May advises corporate clients and foreign sovereigns in a wide range of complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters. Her practice focuses on international disputes, and covers a broad range of industries, including banking, oil and gas, telecommunications, mining and natural resources, construction, licensing and distribution, and power generation. May has appeared before commercial and investment treaty tribunals in cases conducted in French and English, under all major institutional rules.
Prior to joining the firm, May worked at leading international law firms in Paris, Dubai, and New York. She graduated from Harvard University, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and Boston College Law School, where she was an editor of the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review.
*Experience prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
• “Problems, Risks, and Pitfalls in Construction Arbitration: Procedural and Case Management Tools to Tame the Beast,” MENA International Arbitration Forum, Speaker (Paris, November 2024).
• “Navigating the World of International Arbitration: A Practitioners’ Panel,” New York University School of Law, Speaker (New York, October 2024).
• “A Deep Dive into Enforcement under the NY Convention in Saudi” London International Disputes Week (LIDW), Speaker (London, June 2024).
• “Enforcement Under the NY Convention – Theory vs. Reality: A Saudi, U.K., and U.S. Perspective for GCC In-House Counsel and Practitioners,” Riyadh International Disputes Week, Speaker (Riyadh, March 2024).
• “Wrestling the Leviathan – Illegality and Corruption in Arbitration,” ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum Event, Panelist (Dubai, February 2024).
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