Jiries Saadeh

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Jiries Saadeh is a Partner at Fietta LLP. He is an English-qualified lawyer and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings). He also sits as a Deputy District Judge.

Jiries’ extensive contentious work includes representing State and investor clients in international investment treaty arbitration cases under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other institutional rules. He also has significant experience in the law of international organisations, particularly the law and practice of the United Nations and international administrative law.

Jiries has taught classes at UCL, Queen Mary, Sheffield and other universities and is adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University, where he co-teaches the International Investments Dispute course. He sits on the consultation board for Practical Law’s arbitration service, is a member of the advisory committee for the Advanced LLM in International Dispute Settlement at Leiden University and acts as a rapporteur for Oxford International Organisations, where he has provided input on the arbitral tribunals of the United Nations.

As well as his experience in private practice, Jiries has worked as a Legal Officer at the United Nations in New York, where he litigated before the United Nations Dispute and Appeals Tribunals.