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Abdul Hamid El-Ahdab

Address: 

1, Rue Cognacq-Jay
75007 Paris
France

Phone Number: 
(33-1) 45-51-78-35
Fax Number: 
(33-1) 47-53-79-36
Email: 
ahdab@destination.com.ib
Born: 
1940, Beirut
Languages: 
French English Arabic
Nationalities: 
French
Lebanese
Education: 
D.E.S. 1977, Lebanese Univ.; LL.D. 1980, Univ. of Paris
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Paris and Beirut bars
Present Position: 
Lawyer, private practice
Professional Experience: 

Lawyer, private practice (1987 -); Legal Advisor, Paris (1980-1986); Legal Advisor, Riad, Saudi Arabia (1977-1980); Lawyer, Beirut (1965 -)

Professional Associations: 

Member, French Arbitration Committee; IBA; Swiss Arbitration Assoc.; Union of Arab Banks (Court of Arbitration); President of the Arab Association for International Arbitration Member of the Euro-Arab Forum for Arbitration and Business Law

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC, French national committee and Lebanese national committee; London Court of International Arbitration; Euro-Arab Arbitration System

Arbitration Experience: 

Member of tribunal, ICC cases (joined) 3790, 3902, 4050, 4051, 4054 (1982-1984), award published in 110 J. Droit Int’l (Clunet) 910 (1983); Sole arbitrator, ICC case 4317 (1983); ICC case 4406 (1984), published in 1986 Rev. Arb. 496; ICC case 4907 (1985); Chairman of tribunal, ICC case 5403 (1987); ICC case 5652 (1989); Counsel, ICC case 5105 (1988); ICC case 5864 (1989); ICC case 5976 (1989); ICC case 5752 (1990); ICC case 6613 (1990); Counsel, ICC case 6276 (1991), ICC case 6691 (1991), ICC case 6859 (1991), ICC case 6733 (1992); Member of Tribunal, ICC case 5297 (1991); ICC case 6677 (1992); Member of Tribunal or Counsel in several pending cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arab Law
European Union Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Arbitration in Arab Countries - Chapter 12 - Between East and West: Essays in Honour of Ulf Franke
Publications: 

Legal System of Petroleum in Saudi Arabia (in French, Beirut 1979, in Arabic, Beirut 1982); L’arbitrage dans les pays arabes (Paris 1988); Arbitration with the Arab Countries (Deventer 1990); Arbitration (4 vols. in Arabic, Paris 1990); author of numerous articles.