DIAC registers an 11% increase in the number of arbitration
cases received during H1 2011
Nassib G. Ziadé has 25 years’ experience in the administration of
international legal proceedings
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Dubai, UAE: Dubai International Arbitration Centre, a Dubai Chamber
initiative, registered 206 arbitration cases between January and June
this year, compared to 186 in the first half of 2010, an increase of
11%.
DIAC, an independent, non-profit arbitration institution which provides
flexible and impartial mechanisms to settle international commercial
disputes, recently appointed Nassib G. Ziadé as its new Director.
Mr. Ziadé was the Deputy Secretary-General of the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) between 2007
and 2011, and he also served between April 2008 and June 2009
as Acting Secretary-General of ICSID. He served as the Executive
Secretary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal from 1997 to
2007.
Ziadé
international
development of international tribunals. He also brings extensive
experience in private and public international law, international
arbitration and international administrative law.
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During his career, Mr. Ziadé advised the Government of Bahrain on the
establishment of its Constitutional Court. He has also advised several
international organisations on the establishment and functioning of
their international administrative tribunals. He was a member of the
Grievance Process Review Committee which reviewed and reformed
the World Bank’s Internal Conflict Resolution System.
Professor Martin Hunter, Chairman of DIAC’s Board of Trustees,
said: “Nassib Ziadé has the high level of expertise and experience
DIAC’s
permanent Director and we are confident that he will steer the Centre
successfully through the challenges presented by its current caseload,
which has increased substantially both in volume and complexity since
the global financial problems that started in 2008. We are delighted
that he has accepted the position and look forward to working with
him to enhance the performance and reputation of DIAC during the
next phase of its development.”
Board of Trustees was seeking when appointing the new
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