Kamel Aitelaj

Partner | Litigation

About

Kamel’s practice focuses on complex transborder dispute resolution. He has represented sovereign states and major international companies (telecommunications, financial, chemical and biosciences, energy and mining) in a wide range of  proceedings, including investment treaty-based arbitration and commercial arbitration conducted under all major arbitral rules (UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, ICDR, HKIAC, LCIA and SCC).

  • Kamel has substantial experience in matters involving sovereign immunity and award enforcement, including in proceedings before the US Supreme Court. He also regularly advises on matters of international law issues, such as transboundary watercourses and human rights. Kamel also advises clients operating or investing across borders on foreign investment matters, including economic sanctions.

    Kamel is licensed to practice at the District of Columbia and New York bars, the Barreau de Paris, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Thailand Arbitration Center, the Energy Charter Secretariat Legal Advisory Task Force, and the CPR Brazil Advisory Board.

    Kamel is a native French speaker. He is proficient in Portuguese and Spanish.

Practices

  • Arbitration and Mediation

  • International Disputes

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

  • New York

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, LL.M.

  • Université Panthéon-Assas, LL.M.

  • Université de Paris, LL.B.

Languages

  • French

  • Portuguese

  • Spanish

Experience

  • Milbank LLP

  • The World Bank

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

  • Deloitte