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Yosr Bouassida
Counsel
Nationality: Tunisian/French
Yosr is an associate at Freshfields’ Paris office and a key member of the International Arbitration and Global Project Disputes practice groups. She has extensive experience advising and representing national and international clients in complex arbitrations under various laws and institutional rules. Yosr also assists clients with settlement negotiations and enforcement proceedings, ensuring effective dispute resolution. Beyond her commercial work, she is dedicated to pro bono advocacy, representing individuals and underserved communities. Her expertise and client-focused approach make her a valued member of the Freshfields team.
- Since Jan. 2021: Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, International Arbitration, (Paris, France)
Acted as counsel in arbitration proceedings related to construction & engineering / aerospace / power & utilities / post M&A disputes (procedure: ICC and CCJA / applicable law: French, Swiss, Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian laws / geographical focus: Middle East and Europe).
Advised in the context of investment disputes, set aside and enforcement proceedings, settlement discussions and M&A transactions.
Served as tribunal secretary for dispute governed by Qatari law. - Jan. 2020 – Nov. 2020: Trainee at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, International Arbitration (Paris, France)
Drafted submissions and memoranda on a range of legal issues including set-aside and enforcement proceedings, contract law and quantum issues.
Assisted in the organisation and coordination of arbitration hearings. - Feb. 2019 – Jun. 2019: Trainee at Norton Rose Fulbright, Litigation and White-Collar Crime (Paris, France)
- Feb. 2018 – May 2018: Trainee at Norton Rose Fulbright, Litigation and White-Collar Crime (Paris, France)
- Jun. 2016 – July 2016: Trainee at Norton Rose Fulbright, Banking and Finance (Paris, France)
- January 2023 – present: Lecturer (chargée d’enseignement) in investment arbitration at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University
- Jan. 2019 – Sept. 2020: Certificate of admission to the Paris Bar – Paris Bar School
Participated in the 2019 Foreign Direct Investment Arbitration moot (ranked 2nd for submission on damages) - Sept. 2018 – Sept. 2019: Master’s Degree in Arbitration, Litigation and ADR – Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Honours)
Selected academic papers. L’intensificatio du contrôle de la conformité des sentences arbitrales à l’ordre public international (under the supervision of Professor Charles Jarrosson) - Aug. 2017 – Jun. 2018: Master’s Degree in Global Business Law and Governance – Columbia Law School (New York), Sciences Po Paris, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (High Honours)
Selected academic papers. The public policy challenge to the recognition and enforcement of awards dealing with EU competition law issues (under the supervision of Prof. George Bermann) - Sept. 2016 – Jun. 2017: Master’s Degree in International Business Law – Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, McGill Faculty of Law (Winter Term Exchange) (High Honours)
- Sept. 2013 – Jun. 2016: Double Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Economics – Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (High Honours)
Co-authored article with Vasuda Sinha (“Parties to set-aside proceedings can rely on new arguments that they failed to raise before arbitral tribunal”)
- Moderated discussion with Prof Dr Mohamed Abdel Wahab during Paris arbitration week (2023)
- Assisted in organising a variety of internal and external events (client presentations, student forums, internal training sessions, 150th anniversary of the International Law Association in Paris)
- Admitted to the Paris Bar (2020)
- Member of the International Law Association (French Branch)
- Arabic (native)
- French (native)
- English (fluent)
