Ifriqya Online Directory

• 2020 – Present K&L Gates LLP, France
  • International Arbitration and Litigation Lawyer
    Assisting companies in pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before state courts or arbitral
    tribunals (Ad hoc, ICC, LCIA, CAIP, etc.).
    – Recent arbitration cases:
    
    •  Counsel to an Eastern European energy trader in an ICC arbitration related to the allocation of electricity transmission capacity acquired through a trading platform.
    • Counsel to a Swiss-based raw materials trader in an ICC arbitration against a Middle Eastern base metals supplier.
    • Co-counsel to a North African company in an ICC arbitration in the automotive sector involving a shareholders’ dispute.
    •  Acted as the arbitral tribunal secretary in an LCIA arbitration regarding a dispute over oil & gas exploration and production contracts between a private company from the Middle East and a state-owned company from Central Africa.
  •  Recent pre-litigation and litigation cases:
    
    •  Counsel to a US-based visual media company in its actions to avoid post-M&A litigation regarding strategic photographic archives.
    •  Counsel to a sports equipment manufacturer in litigation proceedings regarding distribution agreements in France.
    •  Counsel to an Asia-based wireless charger manufacturer in the coordination and implementation of an EU-wide product recall and related corrective measures, in compliance with the EU General Product Safety Regulation
• 2021 – Present Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), Canada
  • Lawyer : Pro Bono Program
    Providing legal advice to unrepresented parties involved in disputes before the SDRCC.
    – Recent cases: disputed a doping allegation involving a football player from the Canadian Premier League, challenged the withdrawal of funding for a bobsleigh athlete, and appealed the non-selection of a heavyweight boxer to Team Canada for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
• 2022 – Present Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), Canada
  
  • Specialized legal advisor : Abuse-Free Sport Legal Aid Program
    Assisting sports participants (athletes, coaches and officials) in navigating the OSIC complaint management process, including during investigations, in matters involving alleged violations of the Universal Code of Conduct to prevent and address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS).

• Counsel to an Eastern European energy trader in an ICC arbitration related to the allocation of electricity transmission capacity acquired through a trading platform.
• Counsel to a Swiss-based raw materials trader in an ICC arbitration against a Middle Eastern base metals supplier.
• Co-counsel to a North African company in an ICC arbitration in the automotive sector involving a shareholders’ dispute.
• Acted as the arbitral tribunal secretary in an LCIA arbitration regarding a dispute over oil & gas exploration and production contracts between a private company from the Middle East and a state-owned company from Central Africa.
• Recent pre-litigation and litigation cases:
  – Counsel to a US-based visual media company in its actions to avoid post-M&A litigation regarding strategic photographic archives.
  
  • Counsel to a sports equipment manufacturer in litigation proceedings regarding distribution agreements in France.
  •  Counsel to an Asia-based wireless charger manufacturer in the coordination and implementation of an EU-wide product recall and related corrective measures, in compliance with the EU General Product Safety Regulation

• 2025 International Olympic Committee, Switzerland  : Safeguarding Officer in Sport Certificate
• 2020 Université Paris-Est Créteil, France : Sports Law Diploma
• 2016 University of Sherbrooke, Canada : LL.M. in Common Law and Transnational Law
• 2015 Université Paris-Saclay, France : Master’s degree in International Arbitration Law

• 2021 – Present Alpine Canada Member :  Alpine Independent Supervisory Board
• 2024 – Present World Sailing Member : Safeguarding Disciplinary Tribunal
• 2025 – Present French Baseball and Softball Federation Member : Committee on gender-based and sexual violence, harassment, and discrimination
• 2025 – Present French Triathlon Federation Member : Appeal Disciplinary Committee
• 2025 – Present French Athletics Federation Member : Appeal Disciplinary Committee

• Paris Arbitration Week : Speaker
  •  2025 Clearing Houses and Dispute Resolution: A Discussion with FIFA Clearing House and LME Clear.
  • 2024 Discussion with the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.
  • 2023 Safe Sport & Arbitration.
  • 2022 Esports & Arbitration.
• Université Paris-Est Créteil, France :  Lecturer
  Since 2024 “Introduction to safe sport”

– “FIFA’s new menstrual health policy: advancing gender equity in professional sport”, Sports Law Middle East, Sader, 2025.

– “Athlete Ombuds. The one-person clearinghouse”, Sports Law Bulletin, 3(2). LexisNexis, 2024.

– “The International Olympic Committee’s perspective on Esports and its implications on dispute resolution”, Sweet & Maxwell’s International Sports Law Review, Vol.23, Issue 1, 2023.

– “Esports – de la console aux JO”, La Semaine Juridique, LexisNexis France, n°43-44, 2021.

– “Roles and tasks of a tribunal secretary”, International Chamber of Commerce, Dispute Resolution Bulletin, (4),40 et seq., 2017.

– “Les femmes dans l’arbitrage, est-ce si différent?”, Versailles International Arbitration and Business Law Review,
n° 1, 2015.

•  Canadian Bar Association : Member
•  ICC Tunisia : Member of the ADR & Arbitration Commission
•  Association des Avocats Conseils d’Entreprises (ACE) : Member
•  Women in Sports Law (WISLaw) : Member
• Middle East Sports Law : Member of the Advisory Board

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