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Merwan Lomri
Arbitrator
Nationality: Algerian/French
Merwan Lomri’s multi-jurisdictional career started in 1998 at the Paris office of Shearman & Sterling LLP where he was an international arbitration attorney working on the settlement of high-stake commercial and investment disputes under the auspices of the ICSID and the ICC. After relocating to the firm’s Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong offices, Merwan joined TotalEnergies where he works currently as a senior disputes manager.
Merwan holds degrees in both civil law and common law and handles cases and transactions under the laws of various jurisdictions.
- September 2024- Present: Senior Disputes Manager at TotalEneregies S.E
- September 2021- August 2024: VP Libya & East-Mediterranean – Country delegate | Managing Director at TotalEnergies E&P/ Syrie
- September 2016- August 2021: General Counsel | Board Secretary | Compliance Officer (on secondment) at North Oil Company (seconded by TotalEnergies)
- February 2021- August 20216: Legal & Governance manager at TotalEnergies S.E at Qatar.
- February 2008 – August 2016: Senion in-house counsel and negotiator, Upstream Division at TotalEnergies S.E
- 2005-2006 : Post-Graduate Diploma in Common Law providing comprehensive courses in the laws of contract, tort, property and trust- The University of Hong Konge)
- 1999-2000: Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat, Admitted to the Paris Bar, with distinction- Ecole de formation du Barreau de Paris
- 1995-1996 : Post-Graduate Diploma (DESS) in International Business Law (with honours)- Institut de droit des affaires, Aix en Provence
- 1994-1995: Maîtrise en droit privé, focusing on private law (with honours) – Faculté de droit d’Aix en Provence
SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP- 1998-2007
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Represented parties in numerous arbitration proceedings before the ICC and ICSID. Cases included: disputes pertaining to the construction of a major international airport in a Middle Eastern country (Hochtief-CCC Joint Venture v. Lebanon), North American investors in the textile industry in an Arab country in ICSID proceedings (Ahmonseto, Inc. and others v. Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/15), the expropriation of a European investor’s rights in the hospitality sector of a Middle Eastern country (Wena Hotels Limited v. Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/98/4), the sale of defence-related equipment to an Asian nation and the expropriation of a US investor’s rights in a Middle Eastern country’s textile businesses (Champion Trading Company and Ameritrade International, Inc. v. Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/9).
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Represented clients in negotiating and drafting various contracts in the oil & gas sector pertaining to a major gas field development project in the Gulf area (vessel hiring, casing, cementing, tubing, blow out contingency etc).
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Provided legal services to the Singapore office of Shearman & Sterling in the context of an arbitral dispute under the auspices of the ICSID. Services included: drafting findings of fact, legal research, and preparation of examination of witnesses (fact witnesses and experts).
- Admitted to the Paris Bar since 2001 (voluntarily suspended).
- Arabic (native)
- French (Fluent)
- English (Proficient)
- Japanese (Beginner Level)
