Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants

Litigation, Arbitration and Projects Sections

Senior partner and litigation section partner with wide experience in general civil and commercial practice specialising in banking and finance, construction, energy, project finance, privatisation, litigation and arbitration, government contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investment and judicial reform.

Mr. Sharif Ali Zu'bi has been active in private practice for over three decades, continuing to act as the Senior Partner of Jordan's leading full-service law firm, Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants. Mr. Zu'bi has supplemented his extensive experience with legal disputes as well as project finance of major projects in the region with his roles as former Minister of Industry & Trade and Minister of Justice in the Government of Jordan. During such ministerial appointments, Mr. Zu'bi introduced pioneering amendments to the legal framework of Jordan, including laws governing foreign investment and judicial reform. Through his roles at the forefront of law and governance in Jordan, Mr. Zu'bi has garnered unique insight on a broad spectrum of matters and the distinct ability to approach legal issues from the lenses of both the private and public sector.

While managing Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants, Mr. Zu'bi has frequently acted as counsel representing a wide range of local and foreign clients in litigation and forms of alternative dispute resolution. In doing so, Mr. Zu'bi has successfully acted for clients as counsel in ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations on various matters, including predominantly, construction disputes. Over the past decade, Mr. Zu'bi has also been appointed Presiding Arbitrator, party-appointed Co-Arbitrator, and Sole Arbitrator on numerous ad hoc and institutional arbitrations of local, regional, and international scales. Mr. Zu'bi is also a frequent speaker in many international conferences and seminars on foreign investment and judicial reform as well as many other legal issues.

Trained Ali Sharif Zu'bi Law Office; qualified 1985; managing partner Ali Sharif Zu'bi Law Office 1985; Minister of Industry & Trade, Government of Jordan, April 2005 – November, 2006; Minister of Justice, Government of Jordan, November, 2006 – November, 2007; senior partner Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants since November 2007. Senator, Jordan's Upper House of Parliament November 2010 - November 2011; Member, Higher Council for the Interpretation of the Constitution November 2010 - November 2011; Member, the Senate's Legal Committee November 2010 - November 2011; Member of the Royal Commission for Judicial Reform and the Rule of Law, since October 2016. Expertise in M&A, privatisation and project finance. Directly involved with most of the substantial projects in Jordan. Was instrumental in updating Jordan's investment laws and initiating a massive overhaul and upgrade of the country's legal and judicial system. A frequent speaker in many international conferences and seminars on foreign investment and judicial reform as well as many other legal issues. Membership in: The ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, ICC Arab Arbitration Group, Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Centre Foundation (a Jordanian NGO), Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah II Centre for Excellence, Board of Directors of the Arab Jordan Investment Bank. Ex-Memberships/Posts: Member, Board of Directors of Royal Jordanian, Chairman of Jordan Investment Board, Chairman of Jordan Insurance Commission, Chairman of Jordan Industrial Estates Commission, Chairman of Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation, Chairman of Jordan Judicial Institute, Jordan's Economic and Social Council, Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Jordan, Board of Trustees of the International Academy of Amman (a Jordanian NGO), Chairman of the Council of the Arab Regional Forum of the International Bar Association.

Arabic and English.

Member, Jordan Bar Association;Vice-Chair to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR - since February 2018.

University of Bristol, England (LLB Honours 1984 and LLM in Commercial Laws 1985).