Borzu Sabahi

LL.B., M.A.(Public International Law), University of Tehran; LL.M. (International Legal Studies), S.J.D., Georgetown.

Prof. Sabahi is an attorney in the international arbitration Group of Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP. He focuses his practice on representing governments and state-owned entities in investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration and public international law matters. 

Prof. Sabahi's experience includes serving as counsel and expert in cases brought under a number of bilateral investment treaties, NAFTA Chapter 11, and DR-CAFTA Chapter 10 and under the rules of the UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, ICDR, and LCIA rules. His industry experience includes working on energy-related disputes (mainly oil & gas and power generation) as well as disputes pertaining to satellite television, royalty agreements, mining, and allocation of water under international treaties.

Prof. Sabahi is co-director of the International Investment Law Center at the International Law Institute. He is also an Editor of Oxford's Investment Claims and associate editor of Transnational Dispute Management. He has widely published on various aspects of international investment law and arbitration and regularly speaks at professional conferences on these topics.