Alexandre de Gramont is a Litigation partner and a member of Weil’s International Arbitration practice, based in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Mr. de Gramont has represented clients in a wide variety of international arbitration matters. In addition to international commercial arbitration expertise, he has extensive experience in handling investor-state arbitration cases arising from bilateral investment treaties (BITs), multilateral investment treaties (including NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and the Energy Charter Treaty), and other international investment laws.
Mr. de Gramont has handled cases in many of the world’s leading international arbitration fora, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He also has handled ad hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL and other rules.
Mr. de Gramont has represented companies as well as governments in disputes arising from transactions and investments in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North, Central, and South America. His industry experience includes oil & gas, mining, and other natural resources (e.g., water and timber); infrastructure; aerospace and transportation; and entertainment. Mr. de Gramont was also co-lead counsel for the successful claimant in ICM v. ICANN, the landmark arbitration that established new precedent for Internet governance.
Mr. de Gramont has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration, and Chambers USA as one of the leading international arbitration specialists in the United States. He has published and spoken widely on international arbitration issues.
Mr. de Gramont’s native language is English and he is proficient in French. He received his undergraduate degree in History, Philosophy, and Literature from Wesleyan University in 1986 and his law degree from New York University in 1990. He is also the translator and editor of a volume of Albert Camus’s journalism, entitled Between Hell and Reason: Essays from the French Resistance Newspaper “Combat,” 1944-47 (University Press of New England).