Mr. Philippe Leboulanger

Bars’ Admission:

Paris (1970)

Areas of Specialization:

International Commercial Arbitration, Investment Arbitration, International Trade Law, Private and Public International Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law.

Professional Experience:

Appearing as Counsel, Expert and appointed as Co-Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal in numerous international arbitrations (ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID, CRCICA, Swiss Arbitration Institution, OHADA-CCJA, Ad-Hoc) concerning State Contracts, Construction, Sales, Distribution, Investments, Oil and Gas, Transfer of Technology, Joint-Ventures, etc…

Appearing as Counsel before Courts in numerous cases relating to international commercial arbitration, international trade law, enforcement of awards, immunity from execution, etc…

Arbitration Panels: International Chamber of Commerce (French Committee); Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) (Member of the Board of Trustees, President of the Advisory Board); London Court of International Arbitration.

Specific legal expertise: civil law (France, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar), Islamic law (Iran, Saudi Arabia), Sharia’a Law, Ohada.

Qualifications and Professional Activities:

Doctor of Laws (Private International Law), LLM Private Law, LLM Comparative Law, LLM Criminal Law.

Lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration and International Trade Law at University of Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (France), visiting Professor of International Arbitration Law at University of Cairo (Egypt), Birzeit University (West Bank) and University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law (Romania).

Member: Comité français de l’arbitrage (past Chairman, 2010-2012), French Committee of Private International Law, International Law Association, International Bar Association, Swiss Arbitration Association, Egyptian Society of International Law.

Languages: French, English