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Patrick Bernard

Address: 

Bernard-Hertz-Béjot
8 rue Murillo
75008 PARIS, France

Phone Number: 
33.1.43.18.80.80
Fax Number: 
33.1.43.18.80.90
Email: 
pbernard@bhbfrance.com
Born: 
1950, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Languages: 
French English
Nationalities: 
French
Education: 
Law School (Faculté de droit) University of Paris X: licence en droit (droit privé, droit commercial et des affaires), 1972; DES droit commercial et des affaires, 1975; I.E.P. Paris (Sciences politiques – section économique et financière), 1971-1974; Univ
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Paris bar, 1976
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Bernard-Hertz-Béjot, Paris (1985- present); Associate, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris (1978-1985); Associate, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, New York (1977-1978); Teaching Experience: Lecturer in international financial transactions, assisting Prof. Alain Pellet,
University of Paris Nord, 1981; Lecturer in international commercial law, assisting Prof. Philippe Fouchard, University of Paris II (1988-1994)

Professional Associations: 

Comité Français de Droit International Privé; Association Française de l’Arbitrage; International Law Association, French section; IBA: Country Chair for France, International Litigation Committee (Committee O) of the IBA Section on Business Law (2000-2004)

Arbitration Experience: 

Five cases as party-appointed arbitrator (ICC), over 50 cases as Counsel (ICC, ad hoc using UNCITRAL rules, ICSID)

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
International Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

“What legal hurdles persist in SEC/COB cooperation?”International Financial Law Review, March 1993; “Arbitration in France,” International Financial Law Review, Special Supplement, May 1993; “Crossborder
Insolvency and the Enforcement of English Judgments,” IBA Litigation International, August 2000; “New Developments for Qualification of Foreign Judgments for Recognition and Enforcement in France,” IBA Legal Practice Division - Litigation Committee Newsletter, September, 2007.