Claire Morel de Westgaver

Claire Morel de Westgaver practises international arbitration as counsel, advocate, and arbitrator from Ontier’s London office. She focuses on disputes involving technology, corporate transactions, licensing, cross-border agreements, trade secrets, intellectual property, and cybersecurity, across industries such as IT, pharmaceuticals, retail, energy, and art.

Claire has acted in arbitrations under a wide range of rules, including the LCIA, ICC, AAA/ICDR, UNCITRAL, WIPO, Cepani, and CCJA, and has handled cases involving the laws of numerous jurisdictions worldwide.

She frequently writes and speaks on topics related to arbitration, technology, AI, cybersecurity, and trade secrets, and is the co-founder of Global Arbitration Review’s award-winning initiative Mute Off Thursdays.

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Highlights of the work

Representation of a South Korean trading company in an ICC multilateral arbitration related to the purchase of wheat by a government agency in Bangladesh.

Representation of a global provider of cloud infrastructure and IT solutions in a UNCITRAL multilateral arbitration, administered by the LCIA, relating to the provision of colocation services by a major Indian telecommunications company.

Advising and representing a U.S. company in a complex technology dispute related to the completion of a customer portal for a stock exchange, involving issues of delays and data security breaches.

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