Ketevan BETANELI

Ketevan Betaneli is a Paris-based independent arbitrator. She has extensive experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations conducted under the major institutional arbitration rules, such as the ICC, SCC, HKIAC, GIAC, and ICSID rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Dually qualified in New York and Georgia (Caucasian State), Ketevan conducts arbitrations in English, Russian and Georgian. She is also fluent in French and has notions of Spanish.

Over the past years, Ketevan has worked at top-tier international law firms (with leading international arbitration practices) in Paris and Tbilisi, and at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, where she handled arbitration matters involving Georgia.

Ketevan has been actively contributing to the development of arbitration by sharing knowledge and know-how through different initiatives. This includes regularly speaking at conferences, teaching at a summer school, delivering client presentations, and publishing on a variety of topics related to arbitration and international law. Ketevan has also developed and led written and oral advocacy training courses involving over 100 arbitration lawyers worldwide.