Paris Court of Appeal, 1st Chamber – Section C, 17 April 2008, M. Rachad Itani v Société Générale de Banque au Liban « SGBL » - French International Arbitration Law Reports: 2008
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Thomas Voisin is an Associate in Shearman & Sterling's International Arbitration group. He has advised on numerous commercial and investor-State arbitrations. He is a member of the Paris Bar. He graduated from the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and holds an M.Jur. from Oxford University.
Originally from French International Arbitration Law Reports: 2008
Paris Court of Appeal 1st Chamber – Section C Decision of 17 April 2008 (No. , 5 pages) Docket number: 06/19991
Judgment under appeal: enforcement order rendered on 25 September 2006 by the President’s delegate of the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (Ms. Taillardier-Thomas, VP), declaring enforceable in France an arbitral award rendered on 10 August 2006 by the Bâtonnier (Head of the Bar), Mr. CHAKIB CORTBAWI, recorded under No. 37/6 at the Arbitration Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Beirut (Lebanon).
APPELLANT:
Mr. Rachad ITANI
Residing: 65, rue Halle
75014 PARIS
represented by SCP ARNAUDY-BAECHLIN,
avoués à la Cour,
assisted by Ms. Francesca PARRINELLO, Attorney-at-law, Toque R 98
APPELLEE:
The company LA SOCIETE GENERALE DE BANQUE AU LIBAN “SGBL”
having its registered office at: Sin El Fil Meta du Nord
LEBANON Company
registered under the laws of Lebanon
represented by its legal representatives