi Minh City International Construction Arbitration Conference, April 25, 2024, online.
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Speaker, “Dispute Boards”, ICC Institute of World Business Law, Advanced Training, March 20, 2024, Paris
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Speaker, “Characteristics of Standard Forms of Construction Contract”, 4th Construction Law Conference, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, February 1, 2024, online
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“Extra-Contractual Claims against State Entities (Civil Law)”, Society of Construction Law, December 5, 2023, London
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Panelist, “Construction Arbitration and Case Law”, FIDIC International Contract Users Conference, November 29, 2023, London
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Panelist, “The Past, Present and Future of FIDIC Contracts”, Turkish Contractors’ Association and ISTAC, October 17, 2023, Istanbul
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Keynote speaker, “FIDIC Contracts”, Spanish Society of Construction Law, September 28, 2023, Madrid
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Panelist, "Multi-Tiered Clauses in Arbitration", ICC International Congress; A Century of ICC Arbitration", July 6, 2023, Mexico City
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ICC Jurisprudential Debate relating to my book "The FIDIC Red Book Contract: An International Clause-by-Clause Commentary", June 15, 2023, Paris
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Chairing panel on "Avoiding construction arbitrations", IBA, 8th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects, March 17, 2023, Berlin
Recent
Published Articles
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“Extra-Contractual Claims Against State Entities under Civil Law” [2024] ICLR 330
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“Proposal for Enforcement of Agreements of the Parties, Final and Binding Determinations of the Engineer and Decisions of the DAAB under FIDIC’s 2017 Rainbow Suite (as amended in 2022)” [2024] ICLR 106
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"Recent French Court Decisions relating to International Contracts and Arbitration", Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação (Brazil), Vol 68, 2021 (co-author)
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"Seppälä on the Past and Future of Construction Arbitration", Global Arbitration Review 27/28 March 2019
Awards & Recognition
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Ranked as a "leader in construction disputes" and as a "Global Elite Thought Leader" for Construction by Who's Who Legal 2023
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Listed in Private Practice Powerlist – Arbitration France
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The Legal 500, 2023
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Louis Prangey Award, FIDIC’s highest award for meritorious service, 1999