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Farouk El-Hosseny
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 > International arbitration
‘The leading international arbitration boutique by far, Three Crowns LLP only accepts instructions for international disputes. The firm’s current commercial and investor-state caseload covers some of the highest-profile disputes in the world; and its industry expertise incorporates aerospace, energy, construction, telecoms, financial services, and Pharma. Experienced in obtaining multi-billion-dollar awards, Constantine Partasides KC has a growing arbitration-related litigation practice; and Gaëtan Verhoosel KC acts in commercial and treaty arbitrations across the power, banking, infrastructure, renewables, and oil and gas sectors. Also integral to the group, Reza Mohtashami KC is a Middle East disputes expert; Carmen Martinez Lopez is triple-qualified in England, New York and Spain; and Manish Aggarwal and Leilah Bruton act in investor-state and commercial cases. At counsel level, Hamid Abdulkareem is ‘an excellent lawyer‘ and Jonathan Fernandes acts under all major arbitration rules. Maanas Jain, Richard Trinick, Farouk El-Hosseny and Vee Vian Thien are experienced senior associates.
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
(Rising stars)Three Crowns LLP‘s esteemed track record includes representing both states and corporations in business-critical investor-state disputes, including a sizeable number of treaty cases. The London group is also increasingly active in state-to-state cases and related disputes that feature challenging international law points. Constantine Partasides KC‘s recent experience comprises the attainment of mega-value awards, and has a growing arbitration-related litigation practice; and Gaëtan Verhoosel acts in high-value treaty arbitrations across all continents, in relation to the power, oil and gas, renewables, banking and infrastructure sectors. Other key practitioners are Middle Eastern and African disputes expert Reza Mohtashami KC; Carmen Martinez Lopez, who routinely acts in heavyweight Latin American investor-state cases; investor-state arbitration specialist Manish Aggarwal; and Leilah Bruton, who acts in treaty disputes. Counsel Hamid Abdulkareem leads the firm’s African practice, while senior associate Farouk El-Hosseny‘s practice incorporates telecoms and oil and gas sector-related investor-state claims.
Lawyer Rankings
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution
- Rising stars London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Public international law London > Dispute resolution