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Elie Kleiman

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Work Department

Global Disputes

Position

Partner

Career

Elie Kleiman has more than 30 years’ experience in strategic dispute resolution, with a significant focus on international arbitration, cross-border litigation and crisis management in a vast array of business sectors and jurisdictions. He has advised large French and international companies as lead counsel in many high-profile disputes involving complex, business-sensitive issues, bringing many of the controversies to an optimal conclusion, either in court, through arbitration, or through mediation and imaginative settlement solutions. Elie has in-depth knowledge of many institutional arbitration rules and ad hoc arbitration, and regularly sits as an arbitrator and as a mediator.

Languages

English and French

Education

  • University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (DEA droit international 1987);
  • University of Paris X-Nanterre (Maîtrise droit privé 1986)

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France > Dispute resolution: International arbitration

(Hall of Fame)

Elie Kleiman  – Jones Day

Jones Day acts for a prominent client base, comprising large telecoms, energy, engineering and defence companies. The Paris-based team has a strong involvement in commercial arbitration disputes relating to North Africa and the Middle East and is managing high-stakes cases linked to Iraq and Algeria, notably concerning construction work. The practice also deals with significant matters relating to joint venture and M&A transactions. Elie Kleiman and Jean-Pierre Harb head the team, which also includes of counsel Claire Pauly.

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