Samaa Haridi

+1 212 918 3505 samaa.haridi@​hoganlovells.com

Work Department

International Arbitration - New York

Position

Partner

Career

Samaa Haridi is a civil and common law-trained, trilingual lawyer who represents corporations and financial institutions from all over the world in international commercial and investment arbitration, under the rules of all major arbitral institutions. She also frequently sits as an arbitrator in international disputes.

She has been singled out by clients for her “brilliant,” “no-nonsense and impressive” approach. Sources also acknowledge her as being “hard-working and very entrepreneurial,” as well as a “unique practitioner with unique skills” who delivers “clear and intelligent arguments.”

Born in Switzerland, Samaa grew up in Belgium, Egypt, Morocco, and France. She holds a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies in Private International Law and International Business Transactions from the University of Paris I (Sorbonne), and an LL.M. in Comparative Law from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she was a Sorbonne Scholar.

Samaa is a member of the New York, California, and England & Wales bars. She is fluent in French and Arabic and is also conversant in Spanish.

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Arabic

Memberships

Member, ICC Court of Arbitration

Senior Vice Chair, Arbitration Committee, International Bar Association

Vice President, LCIA Arab Users’ Council

Co-Editor-in-Chief, ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin

Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge, Steering Committee Member

Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)

Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR)

Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC)

Member, Advisory Council of Africa Arbitration (AA)

Editorial Board Member, Kluwer Journal of International Arbitration

Member, Arbitral Women

Member, New York International Arbitration Club

Education

LL.M., University of San Diego, 1999

D.E.A., University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1998

Maîtrise en Droit, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, with honors, 1997