Pacôme is Delaloa’s founding partner. He has been representing States and private entities in a broad range of commercial and investment disputes for over a decade. He has worked under the rules of various institutions – particularly those of the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAC-CCIP) – as well as in ad hoc arbitration. He also sits as an arbitrator.

Prior to founding Delaloa, Pacôme worked at Dechert (Paris) LLP and PLMJ Advogados in Lisbon. He is admitted to practice in France and Portugal and England and Wales as a solicitor. Pacôme graduated from Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. He is agrégé in economics and management.

Pacôme was recognised in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in Portugal for his work in arbitration and mediation and is ranked in the Arbitration directory of Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) since 2018.

Peers and clients say "Pacôme has very impressive advocacy skills", "He has well-structured and persuasive written submissions", "He is an excellent lawyer" (Lexology Arbitration Index 2025 for Portugal).

Pacôme is a native French speaker and speaks fluent Portuguese, English and Spanish. He has handled arbitration cases conducted in all four languages.