Claire Morel de Westgaver

Claire Morel de Westgaver is a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Claire is qualified in England & Wales and in New York, with a mixed common / civil law background, having completed her legal education in Belgium and in the United States. She practises international arbitration as counsel, as advocate and as arbitrator, and conducts proceedings in both English and French. She has particular experience of disputes relating to technology, pharmaceuticals, corporate transactions, licenses, cross-border sale or service agreements, as well as disputes involving secrecy, intellectual property and data security issues. In addition to her practice as counsel and advocate, Claire sits as an arbitrator. She has experience as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and tribunal chair. Claire is a co-founder of the award-winning initiative Mute Off Thursdays and a Board member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Centre (SVAMC). She sits on the ICC Taskforce on the use of Information Technology in arbitral proceedings, on the ICC Taskforce on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration, on the IBA Arbitration Committee Taskforce on Privilege in International Arbitration and on the Advisory Board of CyberArb.