Band 2
Provided by Ziad Obeid
International Arbitration/ Litigation/ Construction /Energy&Natural Resources /Joint Ventures /Real Estate /Nuclear /Telecoms /Aviation
Ziad Obeid, managing partner at Obeid & Partners, is a dual-qualified dispute resolution lawyer with a civil engineering background and extensive cross-border experience gained through legal practice in the Middle East and Europe. Prior to joining Obeid & Partners, Ziad practiced in the arbitration practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in Paris and Dubai. With his dual-disciplinary background, Ziad has notable expertise in international construction claims and arbitrations involving high-value, technically complex civil engineering, infrastructure and building projects, as well as disputes arising from contracts in the oil and gas and nuclear industries.
Ziad regularly acts as counsel, sole arbitrator, chairperson or co-arbitrator in multifaceted international arbitrations conducted in Arabic, French and English brought both ad hoc and under a variety of institutional rules and subject to a wide range of applicable laws from within the MENA region and beyond.
•Chairman of CIArb Lebanon Branch
•Fellow of the IACL
•FCIArb
•ICC Task Force
•ICC Bulletin Editorial Board
•Djibouti International Arbitration Centre Task Force
•Arbitrator Center’s Users Council Committee for the Middle East
•IBA arbitration guide (Lebanon)
•ICC guide on enforcement of New York convention
Provided by Chambers
Managing partner Ziad Obeid is a respected lawyer who handles an array of litigation and international arbitration matters. His broad-ranging practice has seen him advise on cases relating to bilateral investment treaties and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Provided by Chambers
"Ziad is very experienced and gives practical, commercial advice. He is someone who garners your trust and you feel very comfortable working with."
"Ziad is very experienced and gives practical, commercial advice. He is someone who garners your trust and you feel very comfortable working with."
