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Since July 2023: Professor at IESEG (Paris) – Data Protection for Managers
Since January 2020: Professor at the Paris Bar School – Arbitration Law
Since 2019: Lawyer, construction, litigation and arbitration, Advant Altana (Paris)

• 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 sectors, 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 in Tunisia (annulment, enforcement and stay of enforcement of arbitral awards);
• Intervention in litigation proceedings, particularly in the construction field (claim for compensation, call for guaranty, etc.);
• Arbitrator in institutional arbitrations :
  • 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, amount: 900,000 USD.
  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a CAIP arbitration between two French companies; contract for the sale of agricultural goods; French language; French law; amount in dispute: EUR 250,000
  • Sole Arbitrator in a CAIP (Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris) arbitration (expedited procedure) between two French companies; contract for the sale of agricultural goods, French language, French law, amount in dispute: <100.000 EUR.
  • Sole Arbitrator in a CAIP arbitration (expedited procedure) between two French companies; contract for the sale of agricultural goods, French language, French law, amount in dispute: < 100.000 EUR.
  • Co-arbitrator in a CAIP arbitration between a French company and an Egyptian company; international agricultural commodity sales contract; English language; French law; amount in dispute: USD 1,100,000 (President of the Tribunal: Elie Kleiman)

Jan – March 2019 : Jurist, International arbitration, GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL, Paris
July – Dec 2018 :Juriste, International arbitration, GINESTIE MAGELLAN PALEY-VINCENT, Paris
2017 – 2018 :Assistant Professor (ATER) at University of Orléans
2016 – 2017 :ATER at University of Toulouse I Capitole
2015 – 2016 :ATER at University of Maine
2013 – 2014 :Teaching Assistant at University Paris II Panthéon Assas & à University Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines

• • Courses given between 2013 and 2018 : Introduction to Law, Civil Law of Persons, Contract Law, Tort Law, Property Law, corportae law, Special Contracts law.

May – July 2016 : Intern in Arbitration, LEBOULANGER & ASSOCIES, Paris
Oct – Dec 2013 : Intern in Arbitration, KARIM HAFEZ & GILLIAN LEMAIRE, Paris
Jul – Aug 2013 : Intern, Secretariat of the ICC, Paris

• Nov 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, Paris (1st and 2nd Sessions)
• 2011 – 2012: Master II in Private and European law, University of Limoges
• 2010 – 2011: Master I in Private law, University of Sfax, Tunisia, Top of the class
• 2007 – 2010: Bachelor in Private law, University of Sfax, Tunisia, Top of the class

• French National Representative of the Young Lawyer Committee – International Bar Association (IBA) since 2023 (for two years)
• General Secretary of Tunisia Africa Business Council (TABC) – Bureau de Paris (https://tabc.org.tn/)
• Member of Young Arbitrators & ADR Forum (YAAF) of the CCI
• 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)

• Presentation 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 hybride vent 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 », https://blog.jusmundi.com/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 », https://blog.jusmundi.com/commentary-on-the-cairo-court-of-appeals-decision-in-al-kharafi-vs-libya/
• « 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 », https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1083876/economie/tribune-litiges-commerciaux-pourquoi-lafrique-doit-parier-sur-la-mediation/ 
• « Une redéfinition des contours de l’arbitrabilité du litige après le nouvel article 2061 du Code civil », in Arbitrage et Assurance, Cycle « Droit et pratique de l’assurance », Les Conférences de l’IAP Sorbonne ; Bulletin Juridique Des Assurances, co- written with Joséphine Hage Chahine
• « The Tunisian example of waiver of annulment proceedings and the opportunity of exporting it to other Arab countries », in Nuts and Bolts of Arab Arbitration: Finality and Enforceability of Arbitral Awards, Regional Conference of the ICC YAF, Beirut
• « La sécurisation de l’exécution des sentences arbitrales dans les pays arabes », Conference organized by the Beirut Bar (in arabic)
• « Finding the best place of arbitration in Africa and the MENA Region », Regional Conference of the ICC YAF, Istanbul
• « Le renouveau de l’arbitrage international dans les litiges de consommation : l’introduction de l’arbitrage collectif en France », Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Commercial, Dalloz, n°1, 2014, p.27

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