
Thomas Granier is Counsel at Asafo & Co in Paris, France. Thomas Granier is Counsel at Asafo & Co in Paris, France. He has a decade of experience in representing companies and State-entities in international arbitrations under all of the major arbitration rules. He also regularly advises parties in setting aside and enforcement proceedings before French and African courts. He has developed a specific expertise in regulated industry sectors, including renewable energies, mining, oil & gas, power, nuclear energy, infrastructure and life sciences. He has extensive experience in compliance and ESG disputes, in respect of which he regularly advises private companies.
Thomas has repeatedly acted as arbitrator under the rules of the ICC , the DIS, Delos Dispute Resolution and in ad hoc arbitrations.
He has been recently appointed as vice-president of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Center and as vice-president of the International Arbitration Committee of the BVI Arbitration Center. He is a member of the arbitration committee of Delos Dispute Resolution.
Prior to joining Asafo & Co, Thomas worked at McDermott Will & Emery. He has served as counsel in the case management team at the secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration dealing mainly with cases from Africa, the Middle East and France and as deputy counsel for the case management team dealing mainly with cases from Germany, Switzerland and Austria.