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Khalil Mechantaf

Position:	Associate, Abu Dhabi
Contact	Khalil.mechantaf@habibalmulla.com
Admitted:	Beirut Bar Association, 2009 International Media Lawyers Association, 2006 Assisting Editorial Board – International Journal of Arab Arbitration since 2009. Member of the Bentham Association since 2011
Education:	BA in Law, La Sagesse University, Lebanon, 2003 Masters of Law, University of Paris – Sud, 2004 LLM in International Business Law, University College London, UK, 2011 Certificate in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford, UK, 2008
Language(s):	English, Arabic, French
Expertise:	Corporate Commerical Arbitration ADR
Practice & Experience:	Khalil has been practicing in the Middle East for five years. He specialises in UAE corporate and commercial matters and also handles English, French and European Union laws, in particular the conflict of laws, arbitration laws, contract and corporate laws, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and media laws and policies. Khalil also has experience in domestic and international arbitration. He has been involved in drafting court submissions, preparing for pleadings and attending hearings. He has experience handling major corporate deals and international commercial and investment arbitrations before the major arbitration institutions, including ICC arbitrations seated in Paris and Geneva, CRCICA and the ICDR. He has previous experience with international firms in the UK and international courts in The Hague. Khalil holds a BA in Law from La Sagesse University, Lebanon, a Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution from the University of Paris – Sud, an LLM in International Business Law from University College London, UK, and a certificate in Comparative Media Law and Policy from the University of Oxford, UK. Khalil is admitted to the Beirut Bar Association and speaks English, Arabic and French.
Articles	• Arbitration of disputes arising from consumer contracts in the EU and the US – The balance between the consumer’s interests and party autonomy, (forthcoming); • The legal system in the Arab Republic of Syria – GLOBALEX, New York University – Faculty of Law (November 2010); • Note on the decision of the European Court of Justice of February 2009 in West Tankers, in Majallat al-Tahkim (Journal of Arbitration), September 2010; • The legal system in the Sultanate of Oman – GLOBALEX, New York University – Faculty of Law (July 2010); • The Constitutional law of the Kingdom of Bahrain – GLOBALEX, New York University – Faculty of Law (April 2010); • A guide to the Tunisian legal system – GLOBALEX, New York University – Faculty of Law (April 2010); • Arbitration and Consumer Law in light of the EC directive n°93/13 - Note on the decision of the Austrian Federal Supreme Court of November 2009), in Majallat al-Tahkim (Journal of Arbitration), April 2010; • Arbitrability of shareholders’ resolutions in limited liability companies (Note on the decision of the German Federal Supreme Court of April 2009), in Majallat al-Tahkim (Journal of Arbitration), January 2010.