Ardeshir Atai
No. 4, 14th Street
Vozara Avenue
Tehran 1511773851
Iran
Visiting Lecturer in LLM International Commercial Law and Maritime Law, University of Hertfordshire (2011- 2013); Partner, Atai & Associates Law Firm (2005-present)
Admitted to Roster of Arbitrators of the American Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre in 2015; Arbitrator, International Arbitration Institute (IAI); Arbitrator, the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS); Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); Arbitrator, Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Congress Fellow, Center for International Legal Studies (CILS), Associate Member of Energy Institute (AMEI)
Acted as counsel and legal expert in arbitration proceedings involving foreign and Iranian parties subject to arbitration rules of UNCITRAL, ICC, TRAC. Provision of legal opinion to international companies concerning construction, energy, petrochemical, telecom and mining disputes. At the enforcement stage, assisted clients with recognition and enforcement of arbitral award in Iranian courts and seizure of assets. Advising foreign creditors on ship arrest subject to arbitration proceedings pursuant to SIAC. Advising foreign companies on validity of international arbitration under the provisions of Iranian Law of International Commercial Arbitration (LICA).
- Reform of Banking Laws and Regulations in Iran (forthcoming 2021) Brill Research Perspective on Banking and Securities Law
- Overview of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)-Iran, Investment Claims (Oxford University Press, 2017)
- ‘Iran’s (Re)insurance Market Regulation’, MENA Insurance Review (2016)
- ‘Iran’ in B. Facey, Foreign Investment Regulation Review (Law Business Research, Fourth Edition, 2016) 113- 126
- ‘Redefining Investment Arbitration Law; The Case of Kosovo’ (2015) Vol. 1 Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Kosovo
- ‘A New Paradigm for Attracting Foreign Investments: Restructuring Investor-state Arbitration for Resolution of Petroleum Disputes: Dynamics of the New Iranian Oil Investment Contract’
(2015) 2 Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Journal
- ‘GAR Know-how: Investment Treaty Arbitration-Iran’ (2015) Global Arbitration Review (with Amir Ghaffari)
- ‘Arbitration in Post-sanctions Iran’, AI Guide to International Arbitration (London, 2015)
- ‘Arbitrating Maritime Disputes in Iran’ (2014) Acquisition International
- ‘Fair and Equitable Treatment of Islamic Investments in Qatar’ (15 May 2013) Vol. 10 Issue No.19 Islamic Finance News p. 20
- ‘Iranian Bilateral Investment Treaties: Substantive Principles and Standards’ (2013) Vol. 14, No. 3 Journal of World Investment and Trade (JWIT)
- ‘Arbitration of Investment Disputes under the Iranian Investment Treaties’ (2011) Vol.14, No. 2, Journal of Money Laundering Control (JMLC)
- ‘Investor Protection in Iran: a Bankruptcy Approach’ in Bankruptcy Law Client Strategies in Middle East and North Africa (Thomson Reuters, 2011)
- ‘Iran’, in Litigation & Dispute Resolution in the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG, London 2011) (with A.A. Atai)
- ‘Standards of Treatment of Foreign Investments in Iran’ (2009) Vol. 30, No. 11, The Company Lawyer
- ‘Comparative Analysis of Iranian Foreign Investment Law and the World Bank Guidelines on Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment’ (2005-06) Vol.12, Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (YIMEL)