Antoine is an associate focused on international arbitration, commercial and arbitration-related litigation before French courts, and public international law.
Before joining Laborde Law, Antoine worked as an associate at a French law firm specialised in international dispute settlement.
Earlier in his career, he worked for the Cour de cassation, at leading law firms in Paris and Madrid, and for a major French electric utility company.
Antoine is a member of several arbitration associations, including Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration), ICC YAF (Young Arbitration & ADR Forum), and ESIL (European Society for International Law). He regularly publishes articles in specialised reviews and is a member of the Editorial Board of Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
Antoine Cottin
Managing Associate
Antoine.Cottin@laborde-law.com​
Bar Admission
Paris​
Education
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Institute of International and Development Studies and University of Geneva (LL.M in International Dispute Settlement, MIDS)
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Paris X University (LL.B and LL.M in International and European Law)
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid ( LL.B )
Languages
English, French, Spanish (intermediate)
Publications
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2023 Year in Review: Arbitration-Related Developments in France, with V. Osykin, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 27 January 2024
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2023 Paris Arbitration Week coverage, with N. Rodriguez Alvarez and S. Nurbagandova, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 31 March - 4 April 2023
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2022 in Review: Arbitration-Related Developments in France, with W. Brillat-Capello, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 7 February 2023
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2021 in Review: Arbitration-Related Developments in France, with W. Brillat-Capello, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 14 February 2022
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2020 in Review: Arbitration-Related Developments in France, with F. Renaux, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 31 January 2021
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La difficile protection de la propriété des peuples autochtones, with N. Cardona, Alliance des Avocats pour les Droits de l'Homme, 9 August 2020
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Exclusive Application of UNIDROIT Principles to Cure the Parties’ Disagreement on the Lex Contractus: A View from France, with F. Renaux, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 9 May 2020
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Quel avenir pour l’arbitrage d’investissement intra-UE ?, with G. Filhol, La Semaine Juridique - Le Club des Juristes, 23 March 2020
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The Arbitrator’s Duty to Investigate his or her Law Firm’s Business Ties Before and During the Arbitral Proceedings, with A. Reynaud, Cahiers de l’Arbitrage, December 2019, No. 4, p. 687
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Stay of Enforcement in France: How Restrictive is the Paris Court of Appeal?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 26 November 2019
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Revisiting the Dispute Requirement in International Interpretation Proceedings: Deeds, not Words, with P. Kyriakou, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 307-327
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Caribbean Islands in the Mood for Arbitration, with A.-S. Gidoin, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 12 July 2017