Associé
Jawad Ahmad
Litigation & Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Projects & Infrastructure
"Jawad provided a world-class level of legal acumen and professionalism to his work on our matter."
Chambers UK
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Jawad Ahmad focuses his practice on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law. He has acted as counsel for claimants, respondents, and tribunal assistant in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a wide-range of industries, including energy and resources, renewable, oil & gas, nuclear power, mining, finance, hospitality and leisure, and retail. He has handled arbitrations under the ICSID, SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, and UNCITRAL arbitration rules.
Jawad regularly publishes on investment treaty and commercial arbitrations and public international law, having to date published over a dozen articles. He has presented at conferences and universities, such as, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Chicago Law School, George Washington University Law School, and Kings College London. He has acted as an Observer on behalf of the American Society of International Law to the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration & Conciliation), mandated to consider the issue of enforcement of international settlement agreements resulting from conciliation proceedings. He was one of the four selected to present at the "New Voices" Panel at the 24th International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress in Sydney, Australia in April 2018.
Expérience
Represented a wide range of corporate and commercial and State clients in arbitral proceedings and arbitration-related litigation, including:
- Imeks Insaat Makina Elektrik Konstrüksiyon Sanayi Limited Sirketi v. Turkmenistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/21/23 - counsel to Claimants in an investment treaty arbitration under the Turkey-Turkmenistan BIT and the ICSID Convention.
- Klesch Group Holdings Limited & others v. European Union, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/23/1 - counsel to Claimants in an investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty and the ICSID Additional Facility Rules.
- Klesch Group Holdings Limited, Klesch Refining Denmark A/S and Kalundborg Refinery A/S v. Kingdom of Denmark, ICSID Case No. ARB/23/48 - counsel to Claimants in an investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty and the ICSID Convention.
- Klesch Group Holdings Limited and Raffinerie Heide GmbH v. Federal Republic of Germany, ICSID Case No. ARB/23/49 - Klesch Group - counsel to Claimants in an investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty and the ICSID Convention.
- A state-owned entity in the power sector in a commercial arbitration under the LCIA Arbitration Rules (London seat) with respect to a dispute arising out of a power purchase agreement.
Distinctions
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Listed as Up and Coming by Chambers & Partners, to whom clients have stated: “Jawad has good coverage in different jurisdictions. He has strength and depth in both commercial and investment arbitration. He is a fantastic interface between counsel and the client” and "Jawad provided a world-class level of legal acumen and professionalism to his work on our matter."
- Listed as an Associate to watch, Jawad Ahmad is a senior associate with a broad practice which spans commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. He is also adept at handling enforcement proceedings. “He is an investment arbitration specialist. He is a pleasure to work with and he is second to none when it comes to handling clients. He is a real tactician and he knows all the rules inside out.” “His input and advice have been crucial. He appreciates the subtle legal and contractual elements in a complex, multi-jurisdictional arbitration.” “Jawad is a superb technical lawyer with real insight into the relationship between public international law and international arbitration. He is a superb leader.” “Jawad is a real live wire. He is very creative and doesn’t waste time.” "Jawad is an outstanding tactical thinker and client manager." "He's a superstar associate with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the field." - Chambers UK.
Formation
- University of Kent, LLB, First Class Honors
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law, LLM
Inscription au Barreau
- New York
Langues
- Anglais
- Danish
- Urdu
Engagement professionnel et communautaire
- Young ICCA
- ICC YAF
- Young SIAC
- LCIA Young International Arbitration Group