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Senior Associates
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Dunia Bejjani
Jenny Rizk
Angela Ramadan
Marwan Sakr
Partner
Nationality
Lebanese, French
Addresses
Saifi311
145, Place Gebran Tueni
Beirut1100-2070, Lebanon
T : +961 1 218 444
F : +961 1 339 020
M : +961 3 775 774
222, Boulevard Saint-Germain
75007, Paris, France
M: +33 6 88 28 39 46
Office 516, 5th Floor
The Binary
Al Marasi Drive
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
M: +971 50 944 41 32
Normanton Chambers
218 Strand, WC2R 1AT
London, United Kingdom
T: +44 300 0300 218
msakr@saas-law.com
marwan.sakr@usj.edu.lb
Avocat à la Cour (Paris and Beirut), Advocate (DIFC), Legal Consultant (UAE), Chartered Arbitrator Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France) Partner.
Marwan Sakr is a co-founding partner of Sakr, Awwad, Abi Najem & Sakr (SAAS) Lawyers | Avocats. He was admitted to the Beirut Bar in 1989, the Paris Bar in 2006, and to the DIFC Courts in 2009. He became a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb, UK) in 2011, a registered Legal Consultant in the UAE (RAK) in 2017 and was appointed Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste) in International, European and Arab laws by the French National Council of the Bar (CNB) in 2020.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
Marwan acts as chairman, member of tribunal and sole arbitrator under several arbitration rules (ICC, BCCI, UNCITRAL, ad hoc and Lebanese CPR). He is on the panel of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), DIFC‐LCIA, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre in Bahrain, the Arbitration Centre of the French‐Arab Chamber of Commerce in Paris and the panel of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London. He is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Arbitration Group. Marwan is one of the Lebanese Government’s appointees to the ICSID panel of conciliators.
Marwan is the author of a monograph on “Non-signatories, Third Parties and the International Arbitration Agreement”, co-directed and contributed to a reference book on banking law and co- authored a book on the law of associations in Lebanon of several book chapters, articles, reports, studies, chronicles and case notes and speaks regularly on these subjects. In addition, Marwan lectures on Project Finance law, corporate finance law, international contract and commercial laws and international economic law in various Master programs at Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Beirut Bar Institute. He is an approved Faculty Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (International Arbitration) and currently sits on its Education and Training Committee in London. Marwan also taught two courses on Multiparty Arbitrations and Conservatory Measures in the Dispute Resolution Module of the Swiss International Law School/Bond University’s LLM in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution in Basel, Switzerland. In 2019-2020, Marwan taught the module 1 of the Diploma in International Arbitration jointly delivered for the first time in the Arabic language in Riyadh and Jeddah, by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK) leading for the Fellowship of the CIArb. He also teaches in the ICC PIDA training Arabic programme.
Marwan has been identified as a leading individual in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution by Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. He has been described as a “skilled arbitrator and shows experience with insurance, oil and gas and telecoms industries” (Legal 500) and “a smart lawyer with an excellent knowledge base” (WWL Arbitration 2016) and as “[t]he "outstanding" Marwan Sakr boasts a broad knowledge base and is considered a real specialist when it comes to complex international matters” (WWL Arbitration 2017) and “Marwan Sakr is a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2018) and as “a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2019) and “Marwan Sakr is a top name for arbitration in the region, and enjoys a strong reputation for his knowledge of commercial and investment disputes” (WWL 2020). "He is one of the go-to people in the region" (WWL 2021). “Marwan has a rigorous approach to legal problems", "He has a perfect understanding of business relations” (WWL 2022). He has been constantly ranked as “Global Leader” in Arbitration since 2020 (WWL).
Marwan is a member of the Beirut Bar Association, Paris Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), International Law Association (ILA, HQ, London), Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the “Société de législation comparée” in Paris, Association suisse de l’arbitrage (ASA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, the European Association of Banking & Financial Law (Association Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier, AEDBF) Paris, the Association française des avocats conseils d’entreprise (ACE, the French commercial bar), the Institut international de Droit d’Expression et d’inspiration Françaises (IDEF, France), the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) UK, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Committee on Arbitration; the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) USA and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He is also an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies-University of London and a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), Salzburg, Austria.
As counsel in arbitration
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between UAE and Norwegian parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 2.5M (London, English law)
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between Emirati and State-Owned Chinese parties in relation with construction dispute exceeding US$ 20M (DIFC, UAE law)
– Counsel, DIAC proceedings between Emirati and Spanish parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 3M (DIFC, English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Qatari parties in a shareholders’ dispute exceeding US$ 16M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between UAE and Hong kong parties relatind to media production agreement (DIFC. English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Omani parties in a dispute exceeding US$ 10 M in relation with the construction of a crypto currency mining unit (Muscat, Omani law)
– Counsel to major US defence and aeronautics group in ICC arbitration against an Emirati party relating to an agency agreement (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between UAE and Saudi parties in a construction dispute exceeding 60 million USD relating to the construction of an airport in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– Counsel to a Middle Eastern State in ICC proceedings relating to two Power Plants dispute in excess of EUR 300M (Paris, Law of the Middle Eastern State)
– Counsel to Emirati Party in LCIA proceedings against a Jordanian party in relation with the development of a harbour in Jordan (London, English law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between French and Lebanese parties in relation to a dispute in the defence industry in excess of 150 million USD (Paris, French law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a Shareholders dispute between French and Lebanese parties in excess of 40 million USD (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese movie production company and a French movies director and producer concerning a dispute in relation with film production agreement.
– Counsel, QICCA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 400 million QAR and involving matters of lis pendens and anti-suits injunctions in an international context (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel, DIAC arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and UAE parties in connection with a franchise dispute (Dubai, UAE law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings, a FIDIC dispute between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a JV dispute in Qatar (Beirut, Qatari and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese owner and a foreign architecture and design firm (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties related to a breach of franchise agreement in Kuwait (Beirut, Lebanese and Kuwaiti laws).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence industry and an African party (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence and a UAE company involving issues of Group of Companies and joinder of third parties (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel for a Spanish investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese Spanish BIT in relation with a tender for the construction of a Power Station in North Lebanon.
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings related to a shareholders’ dispute in a JV company involving the ownership of a European registered industrial patent involving the joinder of non- signatories’ companies to the proceedings (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 200 million QAR (Tunis, Qatari law).
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Qatari JV contracting company in a FIDIC dispute in excess of 80 million USD under Qatari law with a major local developer (Doha/Paris, Qatari law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 40 million QAR (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel to a German investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese German BIT [2007-settled during the “cooling- off” negotiations]
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Kuwaiti company and a French major industrial group in connection with a wrongful termination of an Agency Agreement and issues of Kuwaiti procurement, agency and tort laws (Paris, French law applicable to the merits).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and British parties in connection with a Property Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Network Manager and a Telecom Products Distributor in connection with a dispute about an alleged breach of a Distribution Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese subcontractor and an US main contractor in connection with a major infrastructure project in Beirut involving issues of Group of Companies, incorporation by reference and extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories (Paris, French and Lebanese laws).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Operator and a Danish company in connection with an alleged breach of Contract involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause to a non-signatory (Geneva, Swiss law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a tourist village and hotel in Dahab, Egypt, involving issues of third-party joinder (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a hotel in Dahab, Egypt (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings, under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration between the heirs of a writer and a Lebanese publishing company in connection with an Intellectual Property Rights dispute (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese rules of arbitration between a Lebanese and Saudi parties in connection with the breach of a Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Saudi law).
As Arbitrator
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in multi-million construction dispute between Saudi parties (Dubai, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 100M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Sole Arbitrator in ICC arbitration between and African party and a French government owned entity acting in the name and on behalf of the French Republic (Paris, French law)
– Sole Arbitrator (DIAC appointed) in DIAC proceedings between Iraqi parties in a dispute related to shares purchase agreement exceeding US$ 3M (Dubai, UAE law)
– Co-arbitrator (ICC appointed) in ICC proceedings between Swiss and Russian in an oil and gas dispute exceeding EUR 400M involving international sanctions (Geneva, German law)
– Emergency Arbitrator in ICC proceedings relating to a US$ 35M bank guarantee in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding EUR 60 million between European, Emirati and Iranian parties in the oil and gas sector involving issues of international sanctions (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed) in ADCCAC proceedings involving multiple parties in relation with the expansion works of an airport in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 55 million USD (Muscat, Omani law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between UAE parties in a multi-million USD construction dispute (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), BCCI arbitration between Saudi and Lebanese parties in a contractual dispute exceeding 70 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between Saudi and Qatari parties in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding 25 million USD between Egyptian, UAE and Canadian parties in the luxury hotels industry (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI proceedings in a construction and engineering dispute concerning a large touristic residential village project in Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Emergency Arbitrator, ICC proceedings between multiple French and African parties in a shareholder’s dispute under OHADA law (Paris, OHADA law).
– Chairman of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between Iranian and UAE parties in a dispute related to a crude oil sales contract (Paris, Swiss and international law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between a German Lebanese JV and a Lebanese Governmental Agency in relation with construction dispute exceeding 50 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Chairman of Tribunal in ad hoc proceedings in Lebanon concerning a multi-million USD JV dispute in the real estate development sector.
– Member of Tribunal in ad hoc Lebanese arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD JV dispute in the healthcare and medical sectors.
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC complex arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD banking dispute involving multi-party and non-signatories’ issues (Dubai, UAE law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD between Bahraini and Korean Party and Dubai parties in Qatar (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD construction dispute between RAK and Dubai parties in the UAE (Dubai, UAE law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI arbitration proceedings in a FIDIC dispute between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and French parties (Dubai, Swiss law)
– Sole Arbitrator, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese bank and a client (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and Kuwaiti parties in relation with a JV dispute, involving issues of Group of Companies, Saudi and Kuwaiti companies and contract laws and joinder of third parties (Geneva, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Swiss and Luxembourg laws).
– Expert witness on several Arab laws (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between German and Saudi parties involving issues of contract law in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Iran (Frankfurt, German law applicable to the merits).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Contracting Company and a UAE Major Bank (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Legal advisor to a US oil company in a FIDIC Silver Book matter against the Iraqi authorities, involving issues of application of the Silver Book provisions and international arbitration under Iraqi law.
– Sole Arbitrator in BCCI arbitration proceedings between a private bank and an investor related to a fiduciary investments contract (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Contracting Company and its Subcontractor in connection with a dispute related to the building of high-profile luxury housing project in Beirut Central District (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Design and Architecture Company and a franchisee of an international chain of hotels in connection with a dispute related to the building of a five stars’ hotel in Beirut Central District which involved issues of intellectual property and architect’s rights over the design (Beirut, Lebanese law).
As counsel in international litigation
– TBPS v VIU DIFC Case No. ARB 031/2025: Defence against challenge to enforcement order of ICC Award
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2025] QIC (A) 5 (Qatar International Court on Appeal from QIC (F) 38)
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2024] QIC (F) 38 (Qatar International Court Case No. CTFIC0012/2024)
– SA France Télévisions Publicité v Régie Libanaise de Publicité S.A.R.L [2023] CA Beirut Case No. 307-2023 : Challenge to enforcement of a Paris Commercial Court jugement in Lebanon.
– ALUCOR LIMITED v Rohr Rein Chemie Middle East LLC [2021] DIFC Case No.TCD-001-2021]: Construction dispute involving issues of breach of DIFC Courts’ exclusive jurisdiction clause.
– Jean Sebaali v Pad Properties Nine Limited [2020] DIFC Case No. ARB 011-2020: Case involving the recognition and enforcement in onshore Dubai of an arbitral award issued in DIFC.
– Nest et al. v Deloitte & Touch ME [2018] DIFC Case No. CA 011: co-counsel to Mr Jonathan Fischer KC on issues of Lebanese companies and civil law involving matters of civil fraud.
