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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. She also acts as arbitrator and mediator and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). She is a member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center’s AI Task Force. 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 served as Head of Latin America for dispute funder Omni Bridgeway, where she launched the company’s operations in the region. Annie earned her law degree from Université de Montréal and her LL.M. cum laude from Leiden University. She was called to the Quebec Bar in 2010 and to the Paris Bar in 2011. She is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and is a frequent speaker and published author in the field of international arbitration.