Cyprien Mathié

Associate

Paris

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Cyprien Mathié is an associate in the international arbitration group of the firm and is located in the Paris office.

Mr. Mathié represents states, public entities and private clients in international investment and commercial arbitrations as well as in international disputes. His areas of expertise include French arbitration law, French contract law and corporate law, as well as investment law and public international law.

Mr. Mathié has acted in proceedings under the main arbitration rules, including under those of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He has represented clients in various sectors, such as mining, oil and gas and construction. He was notably part of the team that successfully defended a Central African State in two ICC mining arbitrations with initial amounts in dispute totalling USD 35 billion, arising from the revocation of iron-ore concessions. He is also involved in multiple investment and commercial arbitrations for a North African State, notably in the oil and gas sector, with amounts at stake of several hundred million dollars.

In addition to his arbitration work, he also handles complex commercial litigation cases before French courts and represents States in inter-States disputes and public international law matters.

Mr. Mathié is a lecturer in Contract Law at the Sorbonne University and contributes to the Advanced International Business Litigation LL.M. program at the University of Paris-Est Créteil, where he delivers a seminar on Investment Arbitration. He also teaches international arbitration internationally and regularly participates in international conferences and speaking engagements.

He is listed on the Paris Bar’s emergency criminal defense panel, having qualified through a selective annual admission process.

Mr. Mathié holds a degree in private, public and international business law as well as a Master's degree in arbitration and international trade law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He also completed an exchange program at Columbia Law School, where he was a research assistant to Professor George A. Bermann. During his studies, he won the Concours d'Arbitrage International de Paris (CAIP) organized by Sciences Po Paris (2019).

Prior to joining Curtis, he completed various internships, including with the United Nations International Law Commission, the OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration, the Major Litigation Department of Total S.A. and several international law firms in Paris and London. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Charles N. Brower and to arbitrator Carmen Nuñez-Lagos.