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Larina Mokaled

Associate
Baker & McKenzie A.A.R.P.I.

Biography

Larina Mokaled practices in the Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group of Baker McKenzie in Paris.

Her practice covers commercial arbitration and investment arbitration. She is also involved in court proceedings before French courts covering both commercial and civil litigation.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Representing Mauritius investors in an ICSID arbitration initiated under the Mauritius-Senegal BIT and the Senegalese investment Code.
  • Representing a North African state in an UNCITRAL arbitration brought by a US investment banking and financial services firm.
  • Representing an international management consulting firm against a French producer of sugar and sweeteners before the ICC.
  • Representing a North African state against a Swiss company in an ICSID arbitration.
  • Representing a North African state in an LMAA arbitration initiated by an Italian company.

Admissions

  • Paris~France (2023)

Education

  • Queen Mary University of London (LL.M in International business law)
  • Aix-Marseille University (Master 2 in International Business Law and Diploma of Higher Studies in Legal Management of Business Organizations)
  • Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (Bachelor of Laws (Lebanese and French law), Master 1 in Private Law)

Languages

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Author, "Arbitrating Investment Disputes in Time of Geopolitical Unrest: Focus on Investment Protection in Russia," Journal of International Arbitration 40.5 (2023)
  • Author, "Paris Court of Appeal: Claims for reimbursement of expenses incurred during criminal proceedings are not covered by the arbitration clause," Global Arbitration News, 30 May 2023
  • Author, "Could investment treaty arbitration be used to motivate a change of state behavior in compliance with climate change policies?" Lexology, 23 August 2023
  • Author, France chapter in the 16th and 17th editions of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook