Biography
Professor Pierre Mayer serves as arbitrator or counsel in institutional and ad hoc commercial arbitration proceedings of all kinds, including those involving investment protection treaties.
He has extensive experience across numerous sectors (energy, commodities, transportation, telecommunications, projects, mergers and acquisitions, etc.) and with all types of contracts.
He is recognized as one of the leading practitioners in arbitration and was featured as such in the Thought Leaders, Global Elite publication by WWL in 2023.
Of French nationality, Pierre Mayer works in French and English.
Qualifications & Academic activities
- Emeritus Professor of the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) since 2012
- Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) from 1984 to 2012
- Professor at the University of Paris X (Nanterre), 1974-1984
- Doctor honoris causa, University of Liège and University of Athens
- Doctor of Private Law (1971) ;
- Agrégé in private law (1971)
- Member of the Paris bar (1964-1974 and 1980 -2024)
Professional Activities
- Former President of the International Academy for Arbitration Law
- Member and former President of the French Committee of Private International Law
- Member of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law
- Member of the Executive Board of the French Arbitration Committee
- Former Member of the Institute of International Law
- Former President of the International Commercial Arbitration Law Committee within the International Law Association (ILA)
- Former President of the Private International Law Committee of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
Former Practice
- Dechert (2007-2015)
- Clifford Chance (2004-2007)
- Coudert Brothers (1984-2004)