Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Managing Partner and Head of Litigation

Azzam heads Zalloum & Laswi's litigation department. He is renowned for his commercial litigation experience and acumen, and his successful track record with multi-million dollar law suits. His clientele range from government agencies to local and international professionals. His most recent cases include a dispute over the financing of a pipeline from Russia to Italy with a capital of one hundred million dollars, and a ten million dollar lawsuit against three Sudanese banks over gas and seed exports. Beyond litigating cases in court, Azzam has provided transactional and advisory legal services in Jordan to both domestic and foreign companies. In addition, Azzam has served as local counsel to the International Finance Corporation in a project aimed at overhauling and modernizing Jordan's insolvency laws.

Arabic, English

Jordanian Bar Association, JADEL - Jordan's International Development Law Organization alumni association, Rotary Club of Amman, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Ministry of Industry and Trade - Committee on Foreign Companies (2005), Ministry of Industry and Trade - Committee on the Liquidation of Public Shareholding Companies (2005)

LLB, Mutah University