Jean-Sébastien Bazille is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris.

He acts in all areas of complex commercial litigation with a strategic dimension (contractual litigation, M&A litigation, tort liability, recovery and enforcement proceedings, etc.). He has developed specific experience in international enforcement and asset recovery for creditors and debtors, particularly sovereigns (immunity issues, international sanctions, etc.).

Jean-Sébastien recently represented a sovereign wealth fund of a Middle Eastern State in order to obtain the release of seizures made on USD 500+ million assets, advised the sellers of a major transportation company in their defense against the enforcement of the liabilities guarantee of the shares purchase agreement for an amount of EUR 60 million, or also defended the sovereign development bank of a west European State in a dispute relating to alleged environmental pollutions.

A graduate of the DJCE, Jean-Sébastien is a member of various professional associations (International Law Association, Paris Place de Droit, etc.), and teaches litigation at university and at Sciences Po. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010.