Jean Pierre Harb has been practicing for more than 25 years in the areas of international commercial arbitration and construction disputes. He routinely represents clients in pre-arbitration phases (including dispute adjudication boards and mediations) and acts as lead counsel or co-counsel in ad hoc and institutional international arbitration proceedings (International Chamber of Commerce, United Nations Commission on International Trade, London Court of International Arbitration, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Dubai International Arbitration Centre, and Swiss Chambers).
Jean Pierre recently led arbitrations in the fields of civil construction, engineering, procurement, oil and gas projects, aviation, hotel management, development projects, shareholders and joint venture disputes, distribution, and service agreements.
Jean Pierre is also regularly nominated to act as chairman, sole arbitrator, and party-appointed arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. He has been nominated to the panels of several arbitration institutions and has significant experience working in jurisdictions beyond France, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.
Jean Pierre is a member of the ICC Institute and of various arbitration institutions.
He has been recognized by Chambers Global, The Legal 500, Who's Who Legal: Arbitration, and Who's Who Legal: Construction.
- New York University (LL.M. 2001); University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (DESS 1997); University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (DEA 1997); St. Joseph University of Beirut (Law Degree 1996)
- Paris
Chambers Global (2025): "Jean Pierre is a really strong, thoughtful arbitration partner and clients enthuse that he is ‘a very astute lawyer for us.’"
Legal 500 (2023): "Tight and experienced team, very attentive to customers and experts, that finds the right balance in its relations with all parties. No arrogance and very pleasant to work with."
- French, English, Arabic