Salma Selim
Salma Selim
Salma Selim
Salma Selim

Biography

Salma Selim is an associate in the International Arbitration Group in London. She is trained in both French and Egyptian law and is a qualified lawyer in Egypt. She has also passed the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) and is due to qualify as a Solicitor of England and Wales.

Salma's practice spans commercial and investor-state arbitration. Her experience includes advising clients in arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, SCCA and CRCICA rules.

Prior to joining White & Case in 2019, Salma acquired experience in major international law firms in Paris, London and Cairo.

Experience

Salma's recent experience includes:

Representing a Middle Eastern State in an ICSID arbitration relating to the claimant's interests in the telecommunications sector;

Representing a Middle Eastern State-owned entity in an LCIA arbitration arising out of a shareholders agreement;

Representing the main contractor in one of the world's largest infrastructure projects located in Central America in multiple ICC arbitrations against the employer;

Advising a European company in relation to a potential investment treaty claim against a Middle Eastern State;

Representing an international oil & gas company in a multi-billion USD ICC arbitration, relating to delay and disruption in respect of the construction of an LNG processing facility in the Asia-Pacific region;

Representing a Middle Eastern company in an ICC arbitration arising out of a shareholders agreement;

Advising a European company in relation to sales agreements governed by Egyptian and French law;

Representing a Middle Eastern seller of gas in an ICC arbitration relating to the price of gas under a long-term supply contract;

Representing an Eastern European State in an ICSID arbitration relating to the claimant's interests in mining operations;

Representing a Middle Eastern State entity in multiple commercial disputes relating to a gas supply contract; *

Representing a Middle Eastern State entity in a commercial dispute relating to the construction of a port; *

* Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case

Egypt
Master 2, General Private Law
Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Licence and Master 1, International and European Business Law
Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne

and Cairo University (dual degree)

Arabic
French
English
Spanish

"Territoriality of Investment", Jus Mundi, 9 June 2022 (last updated)

"The role of ICC arbitration in resolving climate change disputes", White & Case Client Alert, January 2020 (with Kirsten Odynski, Michael Polkinghorne, Mark Clarke, Elizabeth Oger-Gross)

"Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings", Kluwer Arbitration Practice Plus, 10 December 2019 (with Andrew McDougall and Poorvi Satija)

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