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Nayla Comair-Obeid

Address: 

Makarem Building
1st floor, Sami El-Solh Avenue.
PO box: 116/2234, Law Courts
Beirut 1109/2020
Lebanon

Phone Number: 
+961.1.39.51.63
Fax Number: 
+961.1.39.39.06
Email: 
info@obeidlawfirm.com
Born: 
1956, Tripoli
Languages: 
English Arabic French
Nationalities: 
Lebanese
French
Education: 
Univ. of Paris II, Ph.D. in Business Law, 1994; St. Joseph Univ. Lebanon, Lyon II-Jean Moulin Univ. France, D.E.A in Business Law, 1980; St. Joseph Univ. Lebanon, Lyon II-Jean Moulin Univ. France, Masters in Lebanese and French Law, 1978.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Beirut Bar, 1979
Present Position: 
Partner of the Dispute resolution practice area at PEREZLLORCA (Madrid); Professor of Procedural Law and Arbitration, at Francisco de Vitoria University (Madrid).
Professional Experience: 

Senior Partner at Obeid Law Firm (1989- ); Professor of Law, Lebanese Univ; visiting Prof., Univ. of Paris II-Assas; Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2009- ); Vice-Chair of the IBA (2010); Commissioner at the United Nations (Compensation Commission), Geneva (2002-2005); Member of the Corporate Governance Working Group of Islamic Banking (2004-2007); Chairperson of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Lebanon Branch (2004-2009); Member of the Expert Commission in charge of the elaboration of an Arab draft Law for guidance on Mediation and Conciliation (2006); Counselor for the Arab Users Council of the LCIA (2007).

Professional Associations: 

Vice-Chair of the Arbitration committee of the IBA; Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Member of the International Association of Lawyers; Member of the Legal Committee adviser of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Member of Council of the Institute of World Business Law, I.C.C; Member of the Committee of Arbitration, Beirut Bar.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, designated by Lebanon, the Lebanese National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, the Qatar Chamber of Commerce, the G.C.C Commercial Arbitration Centre, Cairo Regional Center.

Arbitration Experience: 

Since 1994, Prof. Comair-Obeid has been actively involved in domestic and international commercial arbitrations as party appointed arbitrator, chairperson, sole arbitrator, counsel and expert under the rules of ICC International Court of Arbitration, UNCITRAL, Dubai International Arbitration Centre and Cairo Regional centre. Amongst the parties engaged in these arbitrations have been states and state entities, telecommunications corporations, construction companies, distributors of various kinds of goods and equipment, banks and investment companies, hotel management corporations.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Construction Contracts
Islamic Law
Telecommunications
Publications from JURIS: 
Dispute Resolution in the Age of Crisis and Beyond - Chapter 36 - Reflections on International Arbitration
MENA Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration
Publications: 

Arbitration in Lebanese Law – A Comparative Study (Delta, Beirut, 1999); The Law of Business contracts in the Arab Middle East (Kluwer, London,1996); Les Contrats en Droit Musulman des Affaires (Economica, Paris,1995).