Jean-Paul Béraudo

Jean-Paul Beraudo
Jean-Paul Beraudo
Speaker at the United Nations

Justice Jean-Paul Beraudo (born 1946) is a lawyer, academic and author of legal works.[1] He was Justice at the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) and Vice-Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration. He lectures on International Private Law and International Trade Law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I University) and on Company law at Sciences-Po, Paris. The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) appointed him correspondent for France and a member of the scientific committee.

He also delivers legal opinions to be shown in courts, in England and Wales[2] including the Privy Council of the United Kingdom[3] and United States Federal courts on forum non conveniens disputes,[4] and on US class actions.[5]

He was consulted as an adviser by the Democratic Republic of Congo about the ratification of the 1958 New York convention on arbitration.

Beraudo is married with three children.

Career

Justice Béraudo has developed a dual career as judge and lawyer and as French delegate to international organizations. He was appointed Professor of law in several universities.

From 1977 to 1991 he was Judge for the European and International Bureau of the French Ministry of Justice. In that capacity he conducted several important negotiations in different forums either as delegate or as elected Chairman:

From 1974 to 1976, Justice Béraudo was a full-capacity judge at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Compiègne, acting in particular as an Investigating Judge. As a judge in Civil Matters, he handed down several decisions in Private International Law and on International Jurisdiction which were published and commented on in specialized journals.

From 1976 to 1991, Justice Béraudo worked for the French Ministry of Justice, at the Bureau of General Civil Law (1976–1977), then at the Bureau of European and International Law of the Department of Civil Affairs and the Seal (Director of the Bureau from 1985).

From 1991 to 2000, Justice Béraudo was Presiding Judge of Division of the Grenoble Court of Appeals. From 1995, when he presided over the Commercial Division of the Grenoble Court of Appeals (1995–2000), he dealt with many international litigation cases in which, among other things, the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods, UNIDROIT principles and jurisdictional rules created by the Brussels and Lugano Conventions were applied. He decided also on setting aside and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards.

From 2000 to 2003, Justice Béraudo was a Judge in the Criminal Division of the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) where he dealt with professional and business criminal litigation cases.

From 1995 to 2001, Justice Béraudo was an Associate Professor at Paris I University (Panthéon-Sorbonne). At present, he lectures on private international law and international trade law at the same university and on Company law at Sciences-Po, Paris.

Justice Béraudo acted as co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator or Chairman of arbitral tribunals on more than 35 cases, most of them ICC cases. Some decisions have been published and commented on in specialized journals:

Some disputes which are under way or were settled recently are not mentioned.

Justice Béraudo has taken on various roles for the ICC, for which he is a member of the international Arbitration Commission :

He chaired also working groups of the French National Committee on Arbitration clause in Trust Deeds (the result of the work was adopted by the International Commission), and on the revision of ICC Rules on International Arbitration. On December 2005, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration by the World Council of the ICC. On March 2009, he chaired a colloquium on disputes resolution in accordance with the OHADA rules. Since 2000, he delivers lectures on trust law to trustees and wealth managers in seminars organized by Academy & Finance.

Main publications

International private law

Some of those writings are used by the Court of Justice of European Union or the Advocate-General to ground decisions or opinions (C-144/09, C-585/08)

International trade law

Arbitration law

Other legal areas

References

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