Annie Lespérance

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Annie Lespérance

Senior Executive
International Law
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Annie Lespérance is Head of Americas at Jus Mundi, a legal tech company at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence and international law and arbitration, with responsibility for leading the company’s business strategy in the Americas.  

Prior to joining Jus Mundi, Annie gained wide experience as a lawyer at Cabinet Yves Fortier (2012-2019) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2011-2012), where she acted as Secretary to Arbitral Tribunals in international commercial, investor-State and sports arbitration disputes under various procedural rules (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, PCA, ICDR, SIAC, HKIAC, CAS, SDRCC) and governing laws. She also acted as Head of Latin America for dispute funder Omni Bridgeway with responsibility for launching the company’s operations in the region. 

The expertise she brings to Jus Mundi is also informed by experiences as an appointed arbitrator and member on arbitration rosters, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (Annex 10-B.1), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and ICDR Canada’s panel of arbitrators. During this time, she received recognition as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) based in London, UK. As a certified mediator, she has also successfully mediated several litigated cases. 

Annie Lespérance is recognized in the Future Leaders category of Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2021 and 2022 and in the Latin America, Litigation Funding Spotlight Table of Chambers Partners. She is a frequent speaker and a published author in the field of international arbitration. 

Annie Lespérance earned her law degree from Université de Montréal and her LL.M. cum laude, from Leiden University. Annie was called to the Quebec Bar in 2010 and to the Paris Bar in 2011. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish. 

Publications 

Speaking Engagements

  • Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity in International Arbitration. Harvard International Arbitration Law Society Association (HIALSA). 2 February 2024. Cambridge
  • Public Construction Contracts and Construction Arbitration. New York Arbitration Week Organizing Committee and ICDR. 16 November 2023. NYC
  • The Role of the Tribunal Assistant. YCAP Annual Symposium/Canada Arbitration Week. 17 October 2023. Toronto
  • The Risks and Benefits of New Technologies to International Arbitration. AtlAS Annual Conference. 3 October 2023. Atlanta
  • Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration. Guest Lecturer – Osgoode LLM course on International Commercial Arbitration. 18 May 2023. Webinar. 
  • The Ferocious Divide: What Future for the Modernised ECT? | The Business of Arbitration: State of the Third-Party Funding Market. Paris Arbitration Week. March 2023. Paris.
  • Challenges in the enforcement of arbitral awards. Little Open De Arbitraje. 15 February 2023. Webinar.
  • Montréal comme siège d’arbitrages internationaux/Montreal as a seat for international arbitrations. ICC Canada Annual Conference (part of CanArbWeek). 21 October 2022. Montreal, Canada.
  • Canadiens d’ici et d’ailleurs/Canadians here and there. ICC Canada. 13 October 2022. Webinar.
  • Financiamiento de Disputas en Arbitraje. ENERAP – Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners. 29 September 2022. Webinar.
  • The flight of the award. The importance of enforcement. Open de Arbitraje. 4-5 May 2022. Madrid, Spain.
  • Creating leverage: How technology companies can use investment treaties to mitigate regulatory risk. CPR Annual Conference. 3 March 2022. Webinar.
  • Accelerated Route to Fellowship Course. Tutor – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 10-11 December 2021. Miami.
  • Dispute Funding: A Tool to Grow your Arbitration Practice. Chambers & Partners. 8 December 2021. Webinar.
  • Enforcement and Monetization of Arbitral Awards. Sao Paulo Arbitration Week. 19 October 2021. Webinar
  • Funding and Arbitration. ADRIC Arbitration Forum (part of CanArbWeek). 21 September 2021. Webinar.
  • Accelerated Route to Fellowship Course. Tutor – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 19-20, 26-27 August 2021. Online
  • Perspectives on Dispute Funding in Latin America. Latin Lawyer, Lexology, GAR. 16 June 2021. Webinar.
  • Hot Topics in International Arbitration. Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society Annual Conference. 4 May 2021. Webinar.
  • From the Trenches: Arbitration 101. YCAP Spring Symposium. 3 May 2021. Webinar.
  • Le financement de différends. Guest Lecturer Diplôme universitaire de droit international économique africain (Paris II). 24 March 2021. Webinar
  • The Art of Settling Investment Disputes. GAR Live BITs. 21 January 2021. Webinar.
  • Third Party Funding in International Arbitration. Atlanta Arbitration Society (AtlAS) Annual Conference. 10 December 2020. Webinar.
  • Le financement d’arbitrages. Guest Lecturer Master 2 BTFML (Paris XI). 1 December 2020. Webinar.
  • Las ventajas, desventajas de TPF y experiencias. ICC YAF Latin American Chapter. 14 October 2020. Webinar.
  • The New Business of Litigation. Benchmark Women in Litigation Vancouver Forum. 8 October 2020. Webinar. 
  • Is the Future of Arbitration made of Virtual Insanity. ICC YAF/YCAP Fall Symposium (part of CanArbWeek). 24 September 2020. Webinar.
  • Peer-to-Peer Discussion. ADRIC Symposium. 30 July 2020. Webinar.
  • Legal Practices in Canada. Guest Lecturer Business Law LLM (Université de Montréal). 1 November 2019. Montréal.
  • Hot Topics in International Arbitration. ICC YAF Atlanta. 8 September 2019, Atlanta.

Annie Lespérance is also featured on our premiere Features Page, and you can read her podcast interview transcript.

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