Myriam Khedair
Associate | Tribunal Secretary
Biography
Myriam Khedair is an associate with AHALI Dispute Resolution LLC, specializing in international dispute resolution and international arbitration. She has experience in both commercial and investment arbitration, with a particular focus on disputes in the construction, oil & gas, mining, and infrastructure sectors.
For several years, she has worked on complex international arbitration matters across leading international law firms and arbitral institutions in Paris and Geneva. She has been involved in disputes administered by the ICC, PCA and ICSID, and has worked extensively on issues of Saudi, Iraqi, Algerian, Egyptian, French, English, American, and UAE law. Her experience spans complex commercial and investment arbitration matters involving the construction, energy, telecommunications, infrastructure, and real estate sectors. She has worked extensively on high-value cross-border disputes involving issues of Middle Eastern law.
Prior to joining AHALI, Myriam worked with several leading international law firms and arbitral institutions in Paris and Geneva, including White & Case, Ashurst, LALIVE, Shearman & Sterling, and the International Chamber of Commerce.
Selected Representative Experience
Representing a Turkish investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arising out of a large-scale public infrastructure project
Representing an Algerian entity in an ICSID arbitration against a UAE entity arising out of a major urban development project
Representing a Saudi entity in a real estate arbitration against a state official acting in the capacity of seller
Representing a UK energy company in a high-value commercial arbitration arising out of the post-COVID termination of a gas field contract involving Algeria’s national oil and gas sector
Representing an Italian engineering and energy-sector entity in a dispute against an Iraqi Ministry of Oil-affiliated entity arising out of a major refinery project in Iraq
Representing a party in enforcement proceedings relating to a high-profile telecommunications dispute before the Iraqi courts
Representing a Canadian mining company in an ICSID arbitration against an East African State
Representing a Middle Eastern state in a high-value arbitration arising out of an industrial project involving environmental and administrative law issues
Education
LL.M., Columbia Law School
Master of Laws, Sciences Po Law School
Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Law, Sciences Po
Admissions
New York
Selected Pro bono Experience
Assisted asylum seekers before the New York Court of Appeals through the Bronx Defenders volunteer program
Supported refugee access to higher education in France through Kiron Higher Education
Coordinated with French universities to facilitate recognition of refugee academic qualifications
Selected Publications
Co-Author, Year in Review: An Annual Survey of International Legal Developments and Publications of the ABA / Section of International Law, Vol. 53 (2019)
Author, The Shift in Iraqi Investment Policy after 2003 (LL.M. Research Project, 2019)
Research and editing, International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution (2020)
Research and editing, Experiences with Remote Hearings: A Survey of Users’ Views (2020)
Contributed to a policy planning paper on security guarantees for Ukraine developed in collaboration with White & Case LLP and PILPG (2025)
Languages
English, Arabic, and French

