Nour Nicolas focuses her practice on public international litigation, investor-State arbitration and international commercial arbitration.
She has experience representing sovereign states, state-owned entities and private companies in numerous arbitrations conducted namely under the rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Her cases have involved a wide array of sectors, notably natural resources, banking and finance, construction, taxation, joint ventures and telecommunications.
Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Masters in International Business Law, 2017
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Bachelor of Laws, 2016
Bar and Court Admissions
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York
Languages
French
Arabic
Spanish
Experience
Tullow v. Ghana (ICC): Counsel to Ghana in two contract-based arbitration proceedings stemming from tax-related decisions.
Olayan Financing Company (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) v. the State of Qatar (PCA): Counsel to Qatar in an investment arbitration commenced pursuant to the OIC Agreement on the Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments amongst the Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (Request for Advisory Opinion) (ICJ): Assisted the Republic of Malawi in its submissions.
Armenia v. Azerbaijan (ICJ): Counsel to Armenia in an ICJ litigation concerning international human rights law.
Azerbaijan v. Armenia (ICJ): Counsel to Armenia in an ICJ litigation concerning international human rights law.
Counsel to a State in multiple European Court of Human Rights proceedings.
KrisEnergy Bangladesh Limited v. People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (ICSID): Counsel to Petrobangla and Bangladesh in a taxation dispute.
Sanitek S.a.r.l., Sari Haddad and Elias Doumet v. Republic of Armenia (ICSID): Counsel to Armenia in an investment arbitration commenced under the Armenia-Canada and Armenia-Lebanon bilateral investment treaties in a dispute concerning waste management services.
Axiata Investments (UK) Limited and Ncell Private Limited v. Nepal (ICSID): Counsel to Nepal in an ICSID arbitration under the UK-Nepal bilateral investment treaty in a dispute concerning the imposition of capital gains tax on the acquisition of shares in a Nepalese telecom company.
Climate Emergency and Human Rights (Request for Advisory Opinion by the Republics of Colombia and Chile) (IACtHR): Counsel to the Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights and a number of Caribbean civil society organizations.
AVAX S.A. v. Lebanese Republic (ICSID): Counsel to Lebanon in an investment case in the energy sector.
B3 Croatian Courier Coöperatif U.A. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID): Counsel to Croatia in an investment case related to the liberalization of the country’s postal services market.
Antonio del Valle Ruiz et al v. Kingdom of Spain (UNCITRAL): Counsel to Spain in an investment dispute involving the bankruptcy of a Spanish bank.
Achieved successful settlement result for private entity in a price revision contractual dispute under UNCITRAL rules with the United Nations Procurement Division (Office of Supply Chain Management) regarding changing market fundamentals in connection with the sale and purchase of provisions for peacekeeping missions resulting from the effects of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic on energy costs and supply chains.
Series of ICC commercial disputes arising out of the operation of an oil refinery in Libya: Representing the National Oil Corporation of Libya (state-owned company).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant with the Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, 2019
“In Lebanon’s Economic Crisis, Private Claims Harm the Public Interest,” Harvard International Review
“Recent Clauses Pertaining to Environmental, Labor and Human Rights in Investment Agreements: Laudable Success or Disappointing Failure?” Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Honors & Involvement
HONORS
Honors list, Full scholarship for academic excellence from Université Saint-Joseph (2012-2016)
Honors for the LL.M. paper ‘Re-Imagining IIAs: Towards a More Reciprocal Approach of the Investment Agreement between the Host State and Foreign Investors’ (Harvard Law School, 2019)
INVOLVEMENT
Chartered Institute for Arbitrators New York Branch Committee: Assistant Treasurer/ Branch Committee Member (2023)
Co-founder of ArabArb
Jus Mundi: Contributor
Ambassador of Arbitrator Intelligence
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot: Coach, Arbitrator
Speaking Engagements
Moderated a discussion on “Enforcement of Awards in the Arab World: Challenges and Procedure”, White & Case LLP (Paris), March 2024
''Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Post Achmea, Komstroy & PL Holdings", George Washington University Law School, March 2023
Moderated a conversation with Mr. Kenneth Roth (former director of HRW) on the freedom of speech and general human rights, Harvard University, February 2023
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