FIDIC Adjudicator Details
International Client Manager
Yann Schneller
Country of residence: France
Citizenship: French
www.cartiermeyniel.com
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Countries with experience
Other countries with experience:
Global regions
- North America
- East Asia
- South Asia
- East Europe
- West Europe
- Middle East
- Central Asia
- North Africa
- Sub Sahara Africa
- Caribbean
Languages spoken
- English
- French
Construction contract experience
- Construction Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Red Book)
- Plant & Design-Build Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Yellow Book)
- EPC/Turnkey Contract, 1st Ed (1999 Silver Book)
- Gold Book 2008
- Construction Contract, MDB Harmonised Ed, June 2010
- Construction Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Red Book)
- Plant and Design-Build Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Yellow Book)
- EPC/Turnkey Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Silver Book)
- Conditions of Contract for Underground Works (2019 Emerald book)
- Green Book 2021
Consultancy contract experience
- Client-Consultant Agreement (White Book), 5th Ed 2017
Specialist contract experience
- Not applicable - none of the above
Other contract experience
- Frequently assists legal
- project and delivery teams in the avoidance and the resolution of disputes relating to the performance of FIDIC and other construction contracts (notably EPC and EPCM contracts).
CV - Services offered
- Arbitration
- Adjudication
- Mediation
- Conciliation
- Facilitator
- Contract Expert/specialist
Technical expertise
- Building - commercial
- Building - industrial
- Civil Engineering - other
- Construction law
- Energy & Power - Solar Systems
- Energy & Power - Natural gas and LNG Facilities
- Infrastructure, Railways, Bridges
- Road and highways - Planning, Layout and Design
- Rail - Signalling and Communications
- Waste Disposal - Solid Waste Management
- Waste Disposal - other
-
Claims and variations
- Extension of time
Short summary experiences
Yann Schneller is a construction lawyer trained in both civil and common law. He is a French-qualified lawyer, and he earned the Construction Law and Dispute Resolution MSc at King’s College London with a Merit. His dual background allows him to understand and navigate the different approaches across common law and civil law jurisdictions within which construction contracts operate. Yann assists Employers and Contractors on the full cycle of construction contracts to help the parties achieve successful project delivery. He represents clients in international arbitration proceedings. Yann regularly acts as arbitrator and dispute board member. A FIDIC Certified Adjudicator, he is included in FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators.
Position and experience
Acredited mediator:
No
Acredited arbitrator: No
Employment status:
Present position: Partner at Cartier Meyniel Schneller
Previous positions: Lawyer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Acredited arbitrator: No
Employment status:
Present position: Partner at Cartier Meyniel Schneller
Previous positions: Lawyer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Experience
- Dispute board member (under the 1999 and 2017 FIDIC Forms of Contract)
- Arbitrator regularly appointed in international arbitration proceedings
- Provides advisory and dispute resolution services throughout the project life cycle: strategic procurement; contract drafting and negotiation; contract performance and interpretation; dispute avoidance; claim management and resolution; contract amendments and settlement agreements; mediation; dispute board; expert determination; formal dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings
- Counsel in international arbitration proceedings
- Counsel before the French Courts.
Affiliations/Memberships
- ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- IBA International Construction Projects Committee
- ICC Institute of World Business Law
- Society of Construction Law
- Dispute Resolution Board Foundation
- ICC France (French National Committee of the ICC)
Panel listings
- Comité de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de la Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics
- CC France (French National Committee of the ICC)
- Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris (French Mediation and Arbitration Center)
- Cour Commune de Justice et d’Arbitrage de l’OHADA
Qualifications, jurisdiction and discipline
- Lawyer
- admitted to practice in Paris.
