Borzu Sabahi is an attorney in the International Arbitration Group of Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP. He focuses his practice on representing governments and state-owned entities in investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration and public international law matters. Prior to joining Curtis, Mr. Sabahi was associated with another international law firm where he represented various companies in international arbitration matters. Mr. Sabahi's experience includes serving as counsel and expert in cases brought under a number of bilateral investment treaties, NAFTA Chapter 11, and DR-CAFTA Chapter 10 and under the rules of UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, ICDR and LCIA. His industry experience includes working on matters in the following fields: oil & gas, construction, mining, power generation, telecommunications, gambling, satellite television, and agriculture. Mr. Sabahi is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School and teaches a seminar on International Investment Arbitration. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center where he co-teaches seminars on investor-State arbitration as well as on international oil and gas development. He is co-director of the International Investment Law Center at the International Law Institute, an editor of Oxford University Press’ Investment Claims website, and an associate editor of Transnational Dispute Management. Mr. Sabahi has widely published on various aspects of international investment law and arbitration and regularly speaks at professional conferences on these topics. He holds a SJD and an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center and an MA and LLB from University of Tehran. He is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, DC.
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