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Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

 

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Organisation
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
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Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Ms.
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Yasmine Lahlou
Gender
Female
Country
Non-African Country
Non-African Country (Please Specify)
USA
Country of Birth
Morocco
Nationalities
France
Morocco
USA
If non-African, how do you promote Africans in international arbitration/ADR?
I have tried to include African practitioners in academic projects, panels, or as arbitrators. To do so, I have tried to gain greater familiarity with the various jurisdictions and markets I am less familiar with.
Languages
French
English
Italian
Portuguese (proficient)
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Arbitrator
  • Counsel
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
20+
Number of Cases as Sole Arbitrator in international arbitration
6-20
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
1-5
Number of Cases as International Tribunal Chair
1-5
Number of Cases as International Arbitration Tribunal Secretary
1-5
Areas of Speciality
  • Agency
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Corporate Law / M&A
  • Distribution / Franchising
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Engineering
  • Entertainment & Media
  • Food & Beverages
  • Hospitality & Leisure
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Joint Venture
  • Sales & Purchases
  • Telecommunications
Other Speciality (Please Specify)
Dispute Boards
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
1999 - Graduate Legal Studies, University of Texas Austin Law School
1998 - Maîtrise en Droit, Paris X – Nanterre University (France)
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
ICC Commission
ICDR Panel of Arbitrators
ARIA Peer reviewer
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, Partner – New York, New York 2009 – present
Clifford Chance US LLP, Senior Associate – New York, New York 2005 – 2009
Castaldi Mourre & Sprague, Senior Associate – Paris, France 1999 – 2005
Biography
Fluent in English, French and Italian, Yasmine Lahlou has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration and litigation and has been with Chaffetz Lindsey since 2009. Initially trained in Paris and admitted in New York, Yasmine is experienced in civil and common law systems. Yasmine has represented clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc rules. She has acted as a presiding, sole co‐ and emergency arbitrator in ICC, SCC, CRCICA (in Cairo), ICDR/AAA and LCIA arbitrations.
Yasmine was named number one on the Who’s Who Legal 2019: Future Leaders – Arbitration list for the Americas, and has been recognized in Chambers, Legal 500 and Super Lawyers. Yasmine is a co-editor-in-chief of the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Bulletin Editorial Board. Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, member of the Advisory Council of Africa Arbitration, and retiring member of the board of directors of ArbitralWomen, she is also a Peer Review Board member of the American Review of International Arbitration (ARIA) at Columbia Law School.
Legal Background
  • Civil Law
  • Common Law
  • European Law
  • International Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
New York
France
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Agency/Distribution
  • Built Environment
  • Concessions
  • Sale of Business
  • Sale of Goods
  • Share Purchase/Joint Venture
  • Shipbuilding
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
Selective list:
Co-editor-in-chief of the editorial board of the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Bulletin.
Co-author of quarterly publication Arbitration in the Courts
Practical Law The Journal, “Functus Officio Doctrine” Article by Andrew Poplinger, Yasmine Lahlou & Silvia Marroquin, March 2022
Co-editor of ICCA-supported project Is There a Right to a Physical Hearing in International Arbitration, 2022 (with James Hosking and Prof. Rojas-Elgueta)
July 30, 2021, Article on States’ Environmental Counterclaims in ISDS in GAR’s Guide to Mining Arbitrations – Second Edition
“An Early Experience with Arbitration Video,” Chaffetz Lindsey (2020), co-authored with Peter Chaffetz and Andrew Poplinger.
How courts treat foreign awards, Dispute Resolution International, Vol 12 No 2 October 2018 at 195
“Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and Judgments in New York,” Kluwer Law International (2018), Co-Authored with Andreas Frischknecht and Gretta Walters.
“How to Mock Your Case Effectively,” in Global Arbitration Review’s The Guide to Advocacy – Third Edition (2018).
Website Address
www.chaffetzlindsey.com



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