– MTC Lebanon SAL v MACH APS [2010] CA Beirut, appeal from CFI Beirut Case No. 31-2010: Challenge to recognition and enforcement of ICC Swiss arbitration award in Lebanon.
– SME Sarl v Banque Nationale de Paris (Intercontinentale) [2006] CFI Beirut (Urgent Matters) Case No. 320: First demand performance bond - fraudulent call - pending ICC arbitration – injunction against payment of the guarantee.
– ECI SA v NOSAP Sarl and Ors [2006] CA Beirut (Civ) Case No. 2368: Challenge of enforcement of French judgment in Lebanon involving several issues of Private International Law.
– GE Kteily v Julius Baer (Middle East) Limited [2009], DIFC Case No. CFI 014/2009): Possibility of a claim for unfair dismissal although there was no statutory right to compensation for unfair dismissal in the DIFC based upon the overarching common law doctrine of the law of employment that an employer has acted in breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.
– OGT Lebanon SARL v OGT France SARL and Crédit Lyonnais [2011] Paris Commercial Court, Cases Nos. n. 1369/n. 61554: Possibility under French law to appoint an ad hoc administrator to represent a liquidated and deregistered company in a legal action brought against it several years after its deregistration.
– B v K et al [2012], Lebanese Court of Cassation, Case No. 100-2011: Successful challenge of an institutional arbitration award rendered against a non-signatory of the agreement to arbitrate involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause within a group of companies and a group of interrelated contracts.
– Fujimoto v Jazzar [2014] DIFC Case CFI No. 011/2014): Defence against an appeal from the Small Claims Tribunal involving issues of conflict of laws and jurisdiction between DIFC laws/ courts and UAE federal/Mainland Dubai laws/courts, including application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
– S v KAM [2018] CA Paris, enforcement of an international arbitration award against assets in France despite the annulment of the award in its country of origin.
As independent determination expert
– Independent Determination Expert in ICC ADR proceedings between Saudi Governmental Party and UAE Party in relation to a multi-million US$ BOT dispute (Riyadh, Saudi law)
As Legal Expert
– Lebanese law expert in a corporate dispute before the English High Court (Comm), KBD in Cedar Mundi (Holding) SAL v Attieh, consolidated Claims: CL-2023-000767 & CL-2024-000488
– Expert on Lebanese law before Swiss Courts in a criminal proceeding related to the recent bank crisis in Lebanon.
– Expert Witness on Qatari law, ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 2 billion USD between a European JV and a Qatari Governmental entity (London, Qatari law).
– Expert Witness on Yemeni law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute between a European based investor and the Yemeni Government (Paris, Yemeni law).
– Expert Witness on Libyan law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute under several BITs between various Arab and European countries and Libya (The Hague, Libyan law).
– Expert witness (tribunal appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a German company and a Libyan sovereign fund involving matters of Libyan contract, constitutional and administrative law (Paris, Libyan law).
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between UAE and Norwegian parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 2.5M (London, English law)
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between Emirati and State-Owned Chinese parties in relation with construction dispute exceeding US$ 20M (DIFC, UAE law)
– Counsel, DIAC proceedings between Emirati and Spanish parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 3M (DIFC, English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Qatari parties in a shareholders’ dispute exceeding US$ 16M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between UAE and Hong kong parties relatind to media production agreement (DIFC. English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Omani parties in a dispute exceeding US$ 10 M in relation with the construction of a crypto currency mining unit (Muscat, Omani law)
– Counsel to major US defence and aeronautics group in ICC arbitration against an Emirati party relating to an agency agreement (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between UAE and Saudi parties in a construction dispute exceeding 60 million USD relating to the construction of an airport in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– Counsel to a Middle Eastern State in ICC proceedings relating to two Power Plants dispute in excess of EUR 300M (Paris, Law of the Middle Eastern State)
– Counsel to Emirati Party in LCIA proceedings against a Jordanian party in relation with the development of a harbour in Jordan (London, English law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between French and Lebanese parties in relation to a dispute in the defence industry in excess of 150 million USD (Paris, French law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a Shareholders dispute between French and Lebanese parties in excess of 40 million USD (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese movie production company and a French movies director and producer concerning a dispute in relation with film production agreement.
– Counsel, QICCA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 400 million QAR and involving matters of lis pendens and anti-suits injunctions in an international context (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel, DIAC arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and UAE parties in connection with a franchise dispute (Dubai, UAE law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings, a FIDIC dispute between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a JV dispute in Qatar (Beirut, Qatari and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese owner and a foreign architecture and design firm (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties related to a breach of franchise agreement in Kuwait (Beirut, Lebanese and Kuwaiti laws).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence industry and an African party (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence and a UAE company involving issues of Group of Companies and joinder of third parties (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel for a Spanish investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese Spanish BIT in relation with a tender for the construction of a Power Station in North Lebanon.
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings related to a shareholders’ dispute in a JV company involving the ownership of a European registered industrial patent involving the joinder of non- signatories’ companies to the proceedings (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 200 million QAR (Tunis, Qatari law).
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Qatari JV contracting company in a FIDIC dispute in excess of 80 million USD under Qatari law with a major local developer (Doha/Paris, Qatari law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 40 million QAR (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel to a German investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese German BIT [2007-settled during the “cooling- off” negotiations]
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Kuwaiti company and a French major industrial group in connection with a wrongful termination of an Agency Agreement and issues of Kuwaiti procurement, agency and tort laws (Paris, French law applicable to the merits).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and British parties in connection with a Property Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Network Manager and a Telecom Products Distributor in connection with a dispute about an alleged breach of a Distribution Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese subcontractor and an US main contractor in connection with a major infrastructure project in Beirut involving issues of Group of Companies, incorporation by reference and extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories (Paris, French and Lebanese laws).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Operator and a Danish company in connection with an alleged breach of Contract involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause to a non-signatory (Geneva, Swiss law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a tourist village and hotel in Dahab, Egypt, involving issues of third-party joinder (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a hotel in Dahab, Egypt (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings, under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration between the heirs of a writer and a Lebanese publishing company in connection with an Intellectual Property Rights dispute (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese rules of arbitration between a Lebanese and Saudi parties in connection with the breach of a Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Saudi law).
As Arbitrator
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in multi-million construction dispute between Saudi parties (Dubai, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 100M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Sole Arbitrator in ICC arbitration between and African party and a French government owned entity acting in the name and on behalf of the French Republic (Paris, French law)
– Sole Arbitrator (DIAC appointed) in DIAC proceedings between Iraqi parties in a dispute related to shares purchase agreement exceeding US$ 3M (Dubai, UAE law)
– Co-arbitrator (ICC appointed) in ICC proceedings between Swiss and Russian in an oil and gas dispute exceeding EUR 400M involving international sanctions (Geneva, German law)
– Emergency Arbitrator in ICC proceedings relating to a US$ 35M bank guarantee in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding EUR 60 million between European, Emirati and Iranian parties in the oil and gas sector involving issues of international sanctions (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed) in ADCCAC proceedings involving multiple parties in relation with the expansion works of an airport in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 55 million USD (Muscat, Omani law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between UAE parties in a multi-million USD construction dispute (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), BCCI arbitration between Saudi and Lebanese parties in a contractual dispute exceeding 70 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between Saudi and Qatari parties in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding 25 million USD between Egyptian, UAE and Canadian parties in the luxury hotels industry (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI proceedings in a construction and engineering dispute concerning a large touristic residential village project in Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Emergency Arbitrator, ICC proceedings between multiple French and African parties in a shareholder’s dispute under OHADA law (Paris, OHADA law).
– Chairman of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between Iranian and UAE parties in a dispute related to a crude oil sales contract (Paris, Swiss and international law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between a German Lebanese JV and a Lebanese Governmental Agency in relation with construction dispute exceeding 50 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Chairman of Tribunal in ad hoc proceedings in Lebanon concerning a multi-million USD JV dispute in the real estate development sector.
– Member of Tribunal in ad hoc Lebanese arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD JV dispute in the healthcare and medical sectors.
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC complex arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD banking dispute involving multi-party and non-signatories’ issues (Dubai, UAE law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD between Bahraini and Korean Party and Dubai parties in Qatar (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD construction dispute between RAK and Dubai parties in the UAE (Dubai, UAE law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI arbitration proceedings in a FIDIC dispute between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and French parties (Dubai, Swiss law)
– Sole Arbitrator, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese bank and a client (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and Kuwaiti parties in relation with a JV dispute, involving issues of Group of Companies, Saudi and Kuwaiti companies and contract laws and joinder of third parties (Geneva, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Swiss and Luxembourg laws).
– Expert witness on several Arab laws (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between German and Saudi parties involving issues of contract law in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Iran (Frankfurt, German law applicable to the merits).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Contracting Company and a UAE Major Bank (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Legal advisor to a US oil company in a FIDIC Silver Book matter against the Iraqi authorities, involving issues of application of the Silver Book provisions and international arbitration under Iraqi law.
– Sole Arbitrator in BCCI arbitration proceedings between a private bank and an investor related to a fiduciary investments contract (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Contracting Company and its Subcontractor in connection with a dispute related to the building of high-profile luxury housing project in Beirut Central District (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Design and Architecture Company and a franchisee of an international chain of hotels in connection with a dispute related to the building of a five stars’ hotel in Beirut Central District which involved issues of intellectual property and architect’s rights over the design (Beirut, Lebanese law).
As counsel in international litigation
– TBPS v VIU DIFC Case No. ARB 031/2025: Defence against challenge to enforcement order of ICC Award
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2025] QIC (A) 5 (Qatar International Court on Appeal from QIC (F) 38)
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2024] QIC (F) 38 (Qatar International Court Case No. CTFIC0012/2024)
– SA France Télévisions Publicité v Régie Libanaise de Publicité S.A.R.L [2023] CA Beirut Case No. 307-2023 : Challenge to enforcement of a Paris Commercial Court jugement in Lebanon.
– ALUCOR LIMITED v Rohr Rein Chemie Middle East LLC [2021] DIFC Case No.TCD-001-2021]: Construction dispute involving issues of breach of DIFC Courts’ exclusive jurisdiction clause.
– Jean Sebaali v Pad Properties Nine Limited [2020] DIFC Case No. ARB 011-2020: Case involving the recognition and enforcement in onshore Dubai of an arbitral award issued in DIFC.
– Nest et al. v Deloitte & Touch ME [2018] DIFC Case No. CA 011: co-counsel to Mr Jonathan Fischer KC on issues of Lebanese companies and civil law involving matters of civil fraud.
– MTC Lebanon SAL v MACH APS [2010] CA Beirut, appeal from CFI Beirut Case No. 31-2010: Challenge to recognition and enforcement of ICC Swiss arbitration award in Lebanon.
– SME Sarl v Banque Nationale de Paris (Intercontinentale) [2006] CFI Beirut (Urgent Matters) Case No. 320: First demand performance bond - fraudulent call - pending ICC arbitration – injunction against payment of the guarantee.
– ECI SA v NOSAP Sarl and Ors [2006] CA Beirut (Civ) Case No. 2368: Challenge of enforcement of French judgment in Lebanon involving several issues of Private International Law.
– GE Kteily v Julius Baer (Middle East) Limited [2009], DIFC Case No. CFI 014/2009): Possibility of a claim for unfair dismissal although there was no statutory right to compensation for unfair dismissal in the DIFC based upon the overarching common law doctrine of the law of employment that an employer has acted in breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.
– OGT Lebanon SARL v OGT France SARL and Crédit Lyonnais [2011] Paris Commercial Court, Cases Nos. n. 1369/n. 61554: Possibility under French law to appoint an ad hoc administrator to represent a liquidated and deregistered company in a legal action brought against it several years after its deregistration.
– B v K et al [2012], Lebanese Court of Cassation, Case No. 100-2011: Successful challenge of an institutional arbitration award rendered against a non-signatory of the agreement to arbitrate involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause within a group of companies and a group of interrelated contracts.
