Shaparak Saleh

Shaparak is a partner in the Three Crowns’ Paris office. She has acted as counsel for two decades in a large number of commercial arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional, including under the DIAC, ICC, IEMA, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and VIAC rules. Her experience includes post-M&A disputes and disputes in the aeronautics, chemicals, construction, energy, food, mining, pharmaceutical, space and telecommunications sectors, relating to projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

She has represented a wide range of clients, including States, State entities, major international oil, gas, and mining companies, leading construction groups, an aircraft manufacturer, and electricity companies. She regularly sits as arbitrator, including as chairperson.

In addition, Shaparak has broad experience in pre-arbitration and post-arbitration litigation before the French courts, having represented clients in approximately 25 set-aside proceedings. She was also involved in enforcement proceedings of numerous awards against sovereign States.

Shaparak is listed in the major international rankings. She is notably recognised as a Global Thought leader and a Thought leader for France for arbitration in the Lexology Index. She is also featured in Chambers Global and named a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500. Global Arbitration Review also listed her as one of the world’s top 45 arbitration lawyers under 45.

In 2024, Shaparak was appointed as Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, comprising experts in the field of international dispute resolution.

For the past 15 years, Shaparak has been a lecturer in international arbitration, teaching courses on enforcement proceedings at a number of prominent universities, such as Sciences Po Paris and Paris II – Panthéon-Assas. She is admitted in Paris and speaks French, English, Italian, and Persian.