Obeid & Partners

Obeid & Partners

Dubai Arbitration Week 2025

11-25-2025

 

10–13 November 2025 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Overview

Obeid & Partners took part in Dubai Arbitration Week 2025, a leading regional platform bringing together practitioners, institutions, and academics to discuss recent developments and trends in international arbitration across the GCC and beyond.

Our Participation

Throughout the week, our partners contributed to several high-level sessions:

  • Monday, 10 November
    • The Role of National Courts in Supporting or Hindering Arbitration in the GCC – organised by the Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre
    • Gulf Mediation Majlis – organised by Gulf Mediation Limited
    • CIArb UAE Branch Event – organised by CIArb UAE Branch
      Featuring: Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid
  • Tuesday, 11 November
    • How to Get Appointed – And Win as Arbitration Counsel – organised by ICC YAAF
      Led by: Dr. Zeina Obeid (MENA Regional Representative)
  • Wednesday, 12 November
    • Navigating the New Norms: Recent Developments in Institutional Arbitration Rules – organised by ArabArb
      Moderated by: Dr. Zeina Obeid
  • Thursday, 13 November
      • Interplay between Arbitration and International Relations in Light of Geopolitical Shifts – organised by JSA Advocates & Solicitors
        Speaker: Dr. Zeina Obeid
      • Navigating Tax & Arbitration in the India–UAE Corridor: From Mutual Agreement Procedures to Bilateral Investment Treaties – organised by SynergyLex, Advocates & Solicitors
        Speaker: Ziad Obeid

We look forward to participating again next year and contributing to the ongoing development of arbitration in the region.

 

 

Recent Work Highlights

Our lawyers at Obeid & Partners have extensive experience in complex cross-border matters. Since the establishment of the firm in 1987, we have represented various clients ranging from government and government entities to nationally and internationally renowned investors, corporations and individuals. Our clients are distinguished in their respective fields of expertise.

Our team holds a track record in handling complex local and international cases, of which relevant work highlights include:

Hospitality

Successfully representing multiple owners of shares in an unprecedented class action before the Lebanese courts, involving a landmark resort in Beirut. The matter involved complex proceedings in addition to requiring significant logistical and coordination skills for the various plaintiffs in the context of the class action. This prompted the firm to develop an in-house protocol […]

Educational Services

Successfully representing a dually licensed private university in relation to a criminal lawsuit as well as an administrative claim.

Aviation

Successfully representing a world leading provider of solutions for the travel industry, in relation to a series of complex disputes pending before the Lebanese courts, involving seizure matters, URL geo-blocking, payment claims, action on the merits, and other proceedings. 

States

Successfully representing foreign states before the Lebanese courts in a series of complex court actions involving both private and public international law issues, relating to advance payment claims, real estate and lease agreements. 

Banking and Finance

Successfully representing a major oil trader, in what is still known as the largest litigation in Lebanon involving a claim in excess of one billion dollars against one of the largest local banks.  This was a first-of-kind matter in the banking sector which challenged the amnesty in the current financial crisis in Lebanon and the […]

Oil and Gas

Successfully representing  a group in relation to a complex cross-border action involving worldwide freezing injunctions and document preservation orders with claim amounts exceeding USD 300 million. Our firm secured a first-of-a-kind decision from the Lebanese courts and advised on complex cross-border matters involving mareva injunctions.