A law firm led by a Doctor in Law and SOAS academic, with over 10 years’ experience in international dispute resolution, banking and finance, and Islamic finance.
Dr. Amel Makhlouf
Attorney-at-Law, Paris Bar Association
Lecturer, Paris Bar School (EFB)
Lecturer, Master in litigation & arbitration, UTC (Toulouse)
Management Committee Member, SOAS Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Centre (SADRC) / Research Associate, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), SOAS University of London
Advisory Committee Member, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
Advisory Board Member, Arbitration Fund for African Students (AFAS)
Committee Member, CCLS France Alumni Chapter, Queen Mary University of London
EDUCATION :
2024: Certified Mediator (Paris, France)
2016: Bar admission
2015: Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession
2010-2013: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), summa cum laude, Sorbonne Law School (Paris) – The emergence of an international law of Islamic finance: origins, formation and implementation into the French legal framework
2011-2013: Research Associate to Pr. N. Foster, SOAS, University of London (London)
2011: Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
2010: Islamic Finance Qualification (68%), CISI (London) & ESA (Beirut)
2008: LL.M. in banking and finance, summa cum laude, Queen Mary University of London (London)
2007: Master in Business and Economics, cum laude, Sorbonne Law School (Paris)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES :
French : mother tongue
English : bilingual
Spanish : B1+ certified in Argentina & Colombia 2017, Panama 2022.
Arabic: notions.