Address:
Rue El Fayadieh - Immeuble Gardénia
PO Box: 443 - Hazmieh
Beirut -
Lebanon1bis avenue de Lowendal
75007 Paris
FrancePhone:
+961 5 951 827
Fax:
+961 5 951 973
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Languages:
Arabic
English
French
Nationality:
France
Lebanon
Education:
Lebanese University (Maîtrise de droit - 1965; DES - 1977)
University of Paris (Doctorat en droit - 1980)
Academic Position:
Professor of Law (Arbitration Law) - Arab University of Beirut
Experience as Arbitrator:
Chairman, sole arbitrator, or member of the tribunal in numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, Chambre Arbitrale de Paris, Cairo Regional Centre of International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and Lebanese Arbitration Centre
Experience as Counsel:
Numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC and LCIA, Cairo Regional Centre of International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and Lebanese Arbitration Centre (mostly commercial law and construction matters)
Awards:
CRCICA, Final Award, 21 Dec 1995
Publications Relating to Arbitration:
Arbitration with the Arab Countries (Kluwer, 2d ed. 1998)
Encyclopedia of Arbitration (in Arabic, 2 vols., Dar Al Maaref, 1998)
Arbitration (in Arabic, 4 vols., Naufal, 1990)
L’arbitrage dans les pays arabes (Economica, 1988)
"Arbitration gained the Confidence of the Arab World to become a Means for Alternative Dispute Resolution Instead of War" (forthcoming in Mélanges en l’honneur de Serge Lazareff, Pedone, 2011)
"La nouvelle loi jordanienne sur l'arbitrage," 2002(2) Rev. arb. 301
"International Arbitral Procedural and Evidence," 1 J. Arab Arb. 16 (May 1999)
"The New Arbitration Act of the Sultanate of Oman," 12(12) Int’l Arb. Rep. 16 (1997)
"General Introduction on Arbitration in Arab Countries," in International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration (P. Sanders ed., Kluwer, Suppl. II, 1990)
"The Moslem Arbitration Law," in Arab Comparative & Commercial Law, Proceedings of the IBA firtst Arab Regional Conference, Cairo 15-19 Feb. 1987, Vol. I, Paper 14, at 323 (Graham & Trotman)
"L’arbitrage en Arabie Saoudite," 1981 Rev. arb. 239
Other Credentials:
Member, ICC French National Committee; Member, French Arbitration Committee