About Charlotte Matthews
Charlotte Matthews, LL.M. (Humboldt University), LL.M. (King’s College London) serves as counsel, arbitrator, and secretary to arbitral tribunals, specializing in investor-State disputes and international commercial arbitration. She is engaged in the international arbitration community, serving as ICC YAAF Representative for Europe and Central-Asia and having co-founded the Paris Investment Arbitration Group.
Charlotte earned her law degrees from King’s College London, Humboldt University Berlin, and University Paris II Panthéon-Assas. She gained international experience training at leading law firms across Paris, Berlin, and Brussels before joining HANEFELD.
Charlotte conducts proceedings in English, French, and German.
Contact
Recognitions
Listed in the Legal 500 Arbitration Private Practice Powerlist for France
Instruments
Areas of practice
Experience
Representation of domestic and foreign companies in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under a variety of institutional rules (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, DIS, VIAC)
Chair and sole arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings
Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in international arbitration proceedings
Representation of domestic and foreign companies in state court proceedings before French Courts
Languages and nationality
- English
- French
- German
- French
- American
Curriculum vitae
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Since 2021
Attorney with HANEFELD, Paris
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2019 - 2020
Legal training in the dispute resolution practices of Hengeler Mueller in Berlin, Ashurst LLP in Paris and Bredin Prat in Paris
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2018
Internship in the international trade and competition law practice of Gide Loyrette Nouel in Brussels
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2017
Internship at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission
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2016 - 2017
Master of Laws (LL.M.), King’s College London
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2015 - 2016
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Humboldt University in Berlin
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2015
Internship at the Missoula County Justice Court, Missoula, United States
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2014
Internship in the dispute resolution practice of Alérion, Paris
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2012 - 2017
Licence and Master of Law at University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Speeches
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Seminar on Investment Arbitration
Ecole d’été de droit international, Nanterre University
Paris, France -
Making a Mark in Arbitral Proceedings
Young Arbitration Club Finland and Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners at the University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria -
Campaign for Greener Arbitrations
Paris Arbitration Week Green Walk
Paris, France
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Arbitration and ADR World Tour
9th ICC YAAF Global Conference
New York, USA -
Seminar on Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
International Arbitration Bootcamp, University of Florence
Florence, Italy -
Seminar on Investment Arbitration
Ecole d’été de droit international, Nanterre University
Paris, France -
Should we challenge standard practices in international arbitration?
Latham & Watkins and Sciences Po, Paris Arbitration Week
Paris, France
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Investment Arbitration Update
Baltic Arbitration Days
Riga, Latvia
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Careers in arbitration
Solidarity Arbitration and Mediation Days
Warsaw, Poland
Memberships
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Co-founder of the Paris Investment Arbitration Group (PIAG)
Since 2025 - ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF) Representative for Europe and Central Asia 2024-2026 Mandate
- Global Steering Committee Member of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations – Co-Chair of the Outreach & Events Task Force
- CFA40
- ASA below 40
- DIS 40
- Delos-Y
- Young ICCA
- LCIA YIAG
- Young ITA
- Young ICSID
- Association des Juristes Français et Allemands