Claire Morel de Westgaver

Claire Morel de Westgaver practices international arbitration as counsel, advocate, and arbitrator from Ontier’s London office. Her practice focuses on disputes involving technology, corporate transactions, licensing, cross-border contracts, trade secrets, intellectual property, and cybersecurity, across sectors such as information technology, pharmaceuticals, retail, energy, and art.

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

She is a published author and frequent speaker on arbitration, technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and trade secrets, and is a co-founder of the award-winning Global Arbitration Review initiative, Mute Off Thursdays.

See complete CV here.

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.

Qualifications and memberships