– Fujimoto v Jazzar [2014] DIFC Case CFI No. 011/2014): Defence against an appeal from the Small Claims Tribunal involving issues of conflict of laws and jurisdiction between DIFC laws/ courts and UAE federal/Mainland Dubai laws/courts, including application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
– S v KAM [2018] CA Paris, enforcement of an international arbitration award against assets in France despite the annulment of the award in its country of origin.
As independent determination expert
– Independent Determination Expert in ICC ADR proceedings between Saudi Governmental Party and UAE Party in relation to a multi-million US$ BOT dispute (Riyadh, Saudi law)
As Legal Expert
– Lebanese law expert in a corporate dispute before the English High Court (Comm), KBD in Cedar Mundi (Holding) SAL v Attieh, consolidated Claims: CL-2023-000767 & CL-2024-000488
– Expert on Lebanese law before Swiss Courts in a criminal proceeding related to the recent bank crisis in Lebanon.
– Expert Witness on Qatari law, ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 2 billion USD between a European JV and a Qatari Governmental entity (London, Qatari law).
– Expert Witness on Yemeni law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute between a European based investor and the Yemeni Government (Paris, Yemeni law).
– Expert Witness on Libyan law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute under several BITs between various Arab and European countries and Libya (The Hague, Libyan law).
– Expert witness (tribunal appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a German company and a Libyan sovereign fund involving matters of Libyan contract, constitutional and administrative law (Paris, Libyan law).
Books
– Non-signatories, Third parties and the International Arbitration Agreement a Comparative Study, Sader Legal Publishers, 2009
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1102550-n
– Sader’s Laws and Jurisprudence on Banking Law, Sader Legal Publishers, 2010 (General Editor and Contributor) (In Arabic)
– Associations in Lebanon: between freedom, law and practice, co-ed ADDL /The World Bank (BUNIAN project), Beirut, November 2001 (with G. Moukheiber, Z. Baroud and K. Daher) (In Arabic)
Articles, Reports, Books Chapters and Presentations
– Chapter 18: Multi-party Arbitration Pitfalls and Practice, with a Particular Focus on Arab Jurisdictions, in C. Prévot (ed.), Liber Amicorum Louise Irene Barrington, Jus Mundi Publications, 2026
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-18-multi-party-arbitration-pitfalls-and-practice-with-a-particular-focus-on-arab-jurisdictions
– (With D. Ross and Z. Meškić) Chapter VII in C. Kee, C. Finkelstein & L. Barrington (eds), The Danubia Files 2, Jus Mundi Publications 2024
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-7-xxvi-vis-moot-2018-19-horse-race?content-open=true
– Active case management techniques, a presentation at the ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on “The conduct of the proceedings and case management: The arbitrator’s perspective,” 25 February 2021
– The use of emergency arbitrator in M&A disputes, a paper submitted to the 8th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 17 February 2020
– The law applicable to international Joint-Ventures disputes, a paper submitted to the 6th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 8 May 2018
– The reasoning of ICSID Awards in light of the Wena Hotels v Egypt Case (annulment proceedings), [2017] 34 WJA 699 (In Arabic)
– Multi-party arbitration and complex arbitration in Real Estate disputes, a paper submitted to the ICC conference on Real Estate Arbitration in accordance with the ICC Arbitration Rules, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19 February 2017 (In Arabic)
– Effective Management of the Arbitral Proceedings: Lessons Learnt from Practical Situations, a paper submitted to the ICC YAF Conference: Revitalizing Arbitration in the Middle East, Muscat, Oman, 13 November 2016
– Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration in the MENA Region; a paper submitted the conference “Future of Arbitration in the Gulf and Middle East Region” organized by the Beirut Bar association with WilmerHale LLP, 11 July 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Construction contracts’ dispute resolution provisions in GCC countries: what lessons to be learnt? a paper submitted to ICC Lebanon’s Conference “Arbitration in Construction Disputes: The Lebanese and Middle Eastern Perspective”, 15 January 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Disqualifying Counsel for Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration: Tribunals’ Powers and Limits, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem; Kluwer Law International 2015, Volume XII Issue 46) pp. 67 – 81 (with Jennifer Keyrouz)
https://doi.org/10.54648/rba2015024
– The enforcement of international arbitration awards annulled in their country of origin, a paper submitted to the judicial seminar on international arbitration, ICC/CLDP/ITJS, Sharjah, UAE, 16 April 2015 (In Arabic)
– The Confidentiality of International Arbitration Awards, A paper submitted to the ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 15 April 2015
– The DynCorp Case: The Journey of an International Arbitral Award, [2011] 3 IJAA 25 (with Caline Mouawad, Jean-Pierre Harb and Christophe Lobier)
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1206001-n
– Domestic Arbitration under Foreign Standard Forms of Contract Not Always Simple; Note following ICE Award in STDU v Sidoon Environmental (2007), in [2010] 4 IJAA 486
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1119041-n
– On the Difficulties Encountered in the Formation of the Arbitral Tribunal in multi- party Disputes: back to Dutco? Note following Boustany v BUMC and Ors (2010) in [2010] 7 Journal of Arbitration 385 and International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2010), pp. 176-196
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1110225-n
– The Language of Arbitration under Article 17 of the UNCITRAL Rules: A Comparative Approach; [2010] 8 Journal of Arbitration 509 (In Arabic)
– The Emerging Use of Estoppel by Lebanese and French Courts: Towards a "Civil Law Estoppel”? [2009] Lexisnexis Emerging Issues 4610
– L’estoppel ou l’interdiction de se contredire aux dépens d’autrui en droit libanais ; [2009] 50 LRAIA 49. Incorporation by Reference of the Arbitration Clause: Recent Lebanese Practice in A Comparative Context; [2009] 75 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 410
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/75.3/AMDM2009064
– Turnkey Contracting Under the ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects, A Middle Eastern Law Perspective; [2009] ICLR 146
https://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=216473
– Présentation des réglementations relatives aux garanties bancaires internationales, 2004 Bull. ABL 5
– A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Securitization Draft Law for Lebanon; a report submitted to the Ministry of Finances of Lebanon and to the European Union (in French), June 2004, Beirut.
– Présentation des principes directeurs de l’OCDE à l’intention des entreprises multinationales, 2003 Bull. ABL 4-5
– L’efficacité des clauses de garantie de passif, 2000 Bull. ABL 12
– La Titrisation des créances : perspectives pour son introduction en droit libanais, 2000 Bull. ABL 10
– The Telecom Regulatory Authority: powers, obstacles and conditions for efficiency; in, LCPS & Konrad Adenauer Foundation (co-eds)., (in Arabic): “Privatization and the government’s regulatory role: The Telecom sector”, Beirut, July 2000,
– A comparative approach to the various projects for judicial reforms in Lebanon; in “The Lebanese Judiciary: elaboration of its power and institutional evolution”, co-publication LCPS/Konrad ADENAUER Foundation, 1999, Beirut, Lebanon. (In Arabic)
– Le droit applicable aux virements internationaux, 1999 Bull. ABL 7
– Les participations de la Banque centrale dans le capital des sociétés de droit privé, 1996 Bull. ABL 3
Case Notes
– Note following the judgment of the Beirut Court of Appeal (1st ch.) No. 161/2016, 4/2/2016 [2021] 51 WJA 378. Subject: Award rendered in Syria, no need for the double exequatur in Lebanon under the New York Convention vs the Lebanese Syrian Judicial Agreement.
– Note following the judgements of the Beirut Court of First Instance (2ndch), No. 159/2011, 15/12/2011 and Beirut Court of Appeal (3rdch.) 1142/2015, 21/9/2105, [2016] 29 WJA 494. Subject: Validity of arbitration clause, incomplete designation of the Tribunal. (In Arabic)
– Note following the judgement of the President of the Beirut Court of First Instance No. 71/107, 17/11/2014, [2015] 27 WJA 504. Subject: Conservatory measures issued by arbitrators, enforceability only if issued in the form of a final award. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut, 9th ch., No. 579/95, 6/6/1995, [2015] 25 WJA 463. Subject: Failure for the arbitrator to disclose a conflict of interest, sanctions, recusal of arbitrators, effects on the award, arbitrator’s liability. (In Arabic)
– Note following BCCI Award No. 71/M, 23/12/2009, [2014] 21 WJA 866. Subject: Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses, consequence of failure to negotiate before resorting to arbitration, (in)admissibility of claim. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 287/2013, 27/2/2013, [2013] 20 WJA 562. Subject: Appeal against a decision extending the time limit for rendering the award, not admissible, appeal because of violation of due process, possible. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 684/2012, 23/4/2012, [2012] 15 World Journal of Arbitration 548 (In Arabic). Subject: Amiable composition, nullity of arbitration agreement, estoppel (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb 31/3/1999, [1999] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 277. Subject: sale of goods, latent defect, guarantee and time limit. (In Arabic)
– Note following Cassation 6/2/1997, [1997] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 5. Subject: Civil procedure, object of dispute, cassation, admissibility of the recourse. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb 12/7/1996, [1996] Bull. ABL 8. Subject: Bank secrecy, violation, misdemeanor, bank’s correspondence. (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb, (Comm) 29/5/1996, [1998] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar (AL ADL)155. Subject: limited company, holding, foreign shareholders, determination of nationality, and criteria of the registered office vs. effective control. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 6/12/1995, [1997] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 86. Subject: Bank current account, closure, interest rates. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 20/7/1995, [1996] Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 127. Subject: Bank current account, plurality of accounts in foreign currencies, accounts fusion and set off (In Arabic)
– Non-signatories, Third parties and the International Arbitration Agreement a Comparative Study, Sader Legal Publishers, 2009
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1102550-n
– Sader’s Laws and Jurisprudence on Banking Law, Sader Legal Publishers, 2010 (General Editor and Contributor) (In Arabic)
– Associations in Lebanon: between freedom, law and practice, co-ed ADDL /The World Bank (BUNIAN project), Beirut, November 2001 (with G. Moukheiber, Z. Baroud and K. Daher) (In Arabic)
Articles, Reports, Books Chapters and Presentations
– Chapter 18: Multi-party Arbitration Pitfalls and Practice, with a Particular Focus on Arab Jurisdictions, in C. Prévot (ed.), Liber Amicorum Louise Irene Barrington, Jus Mundi Publications, 2026
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-18-multi-party-arbitration-pitfalls-and-practice-with-a-particular-focus-on-arab-jurisdictions
– (With D. Ross and Z. Meškić) Chapter VII in C. Kee, C. Finkelstein & L. Barrington (eds), The Danubia Files 2, Jus Mundi Publications 2024
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-7-xxvi-vis-moot-2018-19-horse-race?content-open=true
– Active case management techniques, a presentation at the ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on “The conduct of the proceedings and case management: The arbitrator’s perspective,” 25 February 2021
– The use of emergency arbitrator in M&A disputes, a paper submitted to the 8th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 17 February 2020
– The law applicable to international Joint-Ventures disputes, a paper submitted to the 6th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 8 May 2018
– The reasoning of ICSID Awards in light of the Wena Hotels v Egypt Case (annulment proceedings), [2017] 34 WJA 699 (In Arabic)
– Multi-party arbitration and complex arbitration in Real Estate disputes, a paper submitted to the ICC conference on Real Estate Arbitration in accordance with the ICC Arbitration Rules, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19 February 2017 (In Arabic)
– Effective Management of the Arbitral Proceedings: Lessons Learnt from Practical Situations, a paper submitted to the ICC YAF Conference: Revitalizing Arbitration in the Middle East, Muscat, Oman, 13 November 2016
– Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration in the MENA Region; a paper submitted the conference “Future of Arbitration in the Gulf and Middle East Region” organized by the Beirut Bar association with WilmerHale LLP, 11 July 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Construction contracts’ dispute resolution provisions in GCC countries: what lessons to be learnt? a paper submitted to ICC Lebanon’s Conference “Arbitration in Construction Disputes: The Lebanese and Middle Eastern Perspective”, 15 January 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Disqualifying Counsel for Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration: Tribunals’ Powers and Limits, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem; Kluwer Law International 2015, Volume XII Issue 46) pp. 67 – 81 (with Jennifer Keyrouz)
https://doi.org/10.54648/rba2015024
– The enforcement of international arbitration awards annulled in their country of origin, a paper submitted to the judicial seminar on international arbitration, ICC/CLDP/ITJS, Sharjah, UAE, 16 April 2015 (In Arabic)
– The Confidentiality of International Arbitration Awards, A paper submitted to the ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 15 April 2015
– The DynCorp Case: The Journey of an International Arbitral Award, [2011] 3 IJAA 25 (with Caline Mouawad, Jean-Pierre Harb and Christophe Lobier)
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1206001-n
– Domestic Arbitration under Foreign Standard Forms of Contract Not Always Simple; Note following ICE Award in STDU v Sidoon Environmental (2007), in [2010] 4 IJAA 486
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1119041-n
– On the Difficulties Encountered in the Formation of the Arbitral Tribunal in multi- party Disputes: back to Dutco? Note following Boustany v BUMC and Ors (2010) in [2010] 7 Journal of Arbitration 385 and International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2010), pp. 176-196
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1110225-n
– The Language of Arbitration under Article 17 of the UNCITRAL Rules: A Comparative Approach; [2010] 8 Journal of Arbitration 509 (In Arabic)
– The Emerging Use of Estoppel by Lebanese and French Courts: Towards a "Civil Law Estoppel”? [2009] Lexisnexis Emerging Issues 4610
– L’estoppel ou l’interdiction de se contredire aux dépens d’autrui en droit libanais ; [2009] 50 LRAIA 49. Incorporation by Reference of the Arbitration Clause: Recent Lebanese Practice in A Comparative Context; [2009] 75 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 410
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/75.3/AMDM2009064
– Turnkey Contracting Under the ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects, A Middle Eastern Law Perspective; [2009] ICLR 146
https://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=216473
– Présentation des réglementations relatives aux garanties bancaires internationales, 2004 Bull. ABL 5
– A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Securitization Draft Law for Lebanon; a report submitted to the Ministry of Finances of Lebanon and to the European Union (in French), June 2004, Beirut.
