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Christopher Chinn is an independent arbitration lawyer in Paris, and has practiced with leading international dispute resolution groups in New York and Paris for over ten years including with Baker & McKenzie and Mayer Brown.

He is qualified as an attorney in New York, as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as an avocat in Paris. Mr. Chinn's working languages are English and French. He also speaks conversational Polish.

Mr. Chinn has acted as counsel in international commercial and construction arbitrations seated in Paris, Geneva, London, Singapore, Cairo, and Washington, D.C. He also has experience in ICSID, NAFTA and bilateral investment treaty disputes, and has represented foreign clients in contract, antitrust, and False Claims Act suits before US state and federal courts.

Mr. Chinn obtained his B.A. in history from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota, and has studied at the University of Jean Moulin Lyon III. He participated in the research and drafting of the textbook International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, Third Edition (2000). He also studied and wrote a prize winning essay at the 2011 inaugural session of the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris.

Mr. Chinn has participated as an arbitrator at the 18^th, 21^st-24^th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moots and has been involved in the activities of several international arbitration practice associations including ICDR Young & International, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, ASA Below 40, and CFA-40.