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Jawad Ahmad

Jawad Ahmad

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International Arbitration

UK

2 years ranked

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Jawad Ahmad focuses his practice on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law. He has acted as counsel for claimants, respondents, and tribunal assistant in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a wide-range of industries, including energy and resources, renewable, oil & gas, nuclear power, mining, finance, hospitality and leisure, and retail. He has handled arbitrations under the ICSID, SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, and UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

Jawad regularly publishes on investment treaty and commercial arbitrations and public international law, having to date published over a dozen articles. He has presented at conferences and universities, such as, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Chicago Law School, George Washington University Law School, and Kings College London. He has acted as an Observer on behalf of the American Society of International Law to the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration & Conciliation), mandated to consider the issue of enforcement of international settlement agreements resulting from conciliation proceedings. He was one of the four selected to present at the "New Voices" Panel at the 24th International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress in Sydney, Australia in April 2018.

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International Arbitration - UK

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Jawad Ahmad of Mayer Brown has a broad practice that spans commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. He is also adept at handling enforcement proceedings.

Strengths

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  • He is very attentive, commercially oriented and smart.

    International ArbitrationChambers Global Guide
  • His strengths are his deft touch with clients and a real understanding of sensitivities across a variety of jurisdictions.

    International ArbitrationChambers Global Guide
  • Jawad is a real star. He is extremely experienced in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations.

    International ArbitrationChambers Global Guide
  • Jawad is extraordinarily effective and thoughtful.

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