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Genève, Rue Charles-Bonnet 2
New-York (2002)
Genève (1995)
Le Dr. Arfazadeh dirige actuellement la pratique d’arbitrage de PYTHON. Il a 33 ans d’expérience en arbitrage international et a été impliqué dans plus de 125 affaires à Genève, Paris, New York, au Moyen-Orient et en Extrême-Orient. Il est admis aux barreaux de Suisse et de New York, est membre de la commission d’arbitrage de la CCI et du comité national suisse de la CCI, siège à la Cour internationale d’arbitrage du Centre suisse d’arbitrage, et a agi en tant qu’arbitre sous diverses règles institutionnelles. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages et a été conférencier invité à l’Institut d’études internationales de Genève et chercheur à l’Université de New York. Il représente également des clients dans des affaires transfrontalières complexes de droit pénal, de faillite et de conformité en Suisse et à New York, et assiste régulièrement des clients dans des négociations de fusions et acquisitions, de joint-ventures et de technologies de l’information.
Ordre public et arbitrage international à l’épreuve de la mondialisation. Une théorie critique des sources du droit des relations transnationales, Schulthess-Zurich, LGDJ-Paris, Bruylant-Bruxelles, 2005, 351 pages. Second Edition appeared in December 2006
A Practitioner’s Approach to Interest Claims under Sharia law in International Arbitration, in Interest, Auxiliary and Alternative Remedies in International Arbitration, Ed. Filip De Ly and Laurent Levy, Dossier of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2008, pp. 211 ff
In the shadow of the “”unruly horse””: International Arbitration of the Public Policy Exception, in American review of international arbitration, 2004 special edition, 50th anniversary of the Institute of Judicial Administration of New York University, pp.43 ff Iran: la Médiation Européenne ou le Dangereux Engrenage, Le Temps, 5 mai 2006, p. 1 et 17
Draft Model Enactment (Model Law) on National Export Council, including article by article commentary and recommendations concerning by-laws, International Trade Centre, WTO/UNCTAD Executive Forum, Montreux, September 2004
Israel’s Best Bet: True Justice or International Law?, RSDIE 2002, no. 4, pp. 479 ff Considérations pragmatiques sur la compétence respective de l’Arbitre et du Juge en matière de contrats de corruption, Bulletin ASA 2001, no. 4, pp. 672 ff
Arbitrability under the 1958 New York Convention: the lex fori revisited, Journal of the London Court of International Arbitration, Vol. 17, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73 ff
Actionnariat responsable et état de droit international, in: Ateliers pour la pratique du droit international public et du droit international humanitaire, Institut Henri Dunant, Genève, Audio, éd. Bibliothèque publique d’information, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1998 Juge d’appui et for de nécessité, Bulletin ASA 1996, no.2, pp. 325 ff. Costs under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and their Adaptation to an Institutional Setting, in: ASA Conference Papers, Zurich 1997
Costs under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and their Adaptation to an institutional Setting, in Swiss Arbitration Association Conference Papers, Zurich, Jan. 1997 L’ordre public du fond et l’annulation de sentences arbitrales internationales en Suisse, RSDIE 1995, pp. 245 ff
Settlement of international trade disputes in South East Asia: The experience of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, The Malaysian law Journal cxxii, Singapore 1992
New perspective in South East Asia and Delocalised Arbitration in Kuala Lumpur, Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 8, no. 4, p. 104, 1991
Acting as legal expert in the enforcement of Energy Charter Treaty Arbitral Award before US Federal court
Acting for contractor against Engineers in a major petrochemical dispute
Acting for the contractor in the largest Swiss construction law dispute under Swiss Arbitration Centre in relation to a land mark building in Switzerland (currently in process)
Acting as lead counsel in an arbitration over transport storage and sales of Petrochemical products
Acting as lead counsel in an arbitration between Telecom operators
Acted for Claimant in an automotive IP (intellectual property) and Share-Purchase Agreement dispute against Shanghai Automotive Industries Co. under ICC rules (currently in process)
Acting for claimant in a multi-billion dollar interstate Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) dispute over liquidation of a Joint Venture joint and shareholder agreement in the oil industry (currently in process)
Advising Respondent in a multi-billion Euros gas dispute
Successfully acting for the owner in a turnkey plant and technology transfer in a dispute under the ICC rules against a major industrial group and collecting the Award through attachment and enforcement proceedings
Successfully acting for a national oil company in a multi-billion dollar joint venture and shareholder dispute
Successfully acting for a national oil company in a 100 million dollar oil trading dispute
Successfully acting as co-counsel for claimants in a 17 billion dollar ICC dispute over the breakup of the worldwide network
Acting for an East European State in relation to proceedings under intra-European Bilateral Investment Treaty
Successfully acting on behalf of Claimant in America’s Cup Arbitration
Successfully acting for the owners in an industrial joint venture of steel, pipe and profile mills disputes
Acting as counsel in several disputes against Swiss banks
Successfully acting as defense lawyer before OFAC, US Treasury, DoJ, US Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney involving a major European Bank Successfully acting for Claimant in an entertainment case before the Federal District Court of New York
Acting as defense counsel in Swiss criminal proceedings involving corruption, money landing and sanctions
Sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman in various constructions, consulting and JV disputes
As well as a host of other international arbitrations over cross-border M&A disputes, petrochemical industry, sales-purchase contracts in crude oil, carbon, wheat, machinery … etc, agency, representation, sponsorship and distribution agreements