– Présentation des principes directeurs de l’OCDE à l’intention des entreprises multinationales, 2003 Bull. ABL 4-5
– L’efficacité des clauses de garantie de passif, 2000 Bull. ABL 12
– La Titrisation des créances : perspectives pour son introduction en droit libanais, 2000 Bull. ABL 10
– The Telecom Regulatory Authority: powers, obstacles and conditions for efficiency; in, LCPS & Konrad Adenauer Foundation (co-eds)., (in Arabic): “Privatization and the government’s regulatory role: The Telecom sector”, Beirut, July 2000,
– A comparative approach to the various projects for judicial reforms in Lebanon; in “The Lebanese Judiciary: elaboration of its power and institutional evolution”, co-publication LCPS/Konrad ADENAUER Foundation, 1999, Beirut, Lebanon. (In Arabic)
– Le droit applicable aux virements internationaux, 1999 Bull. ABL 7
– Les participations de la Banque centrale dans le capital des sociétés de droit privé, 1996 Bull. ABL 3
Case Notes
– Note following the judgment of the Beirut Court of Appeal (1st ch.) No. 161/2016, 4/2/2016 [2021] 51 WJA 378. Subject: Award rendered in Syria, no need for the double exequatur in Lebanon under the New York Convention vs the Lebanese Syrian Judicial Agreement.
– Note following the judgements of the Beirut Court of First Instance (2ndch), No. 159/2011, 15/12/2011 and Beirut Court of Appeal (3rdch.) 1142/2015, 21/9/2105, [2016] 29 WJA 494. Subject: Validity of arbitration clause, incomplete designation of the Tribunal. (In Arabic)
– Note following the judgement of the President of the Beirut Court of First Instance No. 71/107, 17/11/2014, [2015] 27 WJA 504. Subject: Conservatory measures issued by arbitrators, enforceability only if issued in the form of a final award. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut, 9th ch., No. 579/95, 6/6/1995, [2015] 25 WJA 463. Subject: Failure for the arbitrator to disclose a conflict of interest, sanctions, recusal of arbitrators, effects on the award, arbitrator’s liability. (In Arabic)
– Note following BCCI Award No. 71/M, 23/12/2009, [2014] 21 WJA 866. Subject: Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses, consequence of failure to negotiate before resorting to arbitration, (in)admissibility of claim. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 287/2013, 27/2/2013, [2013] 20 WJA 562. Subject: Appeal against a decision extending the time limit for rendering the award, not admissible, appeal because of violation of due process, possible. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 684/2012, 23/4/2012, [2012] 15 World Journal of Arbitration 548 (In Arabic). Subject: Amiable composition, nullity of arbitration agreement, estoppel (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb 31/3/1999, [1999] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 277. Subject: sale of goods, latent defect, guarantee and time limit. (In Arabic)
– Note following Cassation 6/2/1997, [1997] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 5. Subject: Civil procedure, object of dispute, cassation, admissibility of the recourse. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb 12/7/1996, [1996] Bull. ABL 8. Subject: Bank secrecy, violation, misdemeanor, bank’s correspondence. (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb, (Comm) 29/5/1996, [1998] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar (AL ADL)155. Subject: limited company, holding, foreign shareholders, determination of nationality, and criteria of the registered office vs. effective control. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 6/12/1995, [1997] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 86. Subject: Bank current account, closure, interest rates. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 20/7/1995, [1996] Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 127. Subject: Bank current account, plurality of accounts in foreign currencies, accounts fusion and set off (In Arabic)
English, French (native) and Arabic (native)
Admissions
Beirut
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Education & Qualifications
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (LL. B in Lebanese Law and French Master in private law)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
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– Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure
– Defence Industries and Aeronautics
– Energy, Oil and Gas
– Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
– In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
– Management Consulting
– Non Govermental Organisations
– Pharmaceuticals
– Private Client
– Technology and Telecommunications
– Defence Industries and Aeronautics
– Energy, Oil and Gas
– Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
– In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
– Management Consulting
– Non Govermental Organisations
– Pharmaceuticals
– Private Client
– Technology and Telecommunications
Marwan Sakr
Partner
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msakr@saas-law.com
marwan.sakr@usj.edu.lb
Avocat à la Cour (Paris and Beirut), Advocate (DIFC), Legal Consultant (UAE), Chartered Arbitrator Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France) Partner.
Marwan Sakr is a co-founding partner of Sakr, Awwad, Abi Najem & Sakr (SAAS) Lawyers | Avocats. He was admitted to the Beirut Bar in 1989, the Paris Bar in 2006, and to the DIFC Courts in 2009. He became a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb, UK) in 2011, a registered Legal Consultant in the UAE (RAK) in 2017 and was appointed Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste) in International, European and Arab laws by the French National Council of the Bar (CNB) in 2020.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
Marwan acts as chairman, member of tribunal and sole arbitrator under several arbitration rules (ICC, BCCI, UNCITRAL, ad hoc and Lebanese CPR). He is on the panel of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), DIFC‐LCIA, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre in Bahrain, the Arbitration Centre of the French‐Arab Chamber of Commerce in Paris and the panel of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London. He is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Arbitration Group. Marwan is one of the Lebanese Government’s appointees to the ICSID panel of conciliators.
Marwan is the author of a monograph on “Non-signatories, Third Parties and the International Arbitration Agreement”, co-directed and contributed to a reference book on banking law and co- authored a book on the law of associations in Lebanon of several book chapters, articles, reports, studies, chronicles and case notes and speaks regularly on these subjects. In addition, Marwan lectures on Project Finance law, corporate finance law, international contract and commercial laws and international economic law in various Master programs at Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Beirut Bar Institute. He is an approved Faculty Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (International Arbitration) and currently sits on its Education and Training Committee in London. Marwan also taught two courses on Multiparty Arbitrations and Conservatory Measures in the Dispute Resolution Module of the Swiss International Law School/Bond University’s LLM in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution in Basel, Switzerland. In 2019-2020, Marwan taught the module 1 of the Diploma in International Arbitration jointly delivered for the first time in the Arabic language in Riyadh and Jeddah, by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK) leading for the Fellowship of the CIArb. He also teaches in the ICC PIDA training Arabic programme.
Marwan has been identified as a leading individual in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution by Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. He has been described as a “skilled arbitrator and shows experience with insurance, oil and gas and telecoms industries” (Legal 500) and “a smart lawyer with an excellent knowledge base” (WWL Arbitration 2016) and as “[t]he "outstanding" Marwan Sakr boasts a broad knowledge base and is considered a real specialist when it comes to complex international matters” (WWL Arbitration 2017) and “Marwan Sakr is a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2018) and as “a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2019) and “Marwan Sakr is a top name for arbitration in the region, and enjoys a strong reputation for his knowledge of commercial and investment disputes” (WWL 2020). "He is one of the go-to people in the region" (WWL 2021). “Marwan has a rigorous approach to legal problems", "He has a perfect understanding of business relations” (WWL 2022). He has been constantly ranked as “Global Leader” in Arbitration since 2020 (WWL).
Marwan is a member of the Beirut Bar Association, Paris Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), International Law Association (ILA, HQ, London), Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the “Société de législation comparée” in Paris, Association suisse de l’arbitrage (ASA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, the European Association of Banking & Financial Law (Association Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier, AEDBF) Paris, the Association française des avocats conseils d’entreprise (ACE, the French commercial bar), the Institut international de Droit d’Expression et d’inspiration Françaises (IDEF, France), the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) UK, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Committee on Arbitration; the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) USA and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He is also an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies-University of London and a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), Salzburg, Austria.
As counsel in arbitration
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between UAE and Norwegian parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 2.5M (London, English law)
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between Emirati and State-Owned Chinese parties in relation with construction dispute exceeding US$ 20M (DIFC, UAE law)
– Counsel, DIAC proceedings between Emirati and Spanish parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 3M (DIFC, English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Qatari parties in a shareholders’ dispute exceeding US$ 16M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between UAE and Hong kong parties relatind to media production agreement (DIFC. English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Omani parties in a dispute exceeding US$ 10 M in relation with the construction of a crypto currency mining unit (Muscat, Omani law)
– Counsel to major US defence and aeronautics group in ICC arbitration against an Emirati party relating to an agency agreement (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between UAE and Saudi parties in a construction dispute exceeding 60 million USD relating to the construction of an airport in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– Counsel to a Middle Eastern State in ICC proceedings relating to two Power Plants dispute in excess of EUR 300M (Paris, Law of the Middle Eastern State)
– Counsel to Emirati Party in LCIA proceedings against a Jordanian party in relation with the development of a harbour in Jordan (London, English law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between French and Lebanese parties in relation to a dispute in the defence industry in excess of 150 million USD (Paris, French law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a Shareholders dispute between French and Lebanese parties in excess of 40 million USD (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese movie production company and a French movies director and producer concerning a dispute in relation with film production agreement.
– Counsel, QICCA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 400 million QAR and involving matters of lis pendens and anti-suits injunctions in an international context (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel, DIAC arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and UAE parties in connection with a franchise dispute (Dubai, UAE law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings, a FIDIC dispute between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a JV dispute in Qatar (Beirut, Qatari and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese owner and a foreign architecture and design firm (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties related to a breach of franchise agreement in Kuwait (Beirut, Lebanese and Kuwaiti laws).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence industry and an African party (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence and a UAE company involving issues of Group of Companies and joinder of third parties (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel for a Spanish investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese Spanish BIT in relation with a tender for the construction of a Power Station in North Lebanon.
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings related to a shareholders’ dispute in a JV company involving the ownership of a European registered industrial patent involving the joinder of non- signatories’ companies to the proceedings (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 200 million QAR (Tunis, Qatari law).
