Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

• Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes (Feb 2021–Present)
• Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP  (Jan 2016–Feb 2021)
• Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (Jul 2014–Dec 2015)
• Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP (Oct 2008–Jul 2014)

English, Arabic, French

• Lecturer on investment arbitration, Sciences Po Law School
• Member, LCIA Court (2019–2024)
• President, LCIA Arab Users’ Council (2019–Present)
• Member, CRCICA Advisory Committee (2024–)
• Member, MENA Business Law Advisory Group, OECD
• Member, ITA Advisory Board
• Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Member, International Arbitration Institute (IAI)
• Member, ICC Arab Arbitration Group
• Member, ASA Below 40

• Oxford University, Magister Juris (Weidenfeld Scholar)
• Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Masters (LL.M.) in Private International Law and International Business Law
• Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Masters (LL.M.) in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Maîtrise (Bachelor of Law)
• Cairo University, Bachelor of Law