White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Charles R.P. Nairac

Practice Experience

Charles Nairac specializes in international arbitration. He has been involved in international commercial and investment arbitrations conducted under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), American Arbitration Association (AAA), UNCITRAL as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, in English and in French.

Charles' experience, in both the New York and Paris offices of the firm, has included representing:

A Middle Eastern developer in four related ICC arbitrations in Paris involving a dispute with a contractor concerning a major land remediation project in the Middle East, as well as ancillary court proceedings in the United States;
A consortium of major European contractors in an LCIA arbitration in London relating to claims arising out of the construction of one of the largest recent privately-financed (BOT) infrastructure projects in Europe;
An East-Asian contractor in an ad hoc arbitration relating to a construction contract to be performed in Yemen;
An East-Asian contractor in an ICC arbitration in Paris concerning technical and other disputes related to the supply and erection of a special steel plant in Egypt, including involvement in ancillary court litigation in Egypt and the United States relating to the call of our client's performance bond;
A French bank in an ad hoc arbitration, conducted in French, against a former joint venture partner in the development of private equity activities;
An African State-owned entity in an ICC arbitration, conducted in French, governed by the African State's law, relating to the construction of a dam and hydro-electric plant in Africa;
The French licensee of a brand owned by an English company, in an ICC arbitration of a dispute arising out of the use of the brand in the perfume industry, and subsequent termination of the license agreement;
A Scandinavian "original equipment manufacturer", against one of the major mobile phone brands, in an ICC arbitration arising out of a contract for the design and manufacture of a new generation mobile phone;
A Japanese company in an arbitration under the rules of the national arbitration organisation of an Asian state, arising out of the design and construction of a railway in that state;
A US power marketing company in a AAA arbitration of a dispute with one of its distributors arising out of the proper performance of a contract for the sale of natural gas;
Japanese suppliers of power generating equipment, in a AAA arbitration against their US counterpart, concerning the parties' proper performance of their respective obligations under the supply contracts;
A former Soviet Republic in several arbitration and litigation proceedings brought against it by different parties in connection with contracts for the supply of oil and/or gas.
A Middle Eastern entity in an ICC arbitration in Paris, over the performance of a construction contract; and
A German company in an arbitration against an Eastern European State, pursuant to a bilateral investment treaty, arising out of the State's treatment of the German company's investments in the host State.

Prior to joining White & Case, Charles worked as in-house legal adviser for a French bank in Singapore, providing legal support for the bank's corporate banking and project finance activities.

Bars and Courts
Paris Bar, 2001

Education
CAPA, Paris Bar School, 1998
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies - Droit International Privé et Droit du Commerce International (Postgraduate Degree in International Law), University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1997
Maîtrise en Droit des Affaires, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1996
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), King’s College London, 1996

Languages
English
French

Citizenship
British
France
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