
Nadja Al Kanawati
Counsel
Nadja Al Kanawati is a counsel in the Litigation/Controversy Department and a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group.
Ms. Al Kanawati has experience of arbitrations under a variety of institutional and ad hoc rules, including the ICC, Swiss and AAA/ICDR rules.
Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Al Kanawati worked as an associate in the dispute resolution practice of a leading Swiss law firm.
Professional Activities
Ms. Al Kanawati is a regional representative of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) Below 40 Group in London. She is also a member of a number of arbitration practitioner groups, including Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Swiss Arbitration Association Below 40 and Arbitral Women.
Ms. Al Kanawati co-teaches a course on international commercial arbitration in the master’s program of the Université Catholique de Lille.
Experience
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Representing a US mining consortium in an arbitration against an African company and its US parent company relating to shipping rights allegedly transferred to the former by a West African State.
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Representing a supplier of refractory products in an AAA arbitration against a procurement logistics provider and a steel services company relating to a contract which could not be performed as a result of sanctions against a Central American state.
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Credentials
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Education
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LLM, Columbia Law School, 2020
James Kent Scholar, Fulbright Scholar, Co-Chair, Columbia Arbitration Day, Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law -
MLaw, University of Fribourg, 2014
summa cum laude Co-Founder and Editor in Chief, Quid? Fribourg Law Review -
BLaw, Bilingual (German / French), University of Fribourg, 2012
magna cum laude
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Admissions
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Switzerland
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New York
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Languages
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English
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German
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French
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Italian
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Credentials
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Education
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LLM, Columbia Law School, 2020
James Kent Scholar, Fulbright Scholar, Co-Chair, Columbia Arbitration Day, Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law -
MLaw, University of Fribourg, 2014
summa cum laude Co-Founder and Editor in Chief, Quid? Fribourg Law Review -
BLaw, Bilingual (German / French), University of Fribourg, 2012
magna cum laude
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Admissions
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Switzerland
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New York
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Languages
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English
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German
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French
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Italian
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