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Biography

Jalal El Ahdab (Jil Ahdab)’s practice covers international business law, notably with the Arab world and Europe, and more specifically in the field of international litigation and foreign investments. He has strong expertise in managing international disputes and particularly arbitrations: shareholders and securities suits, class actions, breach of negotiations, bank guarantees… The type of business disputes his practice includes relates to the trade of various types of commodities, telecom markets, port concessions… It also involves the following geographical areas: Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He possesses a wide expertise of institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC, DIAC, CRCICA and CAS Rules. Co-author of Arbitration with the Arab Countries (Kluwer 2011) Managing Editor of the International Journal of Arab Arbitration,available on www.kluweronline.com and www.intljaa.com. Lecturer on arbitration law at the Versailles-Saint-Quentin University. • Admitted to practice in the Paris, New York and Beirut bars • JSD, Paris I University • LL.M Columbia Law School • Sciences Po (IEP Paris) and Institut Supér ieur de Gestion