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Walid H. Kassir

Address: 

Tabaris
Chéhadé Str.,
Dakdouk Bldg, 3rd Floor
Beirut, Lebanon

Phone Number: 
961-3-913 449
961-1-322 427
Fax Number: 
961-1-201 647
Email: 
zwska3@inco.com.lb
Born: 
1965, Beirut
Languages: 
English French Arabic
Nationalities: 
Lebanese
Education: 
LL.M. Harvard Law School (1993); Ph.D. in International Business Law, Sorbonne-Paris I (1992); Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Sorbonne-Paris I (1988); D.E.A. Private International Law & International Business Law, Sorbonne-Paris I (1988); Licence
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Beirut Bar Association, 1994
Present Position: 
Professor, St. Joseph University Law School (International Business Law, Private International Law & Comparative Law) Beirut; Attorney at Law/Legal Advisor, Founder/Senior Partner of Kassir Law Center (Beirut).
Professional Experience: 

Professor, St. Joseph University Law School (since 2001); Legal Advisor, Senior Partner of Kassir & Saghieh (1999–2007); Assistant Professor, Lebanese American University Business School (1994–2001); Lecturer, St. Joseph University Law School (1994–2001); Attorney at Law, Senior Associate at Joreige & Partners (1993–1999); Coordinator of the “Commision of Modernization of Laws for Encouraging Investments in Lebanon” (Ministry of Justice) (1994–95); Visiting Professor, Puerto Rico University (Summer 1993); Law Instructor, Paris (DEUG & Maîtrise) (1988–1992)

Professional Associations: 

Member of the General Commission of Modernization of Laws (Ministry of Justice) (since 1995); Member of the Commission of Modernization of Laws (Beirut Bar Association) (since 2008); Member of the Beirut Bar Association (since 1994); Member of the Editorial Board of “Lebanese Review of Arab & Int. Arbitration” (since 1995), Member of the Lebanese Association for Legal Sciences (1994–2003)

Arbitration Experience: 

Involved in several international arbitration cases, as a lawyer, arbitrator, arbitration advisor and legal expert (recently appointed by a major American law firm)

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Construction
Contracts
Corporate
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
International Business Transactions
International Dispute Resolution
Mediation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private International Law
Securities
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Numerous articles, international seminar’s reports and books, particularly on arbitration, mediation, international business law and comparative law, including an Article published in the USA: “The potential of Lebanon as a neutral place of international arbitration”, Amer. Review of Intern. Arb. 2003, Vol. 14, No 4, 545, as well a Ph.D Dissertation in Paris (Univ. Sorbonne/Paris I, July 1992), focusing a great deal on International Arbitration : Etude Critique du Contrat Sans Loi, under the supervision of Professor Paul Lagarde, and a legal book, “Réflexions d’un juriste arabo-méditerranéen face à la mondialisation à l’aube du XXIème siècle, 2000-2010), Kassir Law Center, Beirut, 2009 (related to various international legal matters, including international arbitration), with a version published in English (2010).