Nadia Darwazeh

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Nadia Darwazeh is the Managing Partner and Head of Arbitration at our Paris office.

Nadia has 25 years of experience acting as counsel and sitting as arbitrator in commercial and investor-state arbitrations covering numerous applicable laws and seats of arbitration.

Nadia's experience spans the commercial spectrum, including construction, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy and natural resources, metals, hotels, and luxury. She also regularly handles disputes arising from M&A transactions, joint venture, shareholder and distribution agreements, as well as investment treaties.

Nadia has particular expertise in the Middle East and Africa.

Nadia has handled a wide range of cases under the laws of numerous countries and seated in a wide spectrum of locations including Paris, Geneva, Zurich, London, Frankfurt, New York, Singapore, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Libreville and Kathmandu.

Before joining Clyde & Co, Nadia practiced in the international arbitration groups of leading international law firms based in Paris, Frankfurt and London. Nadia has deep ICC expertise, having led the Europe, Middle East, Africa team at the ICC for a period of three years, during which she oversaw more than 400 ICC arbitrations.

Nadia is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and co-chairs the Delos Course on Oral Advocacy for Construction Lawyers.

Nadia is dual-qualified in England & Wales (Solicitor-Advocate) and Germany (Francfort - Rechtsanwältin) enabling her to represent clients in both civil and common law disputes. She earned her LLM in International Public Law from the University of Cambridge and her LLB from the University of Warwick.

Nadia has received several accolades for her work in international arbitration and public international law. In 2022, she was awarded the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) Prize for Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration, a prestigious prize awarded every two years to a chosen individual with “exceptional talents in advocacy”.

Nadia conducts arbitrations in French, German and English and speaks Mandarin Chinese and Dutch. Nadia is a German and Dutch national.