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Qatari JV contracting company in a FIDIC dispute in excess of 80 million USD under Qatari law with a major local developer (Doha/Paris, Qatari law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 40 million QAR (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel to a German investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese German BIT [2007-settled during the “cooling- off” negotiations]
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Kuwaiti company and a French major industrial group in connection with a wrongful termination of an Agency Agreement and issues of Kuwaiti procurement, agency and tort laws (Paris, French law applicable to the merits).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and British parties in connection with a Property Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Network Manager and a Telecom Products Distributor in connection with a dispute about an alleged breach of a Distribution Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese subcontractor and an US main contractor in connection with a major infrastructure project in Beirut involving issues of Group of Companies, incorporation by reference and extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories (Paris, French and Lebanese laws).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Operator and a Danish company in connection with an alleged breach of Contract involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause to a non-signatory (Geneva, Swiss law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a tourist village and hotel in Dahab, Egypt, involving issues of third-party joinder (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a hotel in Dahab, Egypt (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings, under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration between the heirs of a writer and a Lebanese publishing company in connection with an Intellectual Property Rights dispute (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese rules of arbitration between a Lebanese and Saudi parties in connection with the breach of a Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Saudi law).
As Arbitrator
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in multi-million construction dispute between Saudi parties (Dubai, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 100M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Sole Arbitrator in ICC arbitration between and African party and a French government owned entity acting in the name and on behalf of the French Republic (Paris, French law)
– Sole Arbitrator (DIAC appointed) in DIAC proceedings between Iraqi parties in a dispute related to shares purchase agreement exceeding US$ 3M (Dubai, UAE law)
– Co-arbitrator (ICC appointed) in ICC proceedings between Swiss and Russian in an oil and gas dispute exceeding EUR 400M involving international sanctions (Geneva, German law)
– Emergency Arbitrator in ICC proceedings relating to a US$ 35M bank guarantee in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding EUR 60 million between European, Emirati and Iranian parties in the oil and gas sector involving issues of international sanctions (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed) in ADCCAC proceedings involving multiple parties in relation with the expansion works of an airport in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 55 million USD (Muscat, Omani law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between UAE parties in a multi-million USD construction dispute (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), BCCI arbitration between Saudi and Lebanese parties in a contractual dispute exceeding 70 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between Saudi and Qatari parties in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding 25 million USD between Egyptian, UAE and Canadian parties in the luxury hotels industry (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI proceedings in a construction and engineering dispute concerning a large touristic residential village project in Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Emergency Arbitrator, ICC proceedings between multiple French and African parties in a shareholder’s dispute under OHADA law (Paris, OHADA law).
– Chairman of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between Iranian and UAE parties in a dispute related to a crude oil sales contract (Paris, Swiss and international law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between a German Lebanese JV and a Lebanese Governmental Agency in relation with construction dispute exceeding 50 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Chairman of Tribunal in ad hoc proceedings in Lebanon concerning a multi-million USD JV dispute in the real estate development sector.
– Member of Tribunal in ad hoc Lebanese arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD JV dispute in the healthcare and medical sectors.
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC complex arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD banking dispute involving multi-party and non-signatories’ issues (Dubai, UAE law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD between Bahraini and Korean Party and Dubai parties in Qatar (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD construction dispute between RAK and Dubai parties in the UAE (Dubai, UAE law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI arbitration proceedings in a FIDIC dispute between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and French parties (Dubai, Swiss law)
– Sole Arbitrator, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese bank and a client (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and Kuwaiti parties in relation with a JV dispute, involving issues of Group of Companies, Saudi and Kuwaiti companies and contract laws and joinder of third parties (Geneva, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Swiss and Luxembourg laws).
– Expert witness on several Arab laws (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between German and Saudi parties involving issues of contract law in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Iran (Frankfurt, German law applicable to the merits).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Contracting Company and a UAE Major Bank (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Legal advisor to a US oil company in a FIDIC Silver Book matter against the Iraqi authorities, involving issues of application of the Silver Book provisions and international arbitration under Iraqi law.
– Sole Arbitrator in BCCI arbitration proceedings between a private bank and an investor related to a fiduciary investments contract (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Contracting Company and its Subcontractor in connection with a dispute related to the building of high-profile luxury housing project in Beirut Central District (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Design and Architecture Company and a franchisee of an international chain of hotels in connection with a dispute related to the building of a five stars’ hotel in Beirut Central District which involved issues of intellectual property and architect’s rights over the design (Beirut, Lebanese law).
As counsel in international litigation
– TBPS v VIU DIFC Case No. ARB 031/2025: Defence against challenge to enforcement order of ICC Award
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2025] QIC (A) 5 (Qatar International Court on Appeal from QIC (F) 38)
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2024] QIC (F) 38 (Qatar International Court Case No. CTFIC0012/2024)
– SA France Télévisions Publicité v Régie Libanaise de Publicité S.A.R.L [2023] CA Beirut Case No. 307-2023 : Challenge to enforcement of a Paris Commercial Court jugement in Lebanon.
– ALUCOR LIMITED v Rohr Rein Chemie Middle East LLC [2021] DIFC Case No.TCD-001-2021]: Construction dispute involving issues of breach of DIFC Courts’ exclusive jurisdiction clause.
– Jean Sebaali v Pad Properties Nine Limited [2020] DIFC Case No. ARB 011-2020: Case involving the recognition and enforcement in onshore Dubai of an arbitral award issued in DIFC.
– Nest et al. v Deloitte & Touch ME [2018] DIFC Case No. CA 011: co-counsel to Mr Jonathan Fischer KC on issues of Lebanese companies and civil law involving matters of civil fraud.
– MTC Lebanon SAL v MACH APS [2010] CA Beirut, appeal from CFI Beirut Case No. 31-2010: Challenge to recognition and enforcement of ICC Swiss arbitration award in Lebanon.
– SME Sarl v Banque Nationale de Paris (Intercontinentale) [2006] CFI Beirut (Urgent Matters) Case No. 320: First demand performance bond - fraudulent call - pending ICC arbitration – injunction against payment of the guarantee.
– ECI SA v NOSAP Sarl and Ors [2006] CA Beirut (Civ) Case No. 2368: Challenge of enforcement of French judgment in Lebanon involving several issues of Private International Law.
– GE Kteily v Julius Baer (Middle East) Limited [2009], DIFC Case No. CFI 014/2009): Possibility of a claim for unfair dismissal although there was no statutory right to compensation for unfair dismissal in the DIFC based upon the overarching common law doctrine of the law of employment that an employer has acted in breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.
– OGT Lebanon SARL v OGT France SARL and Crédit Lyonnais [2011] Paris Commercial Court, Cases Nos. n. 1369/n. 61554: Possibility under French law to appoint an ad hoc administrator to represent a liquidated and deregistered company in a legal action brought against it several years after its deregistration.
– B v K et al [2012], Lebanese Court of Cassation, Case No. 100-2011: Successful challenge of an institutional arbitration award rendered against a non-signatory of the agreement to arbitrate involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause within a group of companies and a group of interrelated contracts.
– Fujimoto v Jazzar [2014] DIFC Case CFI No. 011/2014): Defence against an appeal from the Small Claims Tribunal involving issues of conflict of laws and jurisdiction between DIFC laws/ courts and UAE federal/Mainland Dubai laws/courts, including application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
– S v KAM [2018] CA Paris, enforcement of an international arbitration award against assets in France despite the annulment of the award in its country of origin.
As independent determination expert
– Independent Determination Expert in ICC ADR proceedings between Saudi Governmental Party and UAE Party in relation to a multi-million US$ BOT dispute (Riyadh, Saudi law)
As Legal Expert
– Lebanese law expert in a corporate dispute before the English High Court (Comm), KBD in Cedar Mundi (Holding) SAL v Attieh, consolidated Claims: CL-2023-000767 & CL-2024-000488
– Expert on Lebanese law before Swiss Courts in a criminal proceeding related to the recent bank crisis in Lebanon.
– Expert Witness on Qatari law, ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 2 billion USD between a European JV and a Qatari Governmental entity (London, Qatari law).
– Expert Witness on Yemeni law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute between a European based investor and the Yemeni Government (Paris, Yemeni law).
– Expert Witness on Libyan law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute under several BITs between various Arab and European countries and Libya (The Hague, Libyan law).
– Expert witness (tribunal appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a German company and a Libyan sovereign fund involving matters of Libyan contract, constitutional and administrative law (Paris, Libyan law).
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between UAE and Norwegian parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 2.5M (London, English law)
– Counsel in ICC proceedings between Emirati and State-Owned Chinese parties in relation with construction dispute exceeding US$ 20M (DIFC, UAE law)
– Counsel, DIAC proceedings between Emirati and Spanish parties in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 3M (DIFC, English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Qatari parties in a shareholders’ dispute exceeding US$ 16M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between UAE and Hong kong parties relatind to media production agreement (DIFC. English law)
– Counsel, ICC proceedings between Lebanese and Omani parties in a dispute exceeding US$ 10 M in relation with the construction of a crypto currency mining unit (Muscat, Omani law)
– Counsel to major US defence and aeronautics group in ICC arbitration against an Emirati party relating to an agency agreement (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between UAE and Saudi parties in a construction dispute exceeding 60 million USD relating to the construction of an airport in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– Counsel to a Middle Eastern State in ICC proceedings relating to two Power Plants dispute in excess of EUR 300M (Paris, Law of the Middle Eastern State)
– Counsel to Emirati Party in LCIA proceedings against a Jordanian party in relation with the development of a harbour in Jordan (London, English law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between French and Lebanese parties in relation to a dispute in the defence industry in excess of 150 million USD (Paris, French law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a Shareholders dispute between French and Lebanese parties in excess of 40 million USD (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese movie production company and a French movies director and producer concerning a dispute in relation with film production agreement.
– Counsel, QICCA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 400 million QAR and involving matters of lis pendens and anti-suits injunctions in an international context (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel, DIAC arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and UAE parties in connection with a franchise dispute (Dubai, UAE law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings, a FIDIC dispute between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings related to a JV dispute in Qatar (Beirut, Qatari and Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese owner and a foreign architecture and design firm (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties related to a breach of franchise agreement in Kuwait (Beirut, Lebanese and Kuwaiti laws).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a real estate developer (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence industry and an African party (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration between a French major defence and a UAE company involving issues of Group of Companies and joinder of third parties (Paris, French and Lebanese law)
– Counsel for a Spanish investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese Spanish BIT in relation with a tender for the construction of a Power Station in North Lebanon.
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings related to a shareholders’ dispute in a JV company involving the ownership of a European registered industrial patent involving the joinder of non- signatories’ companies to the proceedings (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 200 million QAR (Tunis, Qatari law).
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Qatari JV contracting company in a FIDIC dispute in excess of 80 million USD under Qatari law with a major local developer (Doha/Paris, Qatari law).
– Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contractor and a Qatari employer in connection with a construction dispute in Qatar exceeding 40 million QAR (Doha, Qatari law).
– Counsel to a German investor in a potential ICSID arbitration against the Government of Lebanon under the Lebanese German BIT [2007-settled during the “cooling- off” negotiations]
– Counsel, ICC arbitration proceedings between a Kuwaiti company and a French major industrial group in connection with a wrongful termination of an Agency Agreement and issues of Kuwaiti procurement, agency and tort laws (Paris, French law applicable to the merits).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between Lebanese and British parties in connection with a Property Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Network Manager and a Telecom Products Distributor in connection with a dispute about an alleged breach of a Distribution Agreement (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese subcontractor and an US main contractor in connection with a major infrastructure project in Beirut involving issues of Group of Companies, incorporation by reference and extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories (Paris, French and Lebanese laws).
