Claire Morel

Area of specialisation

• Arbitration Arts, Leisure, Entertainment, Tourism Construction, Engineering Corporate Law / M&A Distribution, Franchising Information and Communication Technologies Intellectual Property Joint Ventures, Consortia, Cooperation Pharmaceutical

Bar admission

• United Kingdom
• United States

Experience with legal system

• Belgium
• Switzerland
• Czechia
• France
• United Kingdom
• Equatorial Guinea
• Japan
• Saint Lucia
• Luxembourg
• Qatar
• United States

Professional experience

Claire Morel is a partner at Ontier, a European law firm with a strong presence in Latin America. Claire is dual-qualified (England & Wales and New York) and has a mixed common / civil law background, having completed her legal education in Belgium and the USA. She is based in London, where she has living for the past 18 years, and she practices international arbitration as counsel, advocate and arbitrator. Claire has particular expertise in disputes relating to technology, corporate transactions, licenses, cross-border sale or service agreements, as well as disputes involving secrecy, intellectual property, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence issues. Her practice covers a broad spectrum of industries, including IT, pharmaceuticals, engineering, media, retail, art and defence.