Elrifai, Silke

RAin J.S.M. (Stanford), FCIArb

b. 1981

DIS40-Member

Current activity

Counsel (International Disputes) bei Amereller, Berlin Solicitor (England & Wales) Counselor at Law (New York) Rechtsanwältin (Berlin)

Professional focus

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  • International Dispute Resolution and Finance

Areas of law

My career

  • 2001-2004: B.Sc. Economics & Mathematics, London School of Economics, London
  • 2004-2006: LL.B. (Hons.), City Law School/ Inns of Court School of Law, London
  • 2005-2006: LPC, BPP Law School, London
  • 2006: Clerkship and Carlo Schmid Fellow, UNICTY, The Hague
  • 2007-2009: Training Contract, Clifford Chance LLP, London and Moscow
  • 2009: Admission as Solicitor (England & Wales)
  • 2009-2013: Associate (International Arbitration), Hafez, Cairo
  • 2011-2012: International Legal Studies Fellow and Master of the Science of Law (J.S.M.), Stanford Law School (Calif)
  • 2013: Bar Admission (New York)
  • 2013-2015: Associate, Brown Rudnick LLP, London
  • 2015-present: Counsel, Amereller
  • 2016: Zulassung Rechtsanwältin

Arbitration experience

Counsel in various arbitration proceedings before ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, CRCICA, LMAA, ICSID and ad hoc.

Publications

  • Equity-Based Discretion and the Anatomy of Damages Assessment in Investment Treaty Law, Journal of International Arbitration 34(5) (2017): 835–888
  • Länderbericht Vereinte Arabische Emirate, in Internationaler Rechtsverkehr in Zivil- und Handelssachen, Geimer/Schütze, C.H. Beck (53. Ed., Sep 2017, 51. Ed., Nov 2015) [co-authored with Dr K Bälz]
  • Book Review: Choosing Sharia? Multiculturalism, Islamic Fundamentalism & Sharia Councils * On British Islam: Religion, Law and Everyday Practice in Sharia Councils, International Journal of Constitutional Law 2016 14 (4): 1034-1038
  • Investment Law Know-How on Saudi Arabia, Global Arbitration Review (04/2016 and 03/2015)
  • Egypt's Ban on Public Interest Litigation in Gover

Languages

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  • German (native)
  • English (native)
  • Arabic (fluent)
  • French (proficient)

Memberships

  • CIArb
  • ICCA
  • CRCICA
  • YIAG
  • Young ICSID
  • ICDR Young & International

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