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Elise Groulx

9 Bedford Row
Door Tenant
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ELISE GROULX DIGGS, ESQ., Ad.E., LL.M.
9 Bedford Row Chambers, Door Tenant, London UK
BI for Business Integrity & Partners LLC, Principal
Elise Groulx Diggs practices international human rights law and international criminal law, with wide experience in litigation. She is also an accredited mediator in France and with IMI (The International Mediation Institute) in The Hague. Elise is a true entrepreneur having created two international NGOs that she led for over a decade while continuing to practice law. She is a recognized expert in business and human rights where she has focused her practice, amongst others, assessing legal risks of operating in fragile states and conflict zones. She advises corporations on human rights risks in their strategic and big footprint projects and global supply chains. She also works with law firms, consulting groups, trade unions and international NGOs in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom with a focus on the UNGPs, the OECD guidelines for Multinational, the Equator principles and the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).
Elise is the Chair of the Business & Human Rights Initiative, American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Human Rights. She was until recently is Chair of the Business and Human Rights Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and is now member of its Advisory Board.
In a recently published global ranking, Chambers and Partners placed Elise among the top individual lawyers practicing in the emerging field of Business and Human Rights law.
She practises law as a Door Tenant at 9 Bedford RowChambers in London and with law firms in Paris. She is Principal of the consulting firm, BI for Business Integrity & Partners LLC, based in Washington DC. Elise is licensed to practise law in France (Paris Bar) and Canada (Quebec Bar) and is a licensed legal consultant in the State of New York. She is also an accredited mediator, certified as a mediator in France by l’Institut Français de Certifiction des Médiateurs (IFCM) and certified by IMI (International Mediation Institute, The Hague).


Email:elise.groulx@9brchambers.co.uk
https://www.9brchambers.co.uk/our-team/associated-door-tenants-and-pupils/elise-groulx/
https://www.imimediation.org/member/elise-groulx-diggs/