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Three Crowns LLP
New Fetter Place
8-10 New Fetter Lane
EC4A 1AZ
England
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Work Department

International Commercial Arbitration and Public International Law

Position

Farouk, a senior associate in our London office, advises clients on arbitrations governed by the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, and UNCITRAL rules, with a focus on complex commercial and investor-State disputes in the oil and gas and telecommunications sectors. He is often called upon by clients to provide strategic advice in respect to disputes raising matters of force majeure, taxation, international sanctions, and claims by competing governments.

Career

Prior to joining Three Crowns, Farouk was an international arbitration associate in the London office of a leading global firm, working as well in Riyadh and Dubai as a member of the firm’s Corporate and M&A teams. While in London, he was part of the firm’s Global Business and Human Rights and Global Sanctions Teams. Farouk was previously a legal counsel at the PCA in The Hague, where he administered appointing authority requests, investor-State, and commercial arbitrations.

He was also the Court’s acting representative in Mauritius, where he focused on promoting the Court’s activities and casework in Africa. In addition, Farouk has litigation experience before Quebec courts. Prior to qualifying in Quebec in 2010, Farouk trained at the legal departments of Bombardier in Montreal and Société Générale in Paris.

Farouk regularly publishes on commercial and international law matters. His peer-reviewed publications include Contributory Fault under International Law, ICSID Review, Oxford University Press (2020), Non-Compensatory Damages in Civil and Common Law Jurisdictions: Requirements and Underlying Principles, Global Arbitration Review Guide to Damages (2016, 2020), Civil Society in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Brill Njihoff (2018), and State-Owned Enterprises as Claimants before ICSID: Is the Broches Test on the Ebb?, BCDR International Arbitration Review, Kluwer Law International (2017).

He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of International Law at Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Italian

Memberships

In addition, Farouk has acted as arbitrator under the ICC rules. He is a member of the ICC Bulletin Editorial Board. He is also actively involved in the Firm’s pro bono practice, having assisted REDRESS in a landmark case before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).

Education

Licence in Civil Law (LLL), University of Ottawa

Masters in Law (LLM), University of Montreal

Doctorate in Law (PhD), Leiden University

Personal

Farouk regularly publishes on commercial and international law matters. His peer-reviewed publications include Contributory Fault under International Law, ICSID Review, Oxford University Press (2020), Non-Compensatory Damages in Civil and Common Law Jurisdictions: Requirements and Underlying Principles, Global Arbitration Review Guide to Damages (2016, 2020), Civil Society in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Brill Njihoff (2018), and State-Owned Enterprises as Claimants before ICSID: Is the Broches Test on the Ebb?, BCDR International Arbitration Review, Kluwer Law International (2017).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Public international law

(Leading associates)

Farouk El-Hosseny – Three Crowns LLP

Exclusively active in international disputes, Three Crowns LLP‘s London office acts for corporations in heavyweight investor-state proceedings brought against states, including matters that are not treaty-based. The team also defends states against claims. The practice is co-led by the ‘extremely sharp and convincingConstantine Partasides KC, who regularly obtains multibillion-dollar awards and is increasingly involved in arbitration-related litigation; and Gaëtan Verhoosel, who has a strong track record in complex investment treaty cases. The team further showcases Middle Eastern disputes specialist Reza Mohtashami KC, who acts for oil supermajors, construction firms, sovereign states and state entities; Manish Aggarwal, an expert in investor-state arbitrations under both UNCITRAL and ICSID rules; and Leilah Bruton, who ‘has amazing attention to detail’. Other names to note are energy disputes practitioner Hamid AbdulkareemFarouk El-Hosseny, a specialist in commercial and investor-state disputes in the telecoms and oil and gas sectors; and Ridhi Kabra, who acts in investment treaty arbitrations in relation to taxation, infrastructure, telecoms, joint ventures, and oil and gas disputes. Carmen Martinez Lopez relocated to the firm’s Madrid office in October 2023.