Joséphine
Hage Chahine
Counsel
Josephine Hage Chahine, co-heading of Jeantet’s Middle East Desk, acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (ICC, CIAP, CMAP, LCIA, CRCICA, DIAC, CCJA, etc.) and more specifically in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, international sales, transport, construction, joint ventures and banking.
She also acts in post-arbitration proceedings (annulment, enforcement and suspension of enforcement of arbitral awards) before French courts. She also acts as arbitrator and is regularly appointed administrative secretary of the arbitral tribunal.
Prior to joining Jeantet, Joséphine trained with Hage Chahine law firm in Beirut, Lebanon, where she practiced commercial litigation. She then joined Leboulanger & Associés in Paris (France), where she practiced for more than 5 years and gained extensive experience in international arbitration.
She currently teaches data protection at IESEG school of management as well as international arbitration at the Paris Bar School (EFB) and at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France) within the Masters II, Litigation, Arbitration and ADR. She has also taught civil law, corporate law and payment and credit instruments’ law at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France) and banking law and bankruptcy law at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).
She is a regular speaker at arbitration conferences and training workshops. She has also published various articles on arbitration and mediation.
She is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
Background
Lawyer since : 2013
Bar. : Beyrouth (2013) - Paris (2017)
Language(s) : French - Arabic - English
Training :
- PhD in private law (“risk transfer contracts: a new category of contracts?”) – University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), 2016
- Masters II in Private and Business law Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Masters I in Business Law- Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon–in cooperation with University of Lyon III, Jean Moulin, 2009
- Double LLB in Lebanese and French law – Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2009
Member of :
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
- Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA)
- Woman’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA)
- Société de Législation Comparée (SLC)
- Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
Publications
- “Middle East – A Region in Motion” – Insight from the Middle East Desk: MENA Legal & Market Overview, Second Semester 2025
- The Breach of a Mediation Clause Can Go Unpunished Under French Law: What to do? – Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 03/07/2023
- Excessive arbitration claims filed by an impecunious claimant: which remedies? – la semaine juridique générale,, 06/06/2022
- Arbitration: a Poker Game? – Le Monde du droit, 05/11/2022
PUBLICATIONS:
- The breach of a mediation clause can go unpunished under French law: what to do? (co-author), Kluwer arbitration Blog, 3 July 2023, https://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2023/07/03/the-breach-of-a-mediation-clause-can-go-unpunished-under-french-law-what-to-do/
- Le sauvetage des sentences arbitrales par l’exequatur partiel, Revue de l’arbitrage, 2022, n°3, p1113, 21 October 2022
- La médiation en Iran : bilan et perspectives (co-auteur), International Journal of Arab Arbitration (IJAA), volume 14, n°1 – 2022, p.19, 30 September 2022
- The specificities of Lebanese arbitration law in comparison with French arbitration law, Horizons du droit, Bulletin n° 35 – April 2022.
- The Acceleration of the Development of International Business Mediation after the Singapore Convention, European Business Law review, Volume 32, n°4,25 August 2021, pp. 769-800
- UN and EU Sanctions Versus US Sanctions: Two Different Yardsticks Commentary on the Decision of the Paris Court of Appeal (International Commercial Chamber) (5th Pole, Chamber 16) of 3 June 2020, No. 21/2020, Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 38, Issue 1 (2021), pp. 71 – 82. January 29, 2021
- Singapore Convention Series: The “Sharia-Compliance” Requirement to Safeguard Enforcement of Mediated Settlements in the MENA Region (co-written with David Lutran), Kluwer Mediation Blog; http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/09/30/singapore-convention-series-the-sharia-compliance-requirement-to-safeguard-enforcement-of-mediated-settlements-in-the-mena-region/. September 30, 2020
