Career & CV
Born on February 14, 1952 at Kairouan (Tunisia) PhD in International Law (with distinction) Diploma (International Relations) Visiting Scholar- Yale Law School- Connecticut – United States of America Attorney-At- Law (Avocat à la Cour) Kemicha Legal Consulting (K.L.C) Member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations-(2002-2007) Geneva, re-elected on 16 November 2006 by the UN General Assembly(152 votes) for a second term(2007-2011) Member of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration I.C.C.A (1st May 2007- ) Member of the Board of Trustees & the Executive Committee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (November 2004- Present) Member (Arbitrator) of the Iraq Arbitration Panel (2005-2006&2008) First appointed Secretary General, the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Bahrain (January2003- December2005) Former Member of the Company “London Court of International Arbitration” (LCIA) – (22 November 2005- 31 December 2007) Retired Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – May 2002-May 2005 Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – September 1989-May 1995 and May 1998-May 2002 Of Counsel, Winston & Strawn, Geneva (and Paris, London, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles) (July 2002- July 2005) Former Vice-Chairman of the Arab Regional Forum (ARF) of the International Bar Association IBA Former Secretary-General of the Arbitration System of the Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce - Paris Founder and Secretary-General of the Euro-Arab Forum for Arbitration and Business Law- Paris
Counsel to the State of Pakistan in The Case concerning the Aerial Incident of 10th August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) -International Court of Justice -ICJ -The Hague-Oral Pleadings: 3-6 April 2000-Judgment 21 June 2000 Counsel to the State of Bahrain in The Case concerning Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain(Qatar v. Bahrain) – International Court of Justice -ICJ -The Hague- Oral Pleadings: 29 May –29 June 2000- Judgment 16 March 2001
Expert retained together with Coudert Brothers –Washington D.C. by the World Bank and Mitsubishi Research Institute to prepare the legal section of “The Study and Evaluation of the negotiations for the Privatization of Infrastructure in Tunisia: The Case of Rades II IPP - 2000-2001 Member of the Council of the "Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law" (School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London) Member of International Bar Association (IBA) Member of the International Law Association (ILA) (French Branch) Member of the International Association of Lawyers - Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) Member of the Comité Français de l'Arbitrage Former Member of the "Arbitration Arab Group " - International Court of Arbitration- International Chamber of Commerce-ICC Former Member of the "Experts Group on Arbitral Practice" United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCITRAL (Vienna) Former Member of the American Society of International Law (A.S.I.L) Member of the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce (T.A.C.C) Honours: Made by President Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, Knight of the French Legion of Honour – Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur- April 2007 Awarded by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, "The Order of Bahrain" (First Class) – 2 May 2001 Fathi KEMICHA EMail: fathi.kemicha@kemicha.com |
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