Dr Amel Makhlouf

Attorney-at-Law, Paris Bar Association

Lecturer, Paris Bar School (EFB) & iReMMO (Paris)

Research Associate, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), SOAS University of London

Management Committee Member, SOAS Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Centre (SADRC), SOAS University of London

MCIArb, Member of the CIArb (London)

Committee Member - CCLS France Alumni Chapter, Queen Mary University of London

Education:

  • 2016: Bar admission

  • 2015: Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession

  • 2010-2013: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), summa cum laude, Sorbonne Law School – 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

  • 2011: Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School

  • 2010: Islamic Finance Qualification (68%), CISI (London) &  ESA (Beirut)

  • 2008: LL.M. in banking and finance, summa cum laude, Queen Mary University of London

  • 2007: Master in Business and Economics, cum laude, Sorbonne Law School

Languages :

  • French: mother tongue

  • English: bilingual

  • Spanish: B1+ certified in Argentina & Colombia 2017, Panama 2022.

  • Arabic: notions, fair knowledge of Islamic contract law.