– Counsel, ICC Case arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Mobile Telephone Operator and a Danish company in connection with an alleged breach of Contract involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause to a non-signatory (Geneva, Swiss law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a tourist village and hotel in Dahab, Egypt, involving issues of third-party joinder (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, CRCICA arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese contracting company and an Egyptian Owner in connection with the construction of a hotel in Dahab, Egypt (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings, under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration between the heirs of a writer and a Lebanese publishing company in connection with an Intellectual Property Rights dispute (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Counsel, ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese rules of arbitration between a Lebanese and Saudi parties in connection with the breach of a Purchase Agreement (Beirut, Saudi law).
As Arbitrator
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in multi-million construction dispute between Saudi parties (Dubai, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal in ICC proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding US$ 100M (Doha, Qatari law)
– Sole Arbitrator in ICC arbitration between and African party and a French government owned entity acting in the name and on behalf of the French Republic (Paris, French law)
– Sole Arbitrator (DIAC appointed) in DIAC proceedings between Iraqi parties in a dispute related to shares purchase agreement exceeding US$ 3M (Dubai, UAE law)
– Co-arbitrator (ICC appointed) in ICC proceedings between Swiss and Russian in an oil and gas dispute exceeding EUR 400M involving international sanctions (Geneva, German law)
– Emergency Arbitrator in ICC proceedings relating to a US$ 35M bank guarantee in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding EUR 60 million between European, Emirati and Iranian parties in the oil and gas sector involving issues of international sanctions (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed) in ADCCAC proceedings involving multiple parties in relation with the expansion works of an airport in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, UAE law)
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 55 million USD (Muscat, Omani law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between UAE parties in a multi-million USD construction dispute (Dubai, UAE law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), BCCI arbitration between Saudi and Lebanese parties in a contractual dispute exceeding 70 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between Saudi and Qatari parties in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-party dispute exceeding 25 million USD between Egyptian, UAE and Canadian parties in the luxury hotels industry (Cairo, Egyptian law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI proceedings in a construction and engineering dispute concerning a large touristic residential village project in Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Emergency Arbitrator, ICC proceedings between multiple French and African parties in a shareholder’s dispute under OHADA law (Paris, OHADA law).
– Chairman of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration between Iranian and UAE parties in a dispute related to a crude oil sales contract (Paris, Swiss and international law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration between a German Lebanese JV and a Lebanese Governmental Agency in relation with construction dispute exceeding 50 million USD (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Chairman of Tribunal in ad hoc proceedings in Lebanon concerning a multi-million USD JV dispute in the real estate development sector.
– Member of Tribunal in ad hoc Lebanese arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD JV dispute in the healthcare and medical sectors.
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC complex arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD banking dispute involving multi-party and non-signatories’ issues (Dubai, UAE law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a construction dispute exceeding 30 million USD between Bahraini and Korean Party and Dubai parties in Qatar (Doha, Qatari law).
– President of Tribunal (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings in a multi-million USD construction dispute between RAK and Dubai parties in the UAE (Dubai, UAE law).
– Chairman of Tribunal, BCCI arbitration proceedings in a FIDIC dispute between Lebanese and Kuwaiti parties (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and French parties (Dubai, Swiss law)
– Sole Arbitrator, BCCI arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese bank and a client (Beirut, Lebanese law)
– Sole Arbitrator (ICC appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between Saudi and Kuwaiti parties in relation with a JV dispute, involving issues of Group of Companies, Saudi and Kuwaiti companies and contract laws and joinder of third parties (Geneva, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Swiss and Luxembourg laws).
– Expert witness on several Arab laws (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between German and Saudi parties involving issues of contract law in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Iran (Frankfurt, German law applicable to the merits).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a Lebanese Contracting Company and a UAE Major Bank (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Legal advisor to a US oil company in a FIDIC Silver Book matter against the Iraqi authorities, involving issues of application of the Silver Book provisions and international arbitration under Iraqi law.
– Sole Arbitrator in BCCI arbitration proceedings between a private bank and an investor related to a fiduciary investments contract (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Contracting Company and its Subcontractor in connection with a dispute related to the building of high-profile luxury housing project in Beirut Central District (Beirut, Lebanese law).
– Arbitrator (party appointed), ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Lebanese CPR of arbitration, between a Lebanese Design and Architecture Company and a franchisee of an international chain of hotels in connection with a dispute related to the building of a five stars’ hotel in Beirut Central District which involved issues of intellectual property and architect’s rights over the design (Beirut, Lebanese law).
As counsel in international litigation
– TBPS v VIU DIFC Case No. ARB 031/2025: Defence against challenge to enforcement order of ICC Award
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– Raytheon International Inc v Al Salami ADGM Case No. ADGMCFI-2025-187: Recognition and Enforcement in ADGM of ICC Award rendered in Abu Dhabi
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2025] QIC (A) 5 (Qatar International Court on Appeal from QIC (F) 38)
– DWF LLP v Roland Berger LLC [2024] QIC (F) 38 (Qatar International Court Case No. CTFIC0012/2024)
– SA France Télévisions Publicité v Régie Libanaise de Publicité S.A.R.L [2023] CA Beirut Case No. 307-2023 : Challenge to enforcement of a Paris Commercial Court jugement in Lebanon.
– ALUCOR LIMITED v Rohr Rein Chemie Middle East LLC [2021] DIFC Case No.TCD-001-2021]: Construction dispute involving issues of breach of DIFC Courts’ exclusive jurisdiction clause.
– Jean Sebaali v Pad Properties Nine Limited [2020] DIFC Case No. ARB 011-2020: Case involving the recognition and enforcement in onshore Dubai of an arbitral award issued in DIFC.
– Nest et al. v Deloitte & Touch ME [2018] DIFC Case No. CA 011: co-counsel to Mr Jonathan Fischer KC on issues of Lebanese companies and civil law involving matters of civil fraud.
– MTC Lebanon SAL v MACH APS [2010] CA Beirut, appeal from CFI Beirut Case No. 31-2010: Challenge to recognition and enforcement of ICC Swiss arbitration award in Lebanon.
– SME Sarl v Banque Nationale de Paris (Intercontinentale) [2006] CFI Beirut (Urgent Matters) Case No. 320: First demand performance bond - fraudulent call - pending ICC arbitration – injunction against payment of the guarantee.
– ECI SA v NOSAP Sarl and Ors [2006] CA Beirut (Civ) Case No. 2368: Challenge of enforcement of French judgment in Lebanon involving several issues of Private International Law.
– GE Kteily v Julius Baer (Middle East) Limited [2009], DIFC Case No. CFI 014/2009): Possibility of a claim for unfair dismissal although there was no statutory right to compensation for unfair dismissal in the DIFC based upon the overarching common law doctrine of the law of employment that an employer has acted in breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.
– OGT Lebanon SARL v OGT France SARL and Crédit Lyonnais [2011] Paris Commercial Court, Cases Nos. n. 1369/n. 61554: Possibility under French law to appoint an ad hoc administrator to represent a liquidated and deregistered company in a legal action brought against it several years after its deregistration.
– B v K et al [2012], Lebanese Court of Cassation, Case No. 100-2011: Successful challenge of an institutional arbitration award rendered against a non-signatory of the agreement to arbitrate involving issues of extension of the arbitration clause within a group of companies and a group of interrelated contracts.
– Fujimoto v Jazzar [2014] DIFC Case CFI No. 011/2014): Defence against an appeal from the Small Claims Tribunal involving issues of conflict of laws and jurisdiction between DIFC laws/ courts and UAE federal/Mainland Dubai laws/courts, including application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
– S v KAM [2018] CA Paris, enforcement of an international arbitration award against assets in France despite the annulment of the award in its country of origin.
As independent determination expert
– Independent Determination Expert in ICC ADR proceedings between Saudi Governmental Party and UAE Party in relation to a multi-million US$ BOT dispute (Riyadh, Saudi law)
As Legal Expert
– Lebanese law expert in a corporate dispute before the English High Court (Comm), KBD in Cedar Mundi (Holding) SAL v Attieh, consolidated Claims: CL-2023-000767 & CL-2024-000488
– Expert on Lebanese law before Swiss Courts in a criminal proceeding related to the recent bank crisis in Lebanon.
– Expert Witness on Qatari law, ICC arbitration in a construction dispute exceeding 2 billion USD between a European JV and a Qatari Governmental entity (London, Qatari law).
– Expert Witness on Yemeni law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute between a European based investor and the Yemeni Government (Paris, Yemeni law).
– Expert Witness on Libyan law, UNCITRAL arbitration in an investment dispute under several BITs between various Arab and European countries and Libya (The Hague, Libyan law).
– Expert witness (tribunal appointed), ICC arbitration proceedings between a German company and a Libyan sovereign fund involving matters of Libyan contract, constitutional and administrative law (Paris, Libyan law).
Books
– Non-signatories, Third parties and the International Arbitration Agreement a Comparative Study, Sader Legal Publishers, 2009
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1102550-n
– Sader’s Laws and Jurisprudence on Banking Law, Sader Legal Publishers, 2010 (General Editor and Contributor) (In Arabic)
– Associations in Lebanon: between freedom, law and practice, co-ed ADDL /The World Bank (BUNIAN project), Beirut, November 2001 (with G. Moukheiber, Z. Baroud and K. Daher) (In Arabic)
Articles, Reports, Books Chapters and Presentations
– Chapter 18: Multi-party Arbitration Pitfalls and Practice, with a Particular Focus on Arab Jurisdictions, in C. Prévot (ed.), Liber Amicorum Louise Irene Barrington, Jus Mundi Publications, 2026
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-18-multi-party-arbitration-pitfalls-and-practice-with-a-particular-focus-on-arab-jurisdictions
– (With D. Ross and Z. Meškić) Chapter VII in C. Kee, C. Finkelstein & L. Barrington (eds), The Danubia Files 2, Jus Mundi Publications 2024
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-7-xxvi-vis-moot-2018-19-horse-race?content-open=true
– Active case management techniques, a presentation at the ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on “The conduct of the proceedings and case management: The arbitrator’s perspective,” 25 February 2021
– The use of emergency arbitrator in M&A disputes, a paper submitted to the 8th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 17 February 2020
– The law applicable to international Joint-Ventures disputes, a paper submitted to the 6th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 8 May 2018
– The reasoning of ICSID Awards in light of the Wena Hotels v Egypt Case (annulment proceedings), [2017] 34 WJA 699 (In Arabic)
– Multi-party arbitration and complex arbitration in Real Estate disputes, a paper submitted to the ICC conference on Real Estate Arbitration in accordance with the ICC Arbitration Rules, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19 February 2017 (In Arabic)
– Effective Management of the Arbitral Proceedings: Lessons Learnt from Practical Situations, a paper submitted to the ICC YAF Conference: Revitalizing Arbitration in the Middle East, Muscat, Oman, 13 November 2016
– Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration in the MENA Region; a paper submitted the conference “Future of Arbitration in the Gulf and Middle East Region” organized by the Beirut Bar association with WilmerHale LLP, 11 July 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Construction contracts’ dispute resolution provisions in GCC countries: what lessons to be learnt? a paper submitted to ICC Lebanon’s Conference “Arbitration in Construction Disputes: The Lebanese and Middle Eastern Perspective”, 15 January 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Disqualifying Counsel for Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration: Tribunals’ Powers and Limits, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem; Kluwer Law International 2015, Volume XII Issue 46) pp. 67 – 81 (with Jennifer Keyrouz)
https://doi.org/10.54648/rba2015024
– The enforcement of international arbitration awards annulled in their country of origin, a paper submitted to the judicial seminar on international arbitration, ICC/CLDP/ITJS, Sharjah, UAE, 16 April 2015 (In Arabic)
– The Confidentiality of International Arbitration Awards, A paper submitted to the ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 15 April 2015
– The DynCorp Case: The Journey of an International Arbitral Award, [2011] 3 IJAA 25 (with Caline Mouawad, Jean-Pierre Harb and Christophe Lobier)
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1206001-n
– Domestic Arbitration under Foreign Standard Forms of Contract Not Always Simple; Note following ICE Award in STDU v Sidoon Environmental (2007), in [2010] 4 IJAA 486
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1119041-n
– On the Difficulties Encountered in the Formation of the Arbitral Tribunal in multi- party Disputes: back to Dutco? Note following Boustany v BUMC and Ors (2010) in [2010] 7 Journal of Arbitration 385 and International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2010), pp. 176-196
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1110225-n
– The Language of Arbitration under Article 17 of the UNCITRAL Rules: A Comparative Approach; [2010] 8 Journal of Arbitration 509 (In Arabic)
– The Emerging Use of Estoppel by Lebanese and French Courts: Towards a "Civil Law Estoppel”? [2009] Lexisnexis Emerging Issues 4610
– L’estoppel ou l’interdiction de se contredire aux dépens d’autrui en droit libanais ; [2009] 50 LRAIA 49. Incorporation by Reference of the Arbitration Clause: Recent Lebanese Practice in A Comparative Context; [2009] 75 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 410
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/75.3/AMDM2009064
– Turnkey Contracting Under the ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects, A Middle Eastern Law Perspective; [2009] ICLR 146
https://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=216473
– Présentation des réglementations relatives aux garanties bancaires internationales, 2004 Bull. ABL 5
– A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Securitization Draft Law for Lebanon; a report submitted to the Ministry of Finances of Lebanon and to the European Union (in French), June 2004, Beirut.
