Biography
Prof. Dr. Georges Affaki is a Professor of law at the University of Paris II and an Avocat admitted
to practice before the Court of Appeal of Paris, France. He is a Chartered Arbitrator, a member of
the ICC International Court of Arbitration and of the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and Mediators. He
served as chairman, panel and sole arbitrator in investment and in international commercial arbitral
proceedings under the rules of the leading institutions.
Prof. Affaki is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Australian
Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). He is consistently ranked by Euromoney
in the Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration and is listed by Chambers
both amongst France’s Most in Demand Arbitrators and for his expertise in financial regulation and
litigation.
He is the Chairman of ICC France Banking Commission and chairs the Legal Committee of the ICC
Banking Commission that he founded. Professor Affaki is a member of the Board of Governors of
the UNIDROIT Foundation and a Council member of the ICC Institute. He led or participated in
several law reforms in transition economies. In 2019, Prof. Affaki was nominated Foreign Trade
Counselor of France by Ministerial Decree.
Prof. Affaki co-chaired the ICC Task Force on Financial Institutions and International Arbitration.
He also chaired the French Arbitration Committee working group on Arbitration in Banking and
Financial Matters. He acted as Rapporteur for the International Law Association Resolution on
international jurisdiction over foreign bank branches, and chaired a Paris Europlace working group
on Islamic Finance which issued a report titled Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution in Islamic
Finance.
Prof. Affaki is fluent in Arabic, English and French.
He holds trustee positions in a number of non-profit organisations and is actively engaged in
community projects. He was awarded the European Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.