In early 2020 AIWF was invited, for the eighth consecutive year, to nominate a talented candidate to participate in the 20th Annual Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance, which was due to be held this year in Hamburg and Berlin from 16 to 28 August 2020.
AIWF Chairman Haifa Al Kaylani nominated Lebanese lawyer Dr Zeina Obeid, Senior Associate at Obeid Law Firm’s litigation and international arbitration practice who is concurrently pursuing her PhD at University Panthéon-Assas Paris II. Dr Obeid has worked as part of teams acting as lead counsel in major international arbitration cases across the MENA region. She is also actively engaged in the firm’s pro bono work by providing legal advice to several international NGOs and co-coaching the Lebanese team of the Université Saint-Joseph participating in the Vienna Moot competition.
Prior to joining the firm, Dr Obeid has taken up internships at various law firms in Paris including Dechert LLP, White & Case LLP, Castaldi Mourre & Associés as well as at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris. Dr Obeid, who is fluent in English, French and Arabic, graduated from the University Panthéon-Assas Paris II, holds a Masters Degree in Litigation, Arbitration and ADR, an LLM in Business Law in the Arab World from the same university and a Masters in Lebanese Civil Law from the Lebanese University.
Dr Obeid was selected to attend the 20th Annual Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance from 240 outstanding candidates from 62 countries, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summer School was cancelled and Dr Obeid has instead been accepted from the international range of highly qualified applicants to participate in the Asian Forum on Global Governance 2021 in New Delhi.
AIWF is proud to have nominated Dr Obeid who is a valued supporter of AIWF’s mission in the region and globally for women’s professional empowerment and an advocate for women in law. The AIWF Board wishes her every success in her participation at the Asian Forum in India next year as the AIWF nominee, which we will be pleased to report on in a future newsletter.
