Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of international arbitration lawyer Nadia Darwazeh as partner in its Paris office. Nadia joins from Curtis Mallet-Prévost Colt & Mosle, where she was partner. Prior to this Nadia was counsel at the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC) in Paris and previously spent a decade practising international arbitration based in Shanghai, Frankfurt and London.
Nadia acts as counsel and arbitrator and has extensive experience with arbitrations under the auspices of all major arbitral institutions. She has handled arbitrations spanning the commercial spectrum, such as disputes relating to construction, M&A, energy and natural resources, financial services as well as pharmaceuticals. Nadia also represents clients in investor-state disputes.
Simon Konsta, Senior Partner at Clyde & Co, comments: “Clients are facing an ever more complex and volatile risk landscape. Nadia adds strength and depth to our market leading disputes offering that will benefit our core sectors.”
Ben Knowles, Co-Chair of Clyde & Co’s Global Arbitration Group, says: “Throughout her career, Nadia has worked on a range of big ticket arbitration cases with commercial and government entities on a global scale. The strength of her governmental practice, combined with her time at the ICC, make her an extremely valuable addition to our international arbitration group, and reinforces the firm’s position as a market leader in the disputes space.”
Nadia Darwazeh comments: “I’m delighted to be joining Clyde & Co’s eminent disputes team, and look forward to harnessing the firm’s extensive global reach to continue to grow my practice.”
She will start at the firm in March 2018.
Clyde & Co’s Global Arbitration group has more than 200 lawyers and over 70 partners from across our global platform with experience of all major arbitration rules and centres with detailed knowledge of the key specialised sector rules.
Source: www.clydeco.com
