Current activity

- Managing Partner (ALMA Consulting for Mediation & Consulting Services - Qatar) - Independent Arbitrator & Mediator - Legal Counsel in Arbitration and Business Law (Germany and Qatar)

Professional focus

Construction/Engineering
Energy and power
M&A
Gas and Oil
Intellectual Property
Trade
Real Estate
Infrastructure and Transport
Investment Disputes
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Maritime/Shipping
Distribution and franchise

Areas of law

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Employment law
Banking law
Construction law
Civil law
Energy law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Insolvency law
International investment law
Private international law
International economic law
Licensing/Franchise law
Mediation
Conciliation
Procedural law
Public procurement law
Contract law

My career

Arbitration experience

- Independent Arbitrator: Listed on the Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) arbitrator's roster - Worked on many cross Border Arbitration Cases between Europe and the Arab world as Arbitrator and Counsel - Trainer in Arbitration and Mediation & Negotiation in Qatar and Kuwait

Publications

  • In C.F. Müller (Heidelberg), 2020; Grundzüge der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in den arabischen Staaten (Book)
  • In Geimer/Schütze, Internationaler Rechtsverkehr in Zivil- und Handelssachen Werkstand: EL 60 August 2020: Countries Reports: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
  • In Geimer/Schütze, Internationaler Rechtsverkehr in Zivil- und Handelssachen Werkstand: EL 58, October 2019: Countries Reports: Saudi-Arabien
  • In RIW 2019, 337; Die Reform des Schiedsrechts in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten
  • In Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL), 2014, 2 (11), S. 63-72: IPR und ordre public im Recht arabischer Staaten: http://www.zora.uzh.ch/96938/
  • In International Journal of Procedural Law 2014, 4 (2), pp. 273-288; The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards under the Riyadh Convention (1983): Thirty Years of Arab Judicial Co-operation
  • In SchiedsVZ 2013, Heft 5, pp. 248-256; Reform des Schiedsrechts in Saudi-Arabien

Languages

German
English
Arabic

Memberships

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