Salah Malas

He has advised and represented sovereign states, state entities and multinational corporations in arbitrations involving issues of civil, common and public international law heard under a range of arbitral rules including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He has also acted as Tribunal Secretary.

Mr. Malas is a Solicitor Advocate with full rights of audience in the higher courts of England and Wales including the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He has advised and represented clients before the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the courts of the United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Malas is a native Arabic speaker and his practice often involves Arab legal systems and parties based in the Middle East.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Malas worked as a consultant to a Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and as a diplomatic trainee at the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.