Dr. Jalal El Ahdab
Partner, Bird & Bird (Paris, France)
+33 1 57 57 57 46
International Business Law; Arbitration
Ph.D., University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
LL.M., Columbia Law School, New York, USA
Masters in Economics and Finance, Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Masters in International Business - Trade and Tax Law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France
Bacehlor's Degree in Lebanese Law, Saint Joseph & La Sagesse Universities, Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor's Degree, Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Paris
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Beirut
Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
Member of the Arbitration Commission
Member of the Institute of World Business Law
Chair of Paris Chapter, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the AAA/ICDR
Member of the IBA
Member of the French CFA
Member of the Swiss ASA
Member of the Belgian CEPANI
Member of the UK LCIA and CIArb (which he chairs the Paris Chapter of)
Member of the Sport CAS (arbitrator appointed by Lebanon)
Member of the Singaporean SIAC
Jil Ahdab is also Lebanon's Representative at the UNCITRAL
Jalal's practice covers international business law, notably with the Arab world and Europe, and more specifically in the field of international litigation and foreign investments.
He has strong expertise in managing international disputes and particularly arbitrations: shareholders and securities suits, class actions, breach of negotiations, bank guarantees.
He possesses a large knowledge of institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC, DIAC, CRCICA and CAS Rules.
He acts both as a counsel and as an arbitrator (sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman).