Pr Nathalie Najjar has a PhD in Law summa cum laude from the University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas (Paris). She has lectured at the University Paris II – Panthéon, Assas where she was in charge of “Arbitration in the Arab countries” in the LLM program of the Institute of comparative law for almost 10 years. She is currently professor at the Faculty of law of Saint Joseph University (Beirut) in charge of “Domestic and international arbitration” course in the PhD studies (DEA) of private law and in the LLM of business law. She has directed several academic PhD theses and was member of several PhD juries.She is lawyer at the Beirut Bar, senior partner at Ibrahim Najjar law firm.She is a domestic and international lawyer and arbitrator; As arbitrator she represents the Lebanese State before the ICSID. She has been appointed by several institutions and in Ad hoc Arbitrations, for domestic and international disputes.She handled as a lawyer, counsel or arbitrator many domestic and international cases involving various fields of expertise.She is the author of Arbitration and International Trade in the Arab countries, Brill – Nijhoff, 2018, Arbitrage dans les pays arabes et commerce international, LGDJ, France, 2016, (preface by E. Gaillard), that was selected for the « Prix du cercle Montesquieu » 2017 and Arbitrage dans les pays arabes face aux exigences du commerce international, LGDJ, France, 2004 that was crowned by several awards and prizes in France and in Lebanon,. She is also the author of many articles, book chapters and contributions published in renowned books and reviews.She is the chairman of the Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce – Lebanon.She is also General Secretary of the Lebanese Review of Arab and International Arbitration, that is published by her law firmShe also chaired, organized and contributed to numerous conferences worldwide For more info check:www.nathalienajjar.wordpress.com