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Provided by Samaa A Haridi
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Samaa Haridi is a civil and common law-trained, trilingual lawyer with over 20 years of experience representing clients from all over the world in international commercial and investment arbitration, under the rules of all major arbitral institutions. In addition to her work as counsel, Samaa frequently sits as an arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes. She is also currently serving as an officer in a number of arbitral organizations, including as Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Senior Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, and a member of ICCA’s Governing Board.
Ms. Haridi is a member of the New York, California, and England & Wales bars. She is fluent in French and Arabic, and conversant in Spanish.
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Samaa Haridi is regularly called upon to advise clients on complex investment treaty and commercial arbitrations.
Samaa Haridi is commended for her ability to lead major commercial arbitrations. In addition to serving as an arbitrator, she regularly represents high-profile companies in a range of complex disputes against sovereign states.
New York-based Samaa Haridi is regularly called upon to advise clients on major investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, including a number of such matters relating to Egypt.
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"Samaa is one of the best lawyers I have ever met. Her professionalism, availability, expertise and ease to deal with are unsurpassed."
"Samaa works extremely hard and is client-oriented."
"She's really outstanding. She's very effective and very professional, yet friendly. She's really one of a kind."
"She really has a vast breadth of experience both in commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. She is a fluent French, English and Arabic speaker and she has really high emotional intelligence, which enables her to have high culture sensitivity, and that enables that she brings high intellect in everything."
"Samaa is one of the best lawyers I have ever met. Her professionalism, availability, expertise and ease to deal with are unsurpassed."
"Samaa works extremely hard and is client-oriented."
"She's really outstanding. She's very effective and very professional, yet friendly. She's really one of a kind."
"She really has a vast breadth of experience both in commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. She is a fluent French, English and Arabic speaker and she has really high emotional intelligence, which enables her to have high culture sensitivity, and that enables that she brings high intellect in everything."
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