Maxime Chevalier

Mr. Chevalier has worked under the arbitration rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

He also acquired experience assisting lawyers in commercial litigation before French courts, including the annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Mr. Chevalier has been part of teams of lawyers representing clients in disputes pertaining to various industries, including oil and gas, construction, sales of goods and the banking sector. He is currently part of the team defending the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan in several multi-billion dollar contentious matters relating to oil and gas fields.

Prior to joining Curtis, Mr. Chevalier was a full-time Lecturer then an Assistant Professor in India at the Law School of O.P. Jindal Global University, where he taught Indian Contract Law, Indian Arbitration Law and International Trade Law. He also published in renowned academic journals.

A French national, he is a dual-qualified attorney in France and Mexico. Mr. Chevalier studied, taught and practiced law in both Civil law and Common law jurisdictions, namely France, Poland, Sweden, India and Mexico.

International Sanctions Enacted Against Russia as Overriding Mandatory Rules – On which Foot should International Arbitrators Stand? in The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (IJAL), Volume 11, Issue 2 (June 2023, Westlaw, HeinOnline and Kluwer Arbitration) (to be published soon)

French Wine in New Bottles – A Revirement de Jurisprudence in French Consumer Arbitration Law in (CIArb) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Volume 88 Issue 3 (August 2022, Kluwer Arbitration)

Arbitration Tech Toolbox: Is a Mexican Court Decision the First Stone to Bridging the Blockchain Arbitral Order with National Legal Orders? in Kluwer Arbitration Blog (March 2022, Kluwer Arbitration)

A Liberal Push and the Sovereign Pull: Recognition, Enforcement and Execution in the ICSID Convention in The American Review of International Arbitration, Volume 23 Issue 3, Columbia University, pp. 281 – 312 (February 2022, Jus Mundi) (co-author)

From Smart Contract Litigation to Blockchain Arbitration, a New Decentralized Approach Leading Towards the Blockchain Arbitral Order in The Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Volume 12 issue 4, pp. 558 – 584, Oxford University Press (December 2021, Kluwer Arbitration)

Enforcement of Emergency Arbitrator Decisions: Dream or Reality? – The French Perspective in The Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 38 issue 6, pp. 835 – 856 (December 2021, Kluwer Arbitration)