EDUCATION:
Pepperdine University, Straus Institute
for Dispute Resolution (Malibu,
California, USA)
LL.M. Dispute Resolution, May 2004
Lebanese American University (Byblos,
Lebanon)
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science,
Spring 2001
Lebanese University, Faculty of
Law, Political and Administrative
Sciences (Beirut, Lebanon)
Bachelor Degree in Law, Spring 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
:
- Attorney at
law Associate of Mr. Abdel Hamid
El-Ahdab - June 2004-Present
• Arbitration cases, domestic
& international (ad hoc, institutional):
Legal research, correspondence and
preparation of draft briefs relating
to, inter alia, international sales
(ICC case no. 12956/DK/RCH, b/w
Syrian and Italian party), banking
(ICC case no. 13054/EC, b/w Lebanese
and Dutch parties), B.O.T. and construction
(FIDIC) disputes (CRCICA case no.
233/2001, b/w Saudi and Danish parties)
• Arbitration hearings: pleadings
& examination of witnesses in
Paris, Geneva and Lausanne
• Exequatur and annulment
of arbitral awards before the Lebanese
State Courts
• Assist in drafting arbitral
awards
• Assisted in the preparation
of the revised 3rd Arabic version
of the “Encyclopedia of Arbitration”
(3 vol.): “Arbitration in
the Arab Countries”, “International
Arbitration” and “Arbitration
Documents” by Dr. El-Ahdab
• Provide legal opinion; establishment
and registration of companies; drafting
of commercial agreements (Distribution,
Agency, Sale and Purchase and Intellectual
Property agreements)
Externship, Professor
Jack Coe- International Arbitrator
and Legal Consultant, Malibu- California
March - May 2004
Assist in legal research for international
cases -expropriation- involving
International Law.
Externship, Judicial
Arbitration and Mediation Services
(JAMS), Los Angeles-California Sep.
2003 - April 2004
Work with Richard Chernick, Vice
President and Managing Director
of JAMS’ Arbitration Practice.
Attend and discuss with Mr. Chernick
various commercial arbitrations
and mediations he conducts.
Externship, Institute
for Mediation Services, Los Angeles-California
February - May 2003
Work with Lee Jay Berman, Mediator.
Attend and discuss with Mr. Berman
mediations he conducted in a wide
array of substantive areas, including
landlord/tenant, family, commercial
business, insurance, real property
disputes, employment discrimination
and medical malpractice.
Externship, California
Academy for Mediation Professionals
(CAMP), Santa Monica-California
Spring 2003
Mediated Small Claims Court disputes
in a variety of substantive areas.
Mediated most disputes to a successful
resolution.
TRAINING, LECTURES,
SEMINARS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- Short Term Specialist. Co-Trainer
in a 40 Hour Mediation Training
Course organized by the American
Bar Association (ABA) at the Grand
Hyatt Hotel- Amman-Jordan, 21-25
April 2007
- Workshop on intellectual property
organized by the WIPO at the Lebanese
Beirut Bar, 3-7 July 2006
- Lectured on the Dispute Settlement
Understanding (DSU) of the WTO in
the Expert Group Meeting in Preparation
for the Arab Ministerial Meeting
on the WTO Sixth Ministerial Conference,
ESCWA-Beirut, 28-29 November 2005
- Successfully completed the programme:
Tools and Tactics in International
Commercial Arbitration, organized
by Falconbury, Paris, 17-18 October
2005
- Advanced Case Law Research on
Westlaw, March 2004
- Member, London Court of International
Arbitration, Young International
Arbitration Group, November 2003
- Admitted: to Beirut Bar Association,
April 2001, and as an Attorney at
Law to the Beirut Court of Appeals
on 17/8/2007
- Represented Lebanon (mock simulations)
in the Middle East Multilateral
Summit of World Model United Nations
organized by Harvard University
and hosted by Koç University,
Istanbul, Turkey, March 2001
PUBLICATIONS
The Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model
Law by Egypt and Tunisia, A Comparative
Study, in The Lebanese Review of
Arab and International Arbitration,
no. 32, 2004, pgs. 16-23.
Languages :
English, French and Arabic.
