Sara Koleilat-Aranjo

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Dubai (Licensed Legal Consultant)

New York

Paris

Beirut

Practice Areas

Sara K. Aranjo leads Morgan Lewis’s international arbitration, dispute resolution, and global investigations practice across the Middle East and Africa. Sara focuses her practice on international arbitration and dispute prevention and resolution, primarily in cases with cross-border elements. She advises and represents the interests of governments, semi-governments, and corporations in proceedings arising out of inbound and outbound investments in the Middle East and Africa across a range of sectors, including energy, real estate, hospitality, construction, banking and finance, distribution, and technology, media, and telecommunications. Sara speaks Arabic, French, and English.

Professional Memberships

Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration

Member, Court of Arbitration of the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)

Member, Court of Arbitration of the Swiss Centre

Deputy Secretary-General, International Bar Association (IBA)

Co-Chair, In-house counsel group of the IBA Arbitration Committee

Co-Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum

Member, French Arbitration Committee

Board Member, ArbitralWomen

Advisory Board Member, Sorbonne University of Abu Dhabi

Track Leader, ICC Commission Task Force on Arbitration and ADR

Member, Steering Committee of ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR

Legal Expert, DIFC Courts Arbitration Division Working Group

International Board Member, Energy Disputes Arbitration Centre

Member, Board of Trustees, Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Centre

Member, Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge Middle East Subcommittee

Member, Steering Committee, Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL)

Member, Executive Committee, Rising Arbitrators’ Initiative (RAI)

Director for Asia and the Middle East, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Y-ICCA)

Faculty Member, Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP) by Delos

MENA Regional Editor, Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP) by Delos

Member, Paris MENA Legal Club

Member, ICC Arab Group

Faculty Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Adjunct Professor of Law, Université Paris II – Panthéon Assas

Languages Spoken

Arabic, French, and English.

Education

Awards