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Hossein Piran

Address: 

Parkweg 13
The Hague 2585JH
The Netherlands

Phone Number: 
+31703064840
Fax Number: 
+31703502456
Email: 
piran@hetnet.nl
Born: 
1956, Tehran
Languages: 
Persian English French Turkish Azeri Arabic Dutch
Nationalities: 
Iranian

 

 

Education: 
School of Law, National University of Iran, LL.B. (License en droit), (1980)
The University of Brussels, Belgium, LL.M. International and European Law, (1984)
The University of Liverpool, England, Ph.D. International Law (international investment), (1992)
Present Position: 
Senior Legal Advisor, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
Professional Experience: 

Legal advisor, Legal Dept. of Ministry of Energy, Tehran, 1981-1983; Legal advisor, Bureau of International Legal Services, The Hague, 1984-1990; Legal advisor, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 1992-present

Professional Associations: 

Senior Legal Advisor, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Since 1992
legal Advisor, BILS the Hague, The Netherlands, 1984-1992
Legal Advisor, Iranian Ministry of Energy, 1980-1983

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (African-Asian Consultative Committee); Arbitration Centre of Iranian Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague, the Netherlands

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel in a number of arbitrations before Iran-United States Claims Tribunal during 1980s and early 1990s (See, Iran-US C.T.R. for that period); Legal advisor on different legal proceedings before different fora in U.S. and Europe; Legal advisor to Iran-United States Claims Tribunal for 20 years.

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Arbitration
International Investments
Investment Arbitration
Islamic Law
Nationalization & Expropriation
Oil & Gas
Trade & Regulation
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Books: Nationalization of Foreign Property (Ph.D. Thesis), Liverpool, 1992; Foreign Investment Law (in Persian: Hoquq Sarmayegozari Beynolmelali),  Tehran, 2010; Siyar, Islamic law of Nations (in Persian: Siyar Shaybani, Hoquq Ravabet Beynolmemla), Tehran, 2010; Mare Liberum (In Persian: Daryaye Azad, translation of Grotius’ The Free Sea), Tehran, 1990.

Articles: Indirect expropriation and the case law of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal,  Finnish Yearbook of International Law (1995), pp.  140-274; The Case law of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal on the rule of res judicata, The Global Community Yearbook (2004), pp. 3-19; The Iran-US Claims Tribunal, 2002-2003, The Global Community Yearbook (2004), pp. 1611-1623; The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Report of its Activities in the Year 2004 : Introductory Note, The Global Community Yearbook (2005), pp. 1597-1613; Interim measures in international arbitration (in Persian:  Eqdamat Movaqqat dar davari beynolmelali),  Collection of essays in the book dedicated to the centennial of arbitration in Iran, Tehran ICC, 2010, pp. 242-286; Umbrella clause in bilateral investment treaties (in Persian: Sharti Eltezam),  Majallah Hoquqi, Tehran, 2009, pp. 259-288; Oil and Gas Law, book review (in Persian, Hoquq Naft & Gaz),  Majallah Vekalat, Tehran, 2007, pp. 9-15; Internet and International Law (in Persian:  Internet va Hoquq Beynolmelal), Majallah Didgahaye Hoquqi, Tehran, 1997, pp. 127-143; Other short articles and seminar papers.