– Présentation des principes directeurs de l’OCDE à l’intention des entreprises multinationales, 2003 Bull. ABL 4-5
– L’efficacité des clauses de garantie de passif, 2000 Bull. ABL 12
– La Titrisation des créances : perspectives pour son introduction en droit libanais, 2000 Bull. ABL 10
– The Telecom Regulatory Authority: powers, obstacles and conditions for efficiency; in, LCPS & Konrad Adenauer Foundation (co-eds)., (in Arabic): “Privatization and the government’s regulatory role: The Telecom sector”, Beirut, July 2000,
– A comparative approach to the various projects for judicial reforms in Lebanon; in “The Lebanese Judiciary: elaboration of its power and institutional evolution”, co-publication LCPS/Konrad ADENAUER Foundation, 1999, Beirut, Lebanon. (In Arabic)
– Le droit applicable aux virements internationaux, 1999 Bull. ABL 7
– Les participations de la Banque centrale dans le capital des sociétés de droit privé, 1996 Bull. ABL 3
Case Notes
– Note following the judgment of the Beirut Court of Appeal (1st ch.) No. 161/2016, 4/2/2016 [2021] 51 WJA 378. Subject: Award rendered in Syria, no need for the double exequatur in Lebanon under the New York Convention vs the Lebanese Syrian Judicial Agreement.
– Note following the judgements of the Beirut Court of First Instance (2ndch), No. 159/2011, 15/12/2011 and Beirut Court of Appeal (3rdch.) 1142/2015, 21/9/2105, [2016] 29 WJA 494. Subject: Validity of arbitration clause, incomplete designation of the Tribunal. (In Arabic)
– Note following the judgement of the President of the Beirut Court of First Instance No. 71/107, 17/11/2014, [2015] 27 WJA 504. Subject: Conservatory measures issued by arbitrators, enforceability only if issued in the form of a final award. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut, 9th ch., No. 579/95, 6/6/1995, [2015] 25 WJA 463. Subject: Failure for the arbitrator to disclose a conflict of interest, sanctions, recusal of arbitrators, effects on the award, arbitrator’s liability. (In Arabic)
– Note following BCCI Award No. 71/M, 23/12/2009, [2014] 21 WJA 866. Subject: Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses, consequence of failure to negotiate before resorting to arbitration, (in)admissibility of claim. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 287/2013, 27/2/2013, [2013] 20 WJA 562. Subject: Appeal against a decision extending the time limit for rendering the award, not admissible, appeal because of violation of due process, possible. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 684/2012, 23/4/2012, [2012] 15 World Journal of Arbitration 548 (In Arabic). Subject: Amiable composition, nullity of arbitration agreement, estoppel (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb 31/3/1999, [1999] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 277. Subject: sale of goods, latent defect, guarantee and time limit. (In Arabic)
– Note following Cassation 6/2/1997, [1997] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 5. Subject: Civil procedure, object of dispute, cassation, admissibility of the recourse. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb 12/7/1996, [1996] Bull. ABL 8. Subject: Bank secrecy, violation, misdemeanor, bank’s correspondence. (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb, (Comm) 29/5/1996, [1998] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar (AL ADL)155. Subject: limited company, holding, foreign shareholders, determination of nationality, and criteria of the registered office vs. effective control. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 6/12/1995, [1997] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 86. Subject: Bank current account, closure, interest rates. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 20/7/1995, [1996] Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 127. Subject: Bank current account, plurality of accounts in foreign currencies, accounts fusion and set off (In Arabic)
– Non-signatories, Third parties and the International Arbitration Agreement a Comparative Study, Sader Legal Publishers, 2009
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1102550-n
– Sader’s Laws and Jurisprudence on Banking Law, Sader Legal Publishers, 2010 (General Editor and Contributor) (In Arabic)
– Associations in Lebanon: between freedom, law and practice, co-ed ADDL /The World Bank (BUNIAN project), Beirut, November 2001 (with G. Moukheiber, Z. Baroud and K. Daher) (In Arabic)
Articles, Reports, Books Chapters and Presentations
– Chapter 18: Multi-party Arbitration Pitfalls and Practice, with a Particular Focus on Arab Jurisdictions, in C. Prévot (ed.), Liber Amicorum Louise Irene Barrington, Jus Mundi Publications, 2026
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-18-multi-party-arbitration-pitfalls-and-practice-with-a-particular-focus-on-arab-jurisdictions
– (With D. Ross and Z. Meškić) Chapter VII in C. Kee, C. Finkelstein & L. Barrington (eds), The Danubia Files 2, Jus Mundi Publications 2024
https://jusmundi.com/en/document/publication/en-chapter-7-xxvi-vis-moot-2018-19-horse-race?content-open=true
– Active case management techniques, a presentation at the ICC Institute Advanced Level Training on “The conduct of the proceedings and case management: The arbitrator’s perspective,” 25 February 2021
– The use of emergency arbitrator in M&A disputes, a paper submitted to the 8th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 17 February 2020
– The law applicable to international Joint-Ventures disputes, a paper submitted to the 6th ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 8 May 2018
– The reasoning of ICSID Awards in light of the Wena Hotels v Egypt Case (annulment proceedings), [2017] 34 WJA 699 (In Arabic)
– Multi-party arbitration and complex arbitration in Real Estate disputes, a paper submitted to the ICC conference on Real Estate Arbitration in accordance with the ICC Arbitration Rules, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19 February 2017 (In Arabic)
– Effective Management of the Arbitral Proceedings: Lessons Learnt from Practical Situations, a paper submitted to the ICC YAF Conference: Revitalizing Arbitration in the Middle East, Muscat, Oman, 13 November 2016
– Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration in the MENA Region; a paper submitted the conference “Future of Arbitration in the Gulf and Middle East Region” organized by the Beirut Bar association with WilmerHale LLP, 11 July 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Construction contracts’ dispute resolution provisions in GCC countries: what lessons to be learnt? a paper submitted to ICC Lebanon’s Conference “Arbitration in Construction Disputes: The Lebanese and Middle Eastern Perspective”, 15 January 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
– Disqualifying Counsel for Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration: Tribunals’ Powers and Limits, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem; Kluwer Law International 2015, Volume XII Issue 46) pp. 67 – 81 (with Jennifer Keyrouz)
https://doi.org/10.54648/rba2015024
– The enforcement of international arbitration awards annulled in their country of origin, a paper submitted to the judicial seminar on international arbitration, ICC/CLDP/ITJS, Sharjah, UAE, 16 April 2015 (In Arabic)
– The Confidentiality of International Arbitration Awards, A paper submitted to the ICC International Arbitration MENA Conference, Dubai, UAE, 15 April 2015
– The DynCorp Case: The Journey of an International Arbitral Award, [2011] 3 IJAA 25 (with Caline Mouawad, Jean-Pierre Harb and Christophe Lobier)
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1206001-n
– Domestic Arbitration under Foreign Standard Forms of Contract Not Always Simple; Note following ICE Award in STDU v Sidoon Environmental (2007), in [2010] 4 IJAA 486
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1119041-n
– On the Difficulties Encountered in the Formation of the Arbitral Tribunal in multi- party Disputes: back to Dutco? Note following Boustany v BUMC and Ors (2010) in [2010] 7 Journal of Arbitration 385 and International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2010), pp. 176-196
https://www.kluwerarbitration.com/document/kli-ka-1110225-n
– The Language of Arbitration under Article 17 of the UNCITRAL Rules: A Comparative Approach; [2010] 8 Journal of Arbitration 509 (In Arabic)
– The Emerging Use of Estoppel by Lebanese and French Courts: Towards a "Civil Law Estoppel”? [2009] Lexisnexis Emerging Issues 4610
– L’estoppel ou l’interdiction de se contredire aux dépens d’autrui en droit libanais ; [2009] 50 LRAIA 49. Incorporation by Reference of the Arbitration Clause: Recent Lebanese Practice in A Comparative Context; [2009] 75 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 410
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/75.3/AMDM2009064
– Turnkey Contracting Under the ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects, A Middle Eastern Law Perspective; [2009] ICLR 146
https://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=216473
– Présentation des réglementations relatives aux garanties bancaires internationales, 2004 Bull. ABL 5
– A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Securitization Draft Law for Lebanon; a report submitted to the Ministry of Finances of Lebanon and to the European Union (in French), June 2004, Beirut.
– Présentation des principes directeurs de l’OCDE à l’intention des entreprises multinationales, 2003 Bull. ABL 4-5
– L’efficacité des clauses de garantie de passif, 2000 Bull. ABL 12
– La Titrisation des créances : perspectives pour son introduction en droit libanais, 2000 Bull. ABL 10
– The Telecom Regulatory Authority: powers, obstacles and conditions for efficiency; in, LCPS & Konrad Adenauer Foundation (co-eds)., (in Arabic): “Privatization and the government’s regulatory role: The Telecom sector”, Beirut, July 2000,
– A comparative approach to the various projects for judicial reforms in Lebanon; in “The Lebanese Judiciary: elaboration of its power and institutional evolution”, co-publication LCPS/Konrad ADENAUER Foundation, 1999, Beirut, Lebanon. (In Arabic)
– Le droit applicable aux virements internationaux, 1999 Bull. ABL 7
– Les participations de la Banque centrale dans le capital des sociétés de droit privé, 1996 Bull. ABL 3
Case Notes
– Note following the judgment of the Beirut Court of Appeal (1st ch.) No. 161/2016, 4/2/2016 [2021] 51 WJA 378. Subject: Award rendered in Syria, no need for the double exequatur in Lebanon under the New York Convention vs the Lebanese Syrian Judicial Agreement.
