Experience

Obeid & Partners

• Lebanon
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2021

  • Represented Saudi conglomerate as respondent in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration involving breach of contract and competition claims involving the express courier business in Saudi Arabia. • Represented a major US-headquartered global energy company in relation to mediation concerning overpayment claims against an EPCM contractor in relation to a US$ multi-billion offshore LNG project. • Represent a contractor in claims against employers involving major construction projects in Doha, Qatar in third-party expert determination processes and settlement discussions. Claims include delay, disruption, thickened preliminaries, and variations. • Represented an employer-respondent in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration regarding the termination of a construction contract regarding the fit-out of a high-end penthouse. • Represented an employer-respondent in a management dispute under the DIAC rules regarding a five-star hotel in Palm Jumeriah regarding the employer’s right to terminate the project management contract. • Represent joint venture as main contractor in on-going airport project in Abu Dhabi. Served as in-house legal counsel to joint venture during secondment to the project. Advised on a +USD$ 1 billion settlement.



Shearman & Sterling LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 2006 - Apr 2014

  · Represented Mexican tomato producers in an antidumping case before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the negotiation of a “suspension agreement” with the U.S. government. · Represented French chemical company alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets from a joint venture in a successful billion-dollar Paris-based ICC arbitration; represented subsidiaries in parallel proceedings brought in various U.S. jurisdictions. · Represented Belgium-based steel producer as respondent in various antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce. · Represented Michigan-based chemical company as claimant in a successful multi-billion dollar LCIA arbitration involving the breach of a joint venture agreement in the Middle East. · Represented Michigan-based energy company in the successful settlement of claims resulting from the sale of a power plant. · Represented Texas company contractor/claimant in an LCIA arbitration concerning the fast-track reconstruction of an oil refinery in Lithuania. · Worked on a major FCPA case involving a U.S. oil exploration company; investigated company and reported findings to Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice. · Represented a Kazakh State entity, as Respondent in an arbitration, in a potential arbitration regarding alleged breaches of an investment statute and contracts in relation to mining.· Represented clients before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. · Represented clients pro bono in proceedings before the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (criminal appeals), Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (criminal appeal), Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (immigration appeal), DC Circuit (defamation case), Federal Circuit (expropriation case), and U.S. Supreme Court (criminal and immigration case).



U.S. Court of International Trade

• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Aug 2004 - Sep 2006

  · Worked for the Honorable Donald Pogue on over 20 published decisions in cases pending before the Court of International Trade, District Court of the District of Columbia, and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. · Worked for the Honorable Donald Pogue on over 20 published decisions in cases pending before the Court of International Trade, District Court of the District of Columbia, and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.



The University of Chicago

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• Head Research Assistant for Judge Richard A. Posner

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2001

  · Ran statistical analyses, developed research protocols, edited and cite-checked books and articles, and performed general legal, economic, and philosophical research for Judge Posner. Assisted in the drafting four books (Antitrust Law, Second Edition, Public Intellectuals, Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy, Breaking the Deadlock). · Researched for Professor Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner on articles and books including Foreign Relations Law: Cases & Materials (first edition) and The Limits of International Law.