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Samaa Haridi is a civil and common law-trained, trilingual lawyer with over 20 years of experience representing clients from all over the world in international commercial and investment arbitration, under the rules of all major arbitral institutions.
Samaa has been singled out by clients for being "spectacular" and "really, really phenomenal" (Chambers USA). Sources also acknowledge her as being a "first-class arbitration lawyer; one of the best in the region" (Who's Who Legal) and a "global leader" whose "reputation is sky rocketing" (Who's Who Legal). She is one of fifteen international arbitration practitioners in North America singled out by Who's Who Legal as a Global Elite Thought Leader – Arbitration.
In addition to her work as counsel, Samaa frequently sits as an arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes. She is also currently serving as an officer in a number of arbitral organizations, including as Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Senior Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, and a member of ICCA’s Governing Board.
Samaa is a member of the New York, California, and England & Wales bars. She is fluent in French and Arabic, and conversant in Spanish.
Publications:
- “COVID-19 and Energy Disputes.” International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution, Kluwer Law International (2020)
- “Security for Costs and Claim Under the ICC Rules of Arbitration: Rare but Possible.” ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin (2020)
- Chapter Publication, “The Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments Among Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),” World Arbitration Reporter (2019)
- Chapter Publication, “Article 26 of the Convention on The Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States,” published in The ICSID Convention, Regulation and Rules – A Practical Commentary, Edward Elgar Publishing (2019)
- Chapter Publication “Enforcement of ICSID Awards” published in International Arbitration in the United States, Wolter’s Kluwer (2017)
- “Public Policy: Can the Unruly Horse be Tamed?” The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation, and Dispute Management (2017)
- “Using New York Fora to Enforce Judgments After Motorola Credit Corp. v. Standard Chartered Bank and Daimler AG v. Bauman.” New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer (2016)
- “Towards Greater Gender and Ethnic Diversity in International Arbitration.” International Arbitration Review of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (2016)
- “The Public Policy Exception Under the New York Convention: The Unruly Arabian Horse in the Middle East Region.” Transnational Dispute Management (2015)
- “New York Courts Revisit the Balance Between Debtors and Creditors in Enforcement Proceedings.” International Bar Association Arbitration News (2014)
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