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Hamid Gharavi

Address: 

25 rue Balzac
75008 Paris
France

Phone Number: 
01 40 55 51 00
Fax Number: 
01 40 55 51 05
Email: 
hgharavi@derainsgharavi.com
Born: 
1971, Tehran
Languages: 
French English Farsi
Nationalities: 
French
Iranian
Education: 
U. Paris II (Ph.D., 2000); NYU (MCJ, 1996); U. Paris I (D.E.A., 1995); U. Paris V (D.E.S.S., 1994); U. Paris II (Maîtrise, 1993).
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
NY (1997) and Paris (2002) Bars
Present Position: 
Founding Partner at Derains & Gharavi (since 2009)
Professional Experience: 

Partner (2005-2008) at Salans - Paris (2000-2008), Visiting Professor at Richmond University School of Law (VA) (1999); Associate at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP (NYC) (1996-1998).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member of the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) until 2012; Appointed by the Kingdom of Cambodia on the ICSID panel of arbitrators and mediators; Member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and mediators; Member of the List of Arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre; Member of the Panel of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Member of the French Commission on Arbitration of the ICC; Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association; Member of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI); Member of the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC) Panel of Arbitrators; and Member of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA).

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator or counsel in over 100 commercial arbitrations under civil, common and Islamic law, as well as in over 20 investment arbitrations under foreign investment laws and bilateral and multilateral treaties, including before ICSID. Counsel in annulment and enforcement actions of awards, and advice on public international law matters, including the accession to and denunciation of international treaties, boundary disputes, succession of States, compliance with national, regional and international sanctions, boycott and anti-boycott regulations, laws and conventions on corruption.

Areas of Specialization: 
Civil Law
Common Law
European Law
International Law
Islamic Law
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Multilateral Investment Treaties
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Agency
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
Construction
Engineering
Corporate
Distribution
Franchise Law
Energy
Natural Resources
Environmental Law
Banking & Finance
Communications Law
Information Technology Law
Insurance
Joint Ventures
Consortia and Cooperation
Real Estate
Sales
Transportation
Hospitality
Sports
Investment Law
Military Ordinance and Defense
Publications from JURIS: 
Effectiveness and the Arbitrator's Initiative - Chapter 3 - The Arbitrator's Initiative: When, Why and How Should It Be Used? - ASA Special Series No. 45
Mr. Hassan Awdi, Enterprise Business Consultants, Inc. and Alfa El Corporation v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/13, Decision on the Admissibility of the Respondent's Third Objection to Jurisdiction and Admissibility of Claimant's Claims (July 26, 2013)
Bilateral Investment Treaties and Arbitration - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 53, No. 2
H&H Enterprises Investments v. Egypt, Decision on Respondents Objections to Jurisdication, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/15 (Jun 5, 2012)
Publications: 

Book entitled “The International Effectiveness of the Annulment of Arbitral Awards”, Kluwer Law International, 2002, plus articles in all leading international law reviews including the ICC Bulletin, Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Journal of International Arbitration, Swiss Arbitration Bulletin, Arbitration International, Revue de l’Arbitrage, ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal, Dispute Resolution Journal of the American Arbitration Association, GAR, as well as regular speaker at international conferences on arbitration.