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Founding Partner Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid Elected President of the CIArb

01-06-2017

Founding Partner Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid has been elected President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (‘CIArb’) for 2017, and took up her position as President on the 1st of January.

Previously, Professor Comair-Obeid served as Vice-President and Deputy President of the CIArb (2015-2016) and as Chair of the CIArb’s Board of Trustees (2014).

Founded in 1915 in London, the CIArb is an international centre of excellence for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).  As a not-for-profit, UK registered charity, the CIArb is the leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of ADR practitioners worldwide, with over 14,000 members located in over 130 countries and supported by an international network of 37 branches.  It also acts as a global hub for practitioners, policy makers, academics and those in business, supporting the global promotion, facilitation and development of all ADR methods. The institute members cover the three main ADR disciplines of arbitration, construction adjudication and mediation.

Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid will help represent the goals of the Institute and will examine ‘The Synergy and Divergence between Civil Law and Common Law in International Arbitration‘ during her presidential year. The theme will be developed via three conferences targeted to identify the issues and then develop solutions and a pragmatic approach to the understanding and utilisation of both systems within arbitration. This will involve the establishment of high profile steering committees worldwide and the organisation of three large conferences in 2017, which will take place in Dubai (8-9th March 2017), Johannesburg (19-20th July 2017), and Paris (7-8th December 2017).

http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1028445/nayla-comair-obeid-premiere-libanaise-a-la-tete-de-linstitut-des-arbitres-internationaux.html

http://www.imlebanon.org/2017/01/05/nayla-komeir-obeid/

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.