Bastien Tirel

Bastien Tirel is an associate in the London office of Arnold & Porter, where he is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration practice group. Bastien advises clients in international investment and commercial arbitrations, and has experience representing corporations, sovereign States, and State-owned entities in arbitrations conducted under major institutional rules, including ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, UNCITRAL, ICC, and SCC rules. He has been involved in disputes in various sectors, including mining, energy, banking, and telecommunications.

Bastien holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and French. Before joining the firm, he clerked at the commercial chamber of the French Court of Cassation and practiced as an associate at an international law firm in Paris, where he represented sovereign States and corporations in investment and commercial arbitrations.