– Note following the judgements of the Beirut Court of First Instance (2ndch), No. 159/2011, 15/12/2011 and Beirut Court of Appeal (3rdch.) 1142/2015, 21/9/2105, [2016] 29 WJA 494. Subject: Validity of arbitration clause, incomplete designation of the Tribunal. (In Arabic)
– Note following the judgement of the President of the Beirut Court of First Instance No. 71/107, 17/11/2014, [2015] 27 WJA 504. Subject: Conservatory measures issued by arbitrators, enforceability only if issued in the form of a final award. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut, 9th ch., No. 579/95, 6/6/1995, [2015] 25 WJA 463. Subject: Failure for the arbitrator to disclose a conflict of interest, sanctions, recusal of arbitrators, effects on the award, arbitrator’s liability. (In Arabic)
– Note following BCCI Award No. 71/M, 23/12/2009, [2014] 21 WJA 866. Subject: Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses, consequence of failure to negotiate before resorting to arbitration, (in)admissibility of claim. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 287/2013, 27/2/2013, [2013] 20 WJA 562. Subject: Appeal against a decision extending the time limit for rendering the award, not admissible, appeal because of violation of due process, possible. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Beirut 1st ch., No. 684/2012, 23/4/2012, [2012] 15 World Journal of Arbitration 548 (In Arabic). Subject: Amiable composition, nullity of arbitration agreement, estoppel (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb 31/3/1999, [1999] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 277. Subject: sale of goods, latent defect, guarantee and time limit. (In Arabic)
– Note following Cassation 6/2/1997, [1997] 2 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 5. Subject: Civil procedure, object of dispute, cassation, admissibility of the recourse. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb 12/7/1996, [1996] Bull. ABL 8. Subject: Bank secrecy, violation, misdemeanor, bank’s correspondence. (In Arabic)
– Note following Ct 1st Inst. Mt Leb, (Comm) 29/5/1996, [1998] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar (AL ADL)155. Subject: limited company, holding, foreign shareholders, determination of nationality, and criteria of the registered office vs. effective control. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 6/12/1995, [1997] 1 Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 86. Subject: Bank current account, closure, interest rates. (In Arabic)
– Note following CA Mt Leb (1st Civ) 20/7/1995, [1996] Journal of the Beirut Bar Association (AL ADL) 127. Subject: Bank current account, plurality of accounts in foreign currencies, accounts fusion and set off (In Arabic)
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Bar Admission
Beirut
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Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Education
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (LL. B in Lebanese Law and French Master in private law)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
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– Management Consulting
– Non Govermental Organisations
– Pharmaceuticals
– Private Client
– Technology and Telecommunications
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marwan.sakr@usj.edu.lb
Avocat à la Cour (Paris and Beirut), Advocate (DIFC), Legal Consultant (UAE), Chartered Arbitrator Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France) Partner.
Marwan Sakr is a co-founding partner of Sakr, Awwad, Abi Najem & Sakr (SAAS) Lawyers | Avocats. He was admitted to the Beirut Bar in 1989, the Paris Bar in 2006, and to the DIFC Courts in 2009. He became a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb, UK) in 2011, a registered Legal Consultant in the UAE (RAK) in 2017 and was appointed Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste) in International, European and Arab laws by the French National Council of the Bar (CNB) in 2020.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
Marwan is the author of a monograph on “Non-signatories, Third Parties and the International Arbitration Agreement”, co-directed and contributed to a reference book on banking law and co- authored a book on the law of associations in Lebanon of several book chapters, articles, reports, studies, chronicles and case notes and speaks regularly on these subjects. In addition, Marwan lectures on Project Finance law, corporate finance law, international contract and commercial laws and international economic law in various Master programs at Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Beirut Bar Institute. He is an approved Faculty Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (International Arbitration) and currently sits on its Education and Training Committee in London. Marwan also taught two courses on Multiparty Arbitrations and Conservatory Measures in the Dispute Resolution Module of the Swiss International Law School/Bond University’s LLM in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution in Basel, Switzerland. In 2019-2020, Marwan taught the module 1 of the Diploma in International Arbitration jointly delivered for the first time in the Arabic language in Riyadh and Jeddah, by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK) leading for the Fellowship of the CIArb. He also teaches in the ICC PIDA training Arabic programme.
Marwan acts as chairman, member of tribunal and sole arbitrator under several arbitration rules (ICC, BCCI, UNCITRAL, ad hoc and Lebanese CPR). He is on the panel of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), DIFC‐LCIA, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre in Bahrain, the Arbitration Centre of the French‐Arab Chamber of Commerce in Paris and the panel of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London. He is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Arbitration Group. Marwan is one of the Lebanese Government’s appointees to the ICSID panel of conciliators.
Marwan has been identified as a leading individual in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution by Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. He has been described as a “skilled arbitrator and shows experience with insurance, oil and gas and telecoms industries” (Legal 500) and “a smart lawyer with an excellent knowledge base” (WWL Arbitration 2016) and as “[t]he "outstanding" Marwan Sakr boasts a broad knowledge base and is considered a real specialist when it comes to complex international matters” (WWL Arbitration 2017) and “Marwan Sakr is a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2018) and as “a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2019) and “Marwan Sakr is a top name for arbitration in the region, and enjoys a strong reputation for his knowledge of commercial and investment disputes” (WWL 2020). "He is one of the go-to people in the region" (WWL 2021). “Marwan has a rigorous approach to legal problems", "He has a perfect understanding of business relations” (WWL 2022). He has been constantly ranked as “Global Leader” in Arbitration since 2020 (WWL).
Marwan is a member of the Beirut Bar Association, Paris Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), International Law Association (ILA, HQ, London), Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the “Société de législation comparée” in Paris, Association suisse de l’arbitrage (ASA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, the European Association of Banking & Financial Law (Association Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier, AEDBF) Paris, the Association française des avocats conseils d’entreprise (ACE, the French commercial bar), the Institut international de Droit d’Expression et d’inspiration Françaises (IDEF, France), the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) UK, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Committee on Arbitration; the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) USA and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He is also an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies-University of London and a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), Salzburg, Austria.
English, French (native) and Arabic (native)
Bar Admission
Beirut
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Education
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (LL. B in Lebanese Law and French Master in private law)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Related Industries
- Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure
- Defence Industries and Aeronautics
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
- In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
- Management Consulting
- Non Govermental Organisations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Client
- Technology and Telecommunications
- Defence Industries and Aeronautics
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
- In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
- Management Consulting
- Non Govermental Organisations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Client
- Technology and Telecommunications
Partners
Counsels
Associates
Assistants
Dunia Bejjani
Jenny Rizk
Angela Ramadan
Marwan Sakr
Partner
CONTACT
ADDRESS
Saifi311
145, Place Gebran Tueni
Beirut1100-2070, Lebanon
T : +961 1 218 444
F : +961 1 339 020
M : +961 3 775 774
222, Boulevard Saint-Germain
75007, Paris, France
M: +33 6 88 28 39 46
Office 516, 5th Floor
The Binary
Al Marasi Drive
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
M: +971 50 944 41 32
Normanton Chambers
218 Strand, WC2R 1AT
London, United Kingdom
T: +44 300 0300 218
msakr@saas-law.com
marwan.sakr@usj.edu.lb
Avocat à la Cour (Paris and Beirut), Advocate (DIFC), Legal Consultant (UAE), Chartered Arbitrator Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France) Partner.
Marwan Sakr is a co-founding partner of Sakr, Awwad, Abi Najem & Sakr (SAAS) Lawyers | Avocats. He was admitted to the Beirut Bar in 1989, the Paris Bar in 2006, and to the DIFC Courts in 2009. He became a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb, UK) in 2011, a registered Legal Consultant in the UAE (RAK) in 2017 and was appointed Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste) in International, European and Arab laws by the French National Council of the Bar (CNB) in 2020.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
His practice focuses on international commercial and investment disputes (notably international arbitration and litigation), banking and financial law, insurance and reinsurance, corporate law, conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, public law and government contracts, foreign investment and infrastructure projects and has extensive experience negotiating complex cross-border contracts in these fields. His practice includes matters of public international law European and Middle Eastern laws and has acted before the ECtHR in arbitration and Tax related matters.
He has advised and assisted the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Lebanon and the Association of Banks of Lebanon, as well as the Lebanese Ministry of Administrative reform and the Investment Authority of Kurdistan in the drafting and assessment of several financial, economic and investment laws and regulations. He is currently appointed by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the committee responsible for drafting the Financial Stability Law.
Marwan started practicing with one of the most prominent litigation firms in Beirut. Between 1994 and 2000, he was a senior associate of a Law Firm associated with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Beirut and Riyadh, before becoming a partner of Hennaoui & Sakr and then participating in the founding of SAAS Lawyers. He also practices as an international arbitrator from a Barristers Chambers in London.
Marwan is the author of a monograph on “Non-signatories, Third Parties and the International Arbitration Agreement”, co-directed and contributed to a reference book on banking law and co- authored a book on the law of associations in Lebanon of several book chapters, articles, reports, studies, chronicles and case notes and speaks regularly on these subjects. In addition, Marwan lectures on Project Finance law, corporate finance law, international contract and commercial laws and international economic law in various Master programs at Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Beirut Bar Institute. He is an approved Faculty Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (International Arbitration) and currently sits on its Education and Training Committee in London. Marwan also taught two courses on Multiparty Arbitrations and Conservatory Measures in the Dispute Resolution Module of the Swiss International Law School/Bond University’s LLM in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution in Basel, Switzerland. In 2019-2020, Marwan taught the module 1 of the Diploma in International Arbitration jointly delivered for the first time in the Arabic language in Riyadh and Jeddah, by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK) leading for the Fellowship of the CIArb. He also teaches in the ICC PIDA training Arabic programme.
Marwan acts as chairman, member of tribunal and sole arbitrator under several arbitration rules (ICC, BCCI, UNCITRAL, ad hoc and Lebanese CPR). He is on the panel of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), DIFC‐LCIA, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre in Bahrain, the Arbitration Centre of the French‐Arab Chamber of Commerce in Paris and the panel of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London. He is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Arbitration Group. Marwan is one of the Lebanese Government’s appointees to the ICSID panel of conciliators.
Marwan has been identified as a leading individual in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution by Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. He has been described as a “skilled arbitrator and shows experience with insurance, oil and gas and telecoms industries” (Legal 500) and “a smart lawyer with an excellent knowledge base” (WWL Arbitration 2016) and as “[t]he "outstanding" Marwan Sakr boasts a broad knowledge base and is considered a real specialist when it comes to complex international matters” (WWL Arbitration 2017) and “Marwan Sakr is a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2018) and as “a distinguished name in the region who commentators laud as an "outstanding arbitrator", with expertise covering a number of jurisdictions and all of the main arbitration rules” (WWL 2019) and “Marwan Sakr is a top name for arbitration in the region, and enjoys a strong reputation for his knowledge of commercial and investment disputes” (WWL 2020). "He is one of the go-to people in the region" (WWL 2021). “Marwan has a rigorous approach to legal problems", "He has a perfect understanding of business relations” (WWL 2022). He has been constantly ranked as “Global Leader” in Arbitration since 2020 (WWL).
Marwan is a member of the Beirut Bar Association, Paris Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), International Law Association (ILA, HQ, London), Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the “Société de législation comparée” in Paris, Association suisse de l’arbitrage (ASA), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, the European Association of Banking & Financial Law (Association Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier, AEDBF) Paris, the Association française des avocats conseils d’entreprise (ACE, the French commercial bar), the Institut international de Droit d’Expression et d’inspiration Françaises (IDEF, France), the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) UK, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence, ICC Arab Arbitration Group and ICC Lebanon’s Committee on Arbitration; the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) USA and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He is also an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies-University of London and a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), Salzburg, Austria.
English, French (native) and Arabic (native)
Bar Admission
Beirut
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Paris
Dubai International Financial Centre (Advocate)
United Arab Emirates (Legal Consultant)
Education
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (LL. B in Lebanese Law and French Master in private law)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Université Toulouse I Capitole, (Master 2 de droit international, européen et comparé, spécialité juriste international)
Haute école des avocats conseils (HEDAC), Versailles, France (Law Practice Exam)
University of Huddersfield School of law, UK (LL.M, International Law)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Fellowship in International Arbitration)
Specialist Counsel (Avocat spécialiste), International, European and Arab laws (CNB, France)
Related Industries
- Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure
- Defence Industries and Aeronautics
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
- In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
- Management Consulting
- Non Govermental Organisations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Client
- Technology and Telecommunications
- Defence Industries and Aeronautics
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality
- In-house and Corporate Counsel Teams
- Management Consulting
- Non Govermental Organisations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Client
- Technology and Telecommunications