Amir Ghaffari

Amir has practised international arbitration and cross border litigation for 24 years (13 years as a Managing Partner/Partner/Head of Disputes at leading international law firms).

Amir has acted as Counsel in more than 100 international commercial and construction arbitrations administered under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions, as well as in ad hoc proceedings, with a focus on energy, power production, and construction disputes, including regulatory, payment, and tax issues.

Amir regularly sits as an Arbitrator (including as Presiding and Sole arbitrator), under the LCIA, ICC, DIAC, and UNCITRAL Rules.

Amir has been recognised for over a decade for his work in the field of international arbitration by, amongst others, Chambers Global; Chambers UK; The Legal 500–EMEA; The Legal 500–UK; WWL: International Arbitration; and WWL: The Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.

Amir is a past Judicial Assistant to Lord Woolf, the former Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is a past co-Chair of the YIAG of the LCIA. He established the prestigious Ghaffari Scholarship at Queen Mary University of London in 2022.

Member of the DIFC Courts’ Steering Committee on International Arbitration practice and procedure.

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.