Lawyers

Hussam Hafez

Work Department

Senior Legal Consultant

Position

Senior Legal Consultant

Areas of Practice and Specialization: Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Commercial and Corporate, Intellectual Property, Contracts

Career

2018 to Present, Senior Legal Consultant

Gulf Legal Consultants

2012 – 2019

Researcher and Lecturer

Head of Political Organization

Head of International and Diplomatic Affairs Bureau and International Law Advisor, Syrian Interim Government

Qatar University School of Law, Visiting Professor

Lecturer and Head of QCM Institution for Law, Politics, and Society in Qatar Universities

Advisor to the Head of the Syrian Interim Government of Foreign Affairs

1998 – 2011, Counsellor of Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007 – 2009 Lecturer, Syrian International Academy

2007 – 2009 Diplomat, Legal Department and Deputy Head – Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2001 – 2002 Diplomat, Consul – Syrian Embassy in Tehran

2000 – 2001 Head of Legal and Diplomatic Immunities Section, Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999 -2000 Director of Syrian Deputy Minister

1998 - 1999 Legal Advisor, Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1993 – 1998 Attorney-at-Law, Damascus Bar Association

Languages

English, Arabic, French, and Russian

Memberships

Member of British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)Member of Chatham House, Royal Institute of International AffairsMember of Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies

Education

PhD in International Law - University of Damascus Syria, 2006

LLM International Law, Nottingham University United Kingdom, 2001 Diploma in Public Law, School of Law Syria, 1996 Diploma in Criminal Law, School of Law Syria, 1994 Degree in Law, Damascus University Syria, 1993