German Arbitration Institute (DIS): Member directory

Current activity

Attorney at law/Partner, Amereller Rechtsanwälte (Berlin, Cairo, Tripoli)

Professional focus

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Business law in the Middle East
projects
M&A
finance (including Islamic Finance)
energy (focus renewable energies)
general commercial (including agency and distribution
joint ventures).

Areas of law

My career

1993 First State Examination, Berlin, after studies at the universities of Freiburg, Damascus and Berlin (FU)
1994 Diploma in Middle East Studies, American University in Cairo
1995 LL.M., University of London
1997 Dr iur University of Berlin (FU)
1998 Second State Examination, Berlin
1998-1999 Assistant Professor University of Frankfurt, Department of Economic Law
1999 Admission to the bar
1999-2007 Attorney, Gleiss Lutz (Frankfurt), partner as from 2004, secondment to Herbert Smith (London) in 2002
2008-2010 Head of Interim Secretariat, RCREEE, Cairo
from 2010 partner Amereller (based in Cairo, Berlin and Tripoli)

Arbitration experience

Numerous arbitrations as counsel under different rules (including ICC, ICSID, Swiss Rules, CRCICA, etc.) and ad hoc; Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: commercial transactions, CISG, agency, financing agreements, insurance, German law, Iranian law, Swiss law, Yemeni law, Egyptian law, Libyan Law, various BITs.

Publications

Insurance Law in the Arab Countries (1997)
Chapters on Egypt, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Yemen, Mauritania and Sudan in Geimer/Schütze, International Enforcement of Claims in Commercial Matters
chapter on Islamic Finance in Siebel (ed.), Project Finance and PPP (2008)
numerous articles in academic and professional journals on Middle Eastern business law, arbitration, conflict of laws and international litigation (published in NJW, SchiedsVZ, RIW as well as international journals).

Languages