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International arbitration in a flat world: Dos and Don’ts in picking your seat and your rules

Monday, February 15, 2016 08:30to10:00
Chancellor Day Hall NCDH 200, 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

A Dispute Resolutions Series talk with Yasmine Lahlou, Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York.

Please take note that this presentation will take place in Professor Andrea Bjorklund's Resolution of International Disputes course. RSVP: kuzi.charamba [at] mail.mcgill.ca.

Yasmine Lahlou is a Partner and has been with Chaffetz Lindsey since 2009. She has substantial experience advising and representing domestic and international clients on a range of commercial disputes, in both international arbitration and litigation proceedings. Yasmine practiced in Paris for over four years at Castaldi Mourre & Partners, before joining Clifford Chance as an Associate in New York in 2005. Lahlou has substantial knowledge of civil and common law systems, enhancing her ability to represent clients in cross-border litigation. She has acted as a sole and co-arbitrator in International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) arbitrations.

Lahlou co-authored the chapter on applicable law, which appears in International Arbitration in New York (OUP, 2010). Since 2000, Lahlou has been a regular contributor on conflict of laws issues in Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales / International Business Law Journal (Thomson Reuters Group). She has also co-authored several articles on U.S. arbitration law published in various journals, including Mealey’s International Arbitration Report and the International Law Office electronic newsletter. Yasmine currently serves as a co-chair of the Middle East Committee of the ABA Section of International Law.

Yasmine Lahlou attended a graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin Law School and received a Maîtrise en Droit from Paris X – Nanterre University. She is admitted to practice in Paris and New York, and is fluent in English, French and Italian.

 

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