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Dr. Chiraz Abid
Counsel & Arbitrator
Nationality: Tunisian/French
Chiraz Abid is a PhD holder from Paris I Sorbonne University and a French qualified lawyer working within the Construction and Arbitration department of Advant Altana, Paris.
She acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (ICC, CAIP, CMAP, LCIA, CRCICA, DIAC) with a particular focus on the construction, energy, natural resources and infrastructure, international sales, and transport sectors.
She also handles post-arbitration proceedings (annulment, enforcement, and suspension of enforcement of arbitral awards) before French and Tunisian courts. Chiraz also acts as an arbitrator and has been appointed administrative secretary of arbitral tribunals on several occasions.
- Adjunct Professor at IESEG School of Management – Data Protection for Managers – Global Business Law (Two English courses) (Paris, France)
- Adjunct Professor at the Paris Bar School – Arbitration Law (Paris, France)
- Lawyer, litigation and arbitration, Advant Altana (Paris, France)
- 2017: Ph.D in International Private Law, University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Subject: « The establishment of the content of applicable law in international arbitration» Summa cum laude, L’Harmattan Publications. - 2011 & 2012: Certificates of the International Academy of Arbitration Law (1st and 2nd Sessions) (Paris, France)
- 2011 – 2012: Master II in Private and European law, University of Limoges (Limoges, France)
- 2010 – 2011: Master I in Private Law, University of Sfax (Top of the class) (Sfax, Tunisia)
- 2007 – 2010: Bachelor in Private Law, University of Sfax (Top of the class) (Sfax, Tunisia)
- Counsel in several commercial, ad hoc, or institutional arbitration proceedings subject to various applicable laws (French, Tunisian, Moroccan, Algerian, UAE, OHADA, etc), and in different fields, in particular: Aeronautics (concession contract for the operating of an airport); Construction / FIDIC (contract for the design and construction of an aluminum extrusion plant foundry; contract for renovation works in the hotel sector, etc.), Corporate (advisory agreement, restructuring of a company, share purchase agreement), Distribution (distribution contract for IT products and services); Defense (Contract to purchase armored vehicles for the national guard of a North African country)
- Intervention in post-award proceedings in France and Tunisia (annulment, enforcement and stay of enforcement of arbitral awards)
- Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between an Italian and a Saudi company; Contract for the supply of Machinery, Equipment and materials, English Language, International commercial law
- President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a CAIP arbitration between two French companies; contract for the sale of agricultural goods; French language; French law
- Sole Arbitrator in two CAIP arbitrations (expedited procedure) between two French companies; contract for the sale of agricultural goods, French language, French law
- Co-arbitrator in a CAIP arbitration between a French company and an Egyptian company; international agricultural commodity sales contract; English language; French law.
- Intervention regarding “Old and New Territories for Arbitration: Energy, Construction, Fintech – How does Arbitration Fit with Different Industries?”, at the Centre for commercial law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, France Chapter, on October 17, 2024.
- Intervention regarding “Law and Technology” during the IBA annual conference, held in Paris on October 28, 2023, in collaboration with the Paris Bar School and la Sorbonne.
- Moderator of the panel “Arbitration and Technology” at the first edition of the Algiers Arbitration Day held in October 2023.
- Training in collaboration between EFB and iReMMO “Exercer la profession d’avocat en Algérie, au Maroc, en Tunisie, et aux Emirats Arabes Unis”, delivered in November 2023.
- « Médiation et arbitrage – outils complémentaires ou concurrents ? », presentation at the Journées Magrébines de l’Arbitrage, Tunis, December 15 and 16, 2022.
- « L’arbitrage, mode de résolution des litiges du Web 3.0 ? », intervention during a seminar organized by Advant Altana, December, 7, 2022.
- « Le recours en annulation d’une sentence en révision », November 2022, Article published in Options Finance.
- « Sports arbitration », presentation during a hybrid event organized by the BVI International Arbitration Centre and hosted by Advant-Altana, 31 March 2022 (Paris Arbitration Week 2022).
- « Technical assistant to the tribunal, a (welcome) new feature in complex arbitrations ? », intervention during a hybrid event organized by White and Case, Reed Smith and Advant Altana, 30 March 2022 (Paris Arbitration Week 2022).
- « Particularités de la médiation par rapport aux autres modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits », intervention during a webinar organized by Altana, DLA Africa, and the Ministry of Justice in Tunisia entitled Jonction entre attentes et expériences pour une médiation tunisienne efficace, 15 April 2021.
- « Le respect du principe de l’égalité des parties : Illimité résultant d’une paranoïa du procès équitable ou équilibré en raison du pouvoir discrétionnaire de l’arbitre dans la conduite de la procédure arbitrale ?», co-written with Christophe Lapp, Cahiers de l’arbitrage, CAPJIA juill. 2020, p. 469.
- « 10 Useful tips before appointing an Emergency Arbitrator in Commercial Arbitration under the ICC 2017 Rules »
- « Commentary of the Cairo court of appeal’s decision of 3 June 2020 setting aside the “Al-Kharafi” award »
- « Enhancing efficiency in complex construction arbitrations with a focus on the MENA region », co-written with Christophe Lapp, International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Kluwer, Issue 2, 2020, pp.28-40.
- « Le développement de solutions alternatives à l’arbitrage pour résoudre les différends entre États et opérateurs économiques sur le continent pourrait permettre de vaincre les réticences des investisseurs »
- French National Representative of the Young Lawyer Committee –
International Bar Association (IBA) since 2023 (for two years) - Secretary General of Tunisia Africa Business Council (TABC) – Bureau de
Paris - Member of Young Arbitrators & ADR Forum (YAAF) of the ICC
- Member of Africarb
- Member of l’Association française d’arbitrage (AFA)
- Member of ArbitralWomen
- Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris, CAIP (list of arbitrators)
- Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris (CMAP) (list of arbitrators)
- Centre d’Arbitrage, de Médiation et de Conciliation de N’Djamena, CHAD,
CAMC-N (list of arbitrators) - Centre d’arbitrage, de médiation et de conciliation du Bénin (list of
arbitrators) - Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (list of
arbitrators) - Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (list of arbitrators)
- Dubai International Arbitration Centre (List of arbitrators)
- Libyan Center for International Commercial Arbitration (list of arbitrators)
- Arabic (native)
- French (fluent)
- English (proficient)
