Members of the International Commercial Chamber

Daniel Barlow is the Presiding Judge of the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (ICCP-CA). He also serves as the Court’s reference authority for civil procedure. Previously, he was the First Vice-President of the Nanterre Judicial Court, where he oversaw the civil division and presided over the first chamber, specializing in Intellectual property law, Competition law, Corporate law, Private International law, and Media law. His judicial career has also included serving at the French Court of Cassation, first as Referendary Judge (2011-2013), then as Secretary General of the First Presidency (2013-2015), before being appointed Secretary General of the High Council of the Judiciary (2015-2019). At the Ministry of Justice’s Directorate of Civil Affairs (2003-2011), he headed the Commercial Law Office, contributing to the drafting of a large number of French and European legislative texts in Economic law. A graduate of the National School for the Judiciary, he holds an advanced degree in Criminal law and a degree in English law.

Jacques Le Vaillant has served as a judge at the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (ICCP-CA) since September 2024. He holds a postgraduate degree (DESS) in International Business Law from the University of Rennes I and an LLM in International Business Legal Studies from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom). He began his career as a lawyer at the Paris Bar, practicing in international law firms with a specialization in Maritime law and International Trade law. He joined the judiciary in 2009 and has since held judicial positions in Civil and Business law at the judicial courts of Le Mans, Nanterre, and Paris. In 2022, he was appointed as a judge at the Paris Court of Appeal, joining its economic and commercial division, where he handles specialized disputes in Tax law, Customs law, and Financial law.

Joanna Ghorayeb has been a judge at the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal (ICCP-CA) since January 2025. Previously, she was Deputy Director of Economic law at the Directorate of Civil Affairs and the Seal at the Ministry of Justice, where she supervised the drafting of national and European regulations in Commercial law, Corporate governance and auditing, Insolvency law, and Real estate law. As a judge, she served as Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Pontoise Public Prosecutor’s Office (2009-2012) and as First Vice-Prosecutor at the Versailles Prosecutor’s Office (2020-2021). She has also held the position of Deputy Director of Legal Affairs and Competition and Consumer Policy at the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs, and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) at the Ministry of Economy (2017-2019). Before joining the National School for the Judiciary, she practiced as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at the Paris Bar (2002-2007).

Najma El Farissi is a court clerk. She studied at the University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas, and passed the court clerk examination for judicial services in 2019. Before joining CCIP-CA in 2021, she was appointed to the Paris Court of Appeal where she worked in the social division. She is fluent in several foreign languages, including English.