Dr. Hamid Gharavi has acted as arbitrator or counsel in over 150 commercial ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including over 30 investment arbitrations under foreign investment laws and bilateral and multilateral treaties, in relation to a broad spectrum of industries, ranging from oil and gas, mining, M&A, military ordnance and defense, telecommunications, media, and aviation, to agency, distribution, sales, construction, poultry, duty free, hospitality, real estate, wood and derived products, pharmaceutical, and sports, as well as investments in general.
He has been appointed to the Panel of ICSID Arbitrators, to the Court of the LCIA (from 2008-2012), the Commission on Arbitration of the ICC as well as to other panels, including DIAC, SIAC, TRAC, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Dr. Gharavi teaches investment arbitration in graduate studies at University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is the author of a book entitled “The International Effectiveness of the Annulment of an Arbitral Award,” published by Kluwer Law International and publications in all the main arbitration law reviews, and a regular speaker at international conferences
Dr. Gharavi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris II, and post-graduate degrees from New York University School of Law and University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
