Alia El-Sadda

Alia El-Sadda is an Associate at Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, based in Paris. She has represented companies and States in international arbitrations under the Rules of the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CRCICA, with particular focus on arbitrations involving parties from or interests in Africa and the Middle East. Her practice covers a range of industries including oil & gas, petrochemicals, and construction. She has also advised clients in relation to the negotiation of settlement agreements and the mitigation of litigation risk through dispute-minded contract drafting.

Alia was previously a member of Shearman & Sterling’s international arbitration team, where she practiced for six years. Her prior experience also includes working at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris as part of the team managing cases with a nexus to the Middle East and East Mediterranean region. Alia is an Egyptian and French national. She is a member of the Paris and Cairo bars and speaks Arabic, English and French.

Alia is one of ArabArb’s hub leaders in Cairo, Egypt.