- Mediation: a Culturally Well-Established Dispute Resolution Mechanism in the MENA region gaining in momentum (co-written with David Lutran), International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 12, No. (1), 2020, p.23. September 14, 2020
- L’influence du droit français dans la zone MENA, Revue internationale de droit comparé, 2020-2, pp.1-9. July 22, 2020
- Commentary of the Cairo court of appeal’s decision of 3 June 2020 setting aside the “Al-Kharafi” award, JusMundi
Blog; https://blog.jusmundi.com/commentary-on-the-cairo-court-of-appeals-decision-in-al-kharafi-vs-libya/. 15 Juillet 2020
- Transnational Public Policy in Investment Arbitration, Wiki Note, JusMundi, https://jusmundi.com/en/document/wiki/en-transnational-public-policy. July 8, 2020
- Le droit des contrats au secours d’une clause « pathologique » de renonciation au recours en annulation, AJ Contrat, 2020, n°6, p.280. June 15, 2020
- Fast track arbitration: a time-efficient procedure that could hinder the award? Jus Mundi
Blog; https://blog.jusmundi.com/fast-track-arbitration-a-time-efficient-procedure-that-could-hinder-the-award/. 29 Mai 2020
- « Une redéfinition des contours de l’arbitrabilité du litige », Bulletin juridique des assurances, n°61. January/February 2019
- Les contrats de transfert de risque : une nouvelle catégorie de contrats ? 2016, LGDJ-Le Point Delta. November 2016
CONFERENCES:
- Access to Legal Education for Arab Women, Conference organized by the New York State Bar Association and the Milan Bar Association, Milan Courthouse, 19 April 2024
- Cross examination of a financial expert : user’s guide and mock case, conference organized by NERA during Paris arbitration week 2024, 20 March 2024
- Maritime arbitration in Algeria, moderator, Algiers arbitration Day, First Edition, Algiers, Algeria, 23 October 2023
- How to resolve disputes away from jurisdictions and arbitral tribunals? The ADRs, their combination and the practical guidelines to implement them, Joint conference between the French Council for investors in Africa and Jeantet, 26 Sepember 2023
- Investment arbitration landscape in the context of the Energy transition , 7Th Energy Law Group Event, Paris, 12 May 2023
- Le droit OHADA, cadre judiciaire en faveur de l’activité économique et de la stabilité judiciaire des affaires : Quel bilan ? Colloque organisé par la Mauritius Commercial Bank, à l’occasion du trentième anniversaire du traité de l’OHADA ,Port Louis, Maurice, 12 April 2023
- L’arbitrage sur mesure : le démarrage de la procédure (mesures d’urgence et répartition des frais), Paris Arbitration Week, Cabinet Jeantet , 28 March 2023
- Procédure arbitrale et procédure collective: l’impossible cohabitation, Centre de médiation et d’arbitrage de Paris (CMAP), 11 October 2022
- Investment contracts in Africa during political crises: what legal response?, Jeantet Law firm. 27 June 2022
- Third-party Funding in the MENA region, Levantine Arbitration Association, 26 March 2022
- 27 January 2022: The specificities of Lebanese arbitration law in comparison with French arbitration law, Seminar of the French Association of doctors-of-laws (AFDD) on the “outreach of Lebanese law”
- Arbitration in the Greater-China region: a comparative analysis with French law and the example of maritime disputes, Webinaire, in partnershipl’Ecole de Formation du Barreau (EFB) and la Société de Législation Comparée.June 15, 2021
- L’arbitrage international : présentation générale et approche comparée, Webinaire, (EFB), January 28, 2021
- L’influence du droit français dans la zone MENA : Le système juridique libanais : exemple réussi de « greffe » du droit français,Webinaire, Société de législation comparée, Paris, France, May 28, 2020
- Le développement de la médiation commerciale internationale après la convention de Singapour et ses retombées sur l’arbitrage, 27ème Forum Mondial des Centres de Médiation,Milan, January 18, 2020
- Le système juridique libanais contemporain : un exemple de transposition du droit français, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Université de Londres, December 6, 2019
- Le droit des contrats au secours d’une clause pathologique de renonciation au recours en annulation, Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne., September 20, 2019
- Arbitrage et Assurance : une redéfinition de l’arbitrabilité, Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, October 29, 2018
- Exécution contre Annulation : le recours en annulation contre les sentences arbitrales doit-il être conservé afin de garantir l’ordre public dans les pays arabes ?ICC YAF, Beyrouth, Liban, September 20, 2018
- La sécurisation de l’exécution des sentences arbitrales, Ordre des avocats de de Beyrouth, Liban, June 19, 2018
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