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Jamal Seifi

Address: 

73 Karimkhan-Zand Ave
Tehran 15856
Iran

Phone Number: 
+98.21.88.83.06.52
Fax Number: 
+98.21.88.31.20.57
Email: 
sjseifi@dpimail.net
Born: 
1954, Ardabil, Iran1954, Ardabil, Iran
Languages: 
English Persian
Nationalities: 
Iranian

Website:

www.iusct.nl

Education: 
High School Diploma, Marvi High School, Tehran 1973;
LL.B., National University of Iran, 1978;
LL.M. in International Law, University of Hull, UK, 1986;
Ph.D. in International Law/Arbitration, University of Hull, UK, 1990
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Iranian Central Bar Association, 1992, Tehran
Present Position: 
Judge, Iran-US Claims Tribunal;
Law Professor, Shahid Beheshti (National) University of Iran (on leave);
Attorney, Dr. Jamal SEIFI & Associates, Tehran (on leave);
Professional Experience: 

Judge, Iranian Judiciary, 1979–1985; Lecturer in Law, University of Hull, UK, 1989–1991; Law Professor, Shahid Behesti (National) University of Iran, 1991– present; Visiting Professor of Law on Int‘l Commercial Arbitration, University of Hull, UK, 1999–2000; Practicing Attorney since 1992.

Professional Associations: 

Iranian Bar, FCIArb, IBA, Governing Board of Foundation for Development of International Law in Asia, ASA, LCIA, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC Iranian National Committee, ACIC, TRAC, CIETAC, LCIA, PCA

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal on a continuous basis since 2009; Practice since 1992 as sole arbitrator, partyappointed arbitrator, counsel and expert in various institutional (mostly ICC) and ad hoc international arbitration cases, with seats in Zurich, Geneva, Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen, Tehran, Bahrain, Frankfort, London (many of them more than once or twice) and applying UNIDROIT Principles, international law, Austrian law, Spanish law, Swiss law, German law, Danish law and Iranian law. (Awards published in Y.B. Com. Arb. (1994); Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vol. 13#10, 1998 and Iran-U.S.C.T.R. homepage, www.iusct.nl). Also chairman, sole arbitrator and counsel in domestic arbitration cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Iran - Arbitration Law and Practice in the Middle East - Second Edition
Iran - Arbitration Law and Practice in the Middle East
Iran - National Report - World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) - 2nd Edition
Islamic Republic of Iran - Chapter 4 - The Practitioner's Guide to Arbitration in the Middle East and North Africa
Publications: 
  • Iran Chapter, in World Arbitration Reporter (W.A.R.), 2012, USA
  • Iran Chapter in Practitioners‘ Guide to Arbitration in the Middle East, Juris Publishers, Netherlands, 2009
  • Iran Chapters in Gas Regulation and Oil Regulation, Vols. 2005 to 2010, UK
  • The Legality of Truncated Arbitral Tribunals, J.Int.Arb. Vol. 17 (2000)
  • State Responsibility for Failure to Enforce Iran-US Claims Tribunal Awards, J.Int. Arb, Vol. 16 (1999) The New International Commercial Arbitration Act of Iran, J.Int.Arb., Vol. 15 (2), NL 1998
  • Procedural Remedies against Awards of Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Vol. 8 (1), Arbitration International, UK 1992