Covington & Burling, LLP

American, French

United States

Washington, D.C.

Experience in the energy sector, regularly representing clients in gas pricing arbitrations under long-term gas supply agreements. Complex international disputes involving construction contracts, share purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholders’ agreements, technology agreements, trademark agreements, and in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, mining, cosmetics, amongst others. Acted for both investors and states in investor-state arbitrations involving public and private international law. Significant experience with conservatory and emergency measures as well as the enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards in state courts around the world.

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic

- LL.M. in French & European Law, 2011 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Sorbonne Law School
- Fulbright Fellow (France) (2010-2011)
- Juris Doctor - The George Washington University Law School (2010) - Presidential Merit Scholar
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Spanish Literature and Anthropology - University of Michigan (2007)

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- Speaker, American Bar Association International Law Section - Annual Conference (2022)
- Speaker, University of Pennsylvania Law School - Arbitration Conference (2022)
- Speaker, Georgetown University Law Center - Georgetown International Arbitration Society Arbitration Month (2022)
- Speaker, Washington Arbitration Week Second Edition (2021)
- Speaker, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) CIArb Nigeria Branch 2021 Annual Conference - “Climate Change and Green Arbitration: Need for Adaptation” (2021)
- Moderator, Assessing and Resolving Disparities in Arbitrator Appointments, Arbitrator Intelligence Webinar (2021)
- Speaker, Africa Energy Arbitrators' Forum Preliminary Training and Competition (PRETRAC) 2021 – Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC) and the Queen Mary University of London (Webinar) (2021)
- Moderator, Paths to Partnership – Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (Webinar) (2021)
- Speaker, Costs of Arbitration: From Pitching to Enriching – Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (Webinar) (2021)
- Speaker, 15th Annual Juris Investment Treaty Conference – Session III (Webinar) (2021)
- Speaker, The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations: Green Protocols Global Launch (Webinar) (2021)
- Women in Dispute Resolution: Navigating the New Normal After COVID-19 (Webinar) (2020)
- New York Arbitration Week Diversity Challenge (New York) (2019)
- ArbitralWomen and Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners SpeedNet at Jones Day (Paris) (2019)
- Young ICCA Skill Training Workshop on Advocacy in International Arbitration (Kiev) (2019)
- Paris Arbitration Week: Blockchain Technology, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity (Paris) (2018)
- MACI Masters Seminar on Exequatur and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (Paris) (2018)
- Women in Law Conference on Diversity, Inclusivity & Intersectionality – University of Vienna (Vienna) (2018)
- ICC YAF Middle East, North Africa & Turkey Regional Conference (Cairo) (2018)
- Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (YAWP) Mid-Day Meet-Up (Cairo) (2018)
- CIArb European Branch 2018 Annual Conference on Ethical Rules (Lisbon) (2018)
- Developments in Arbitration at The George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C.) (2017)
- UNCITRAL Training Workshop for Ministries of Finance and Justice (Algiers) (2017)
- Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb on ICC Arbitration (Zagreb) (2017)

PUBLICATIONS
- “New Generation Model BITs” – Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law – Vol. 15 (Forthcoming - 2022)
- “The Missing Link in Progress to Greater Diversity – Arbitrator Intelligence 2021 Diversity Campaign”, Co-Authored with Catherine Rogers, Amanda Lee, Fahira Brodlija, Kirsten Teo – Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2021)
- “Sustainability and Diversity in the Newly Virtual World of International Arbitration”, Co-Authored with Maguelonne de Brugière – Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2020)
- “The Impact of the Arab Spring on the International Arbitration Landscape” – Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2019)
- “Conflicting Perceptions Threats and Opportunities for Self-Regulation of Ethics in International Arbitration”, Co-Authored with James Clanchy – Issue 85(2) - CIArb International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (2019)
- “The InfoSpan Saga: Preserving Jurisdictional Defenses, Asserting Counterclaims, and Compelling Arbitration from California to Dubai” - 2019/1 Edition – International Journal of Arab Arbitration (2019)
- “U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Individualized Employer-Employee Arbitration Agreements Must Be Enforced As Written” – Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2018)

Member of the Board of Directors, ArbitralWomen
Vice-President of the Global Steering Committee, The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations
Member of the Steering Committee, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution’s Y-ADR
Advisor for Diversity & Inclusion, Arbitrator Intelligence
Board Liaison and Member of the Steering Committee, Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners
Member, Rising Arbitrators Initiative
Member of the young arbitration groups of the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, ICCA, YIAG, and CIArb

Cherine Foty is a Senior Associate in the International Arbitration Group of Covington & Burling LLP, based in Washington, D.C. She is a dually qualified common law and civil law lawyer who spent several years practicing international arbitration in the Paris office of a major U.S. law firm.

As a senior associate in the firm’s international arbitration group, Cherine Foty’s practice is focused on international commercial and investor-state arbitration under a range of arbitral rules and applicable laws. She has represented clients in ad hoc proceedings, arbitrations governed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Rules and lex mercatoria, and before major institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Dubai International Financial Centre-LCIA (DIFC-LCIA), and the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

Cherine is a dually qualified common law and civil law lawyer with particular experience in the energy sector, regularly representing clients in gas pricing arbitrations under long-term gas supply agreements. She has also handled complex international disputes involving construction contracts, share purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholders’ agreements, technology agreements, trademark agreements, and in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, mining, cosmetics, among others. Cherine has acted for both investors and states in investor-state arbitrations involving public and private international law. In addition, she has significant experience with conservatory and emergency measures as well as the enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards in state courts around the world.

Cherine is on the boards of directors of ArbitralWomen, the Vice President of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations' Global Steering Committee, and on the Steering Committees of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution’s Y-ADR and Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners. She is also the Advisor for Diversity & Inclusion for Arbitrator Intelligence, a member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative, and a member of the young arbitration groups of the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, ICCA, YIAG, and CIArb.

Cherine has been recognized as a Best Lawyers “One to Watch” for France in the field of international arbitration. She speaks five languages.