Marie Berard is a Partner at Clifford Chance LLP, where she heads the London International Arbitration Team. With over 20 years of experience, she advises multinational corporations, governments and individuals in complex international arbitrations under all major institutional rules, including LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL. She also regularly sits as arbitrator. Her practice spans a broad range of industries, with a particular emphasis on energy, oil and gas, construction and finance. 
Marie is a member of the LCIA Court and Board, Vice-President of the LCIA European Users’ Council, and a member of the City of London Law Society ArbitrationCommittee. She is also a former member of the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee and its Selection Subcommittee.
A regular speaker at conferences and universities, Marie publishes frequently on arbitration topics. She sits on the Editorial Boards of the International Arbitration Law Review and Kluwer’s Journal of International Arbitration, and contributes to LexisPSL and PLC.
  She is recognised as a Global Leader by Who’s Who Legal and is ranked in Chambers UK and Legal 500.