Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Mar 2020
Member of the Board
Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre, Tehran (Iran)
Oct 2018 – Feb 2020
Project Manager
Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre, Tehran (Iran)
Since Jan 2018
Founder & Owner
Tavana Consulting, Zurich (Switzerland)
BAR ADMISSON
Jul 2018
Iran Central Bar Association (Attorney at Law)
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
Adjunct Professor
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran (Iran)
Course: International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Disputes, International Trade and Intellectual Property Law (Post-graduate Level)
Sep 2018 – Aug 2019
Adjunct Professor
Azad University, Tehran (Iran)
Courses: World Trade Organization, Public International Law, Private International Law, International Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Arbitration Law, Legal Texts in English (Post-graduate Level)
Oct 2016 – Dec 2016
Visiting Researcher
King’s College London, London (United Kingdom)
Jul 2016 – Sep 2016
Research Associate
Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, London (United Kingdom)
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
Visiting Scholar
Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden)
Nov 2015
Guest Lecturer
Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden)
Course: International Commercial Arbitration Law (Post-graduate Level)
Aug 2012 – Oct 2013
Research Assistant
Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
Nov 2012 – Mar 2018
Guest Lecturer
University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
Course: Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (Post-graduate Level)
EDUCATION
Feb 2012 – Jan 2018
Doctor of Philosophy in Law (summa cum laude)
University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
Thesis titled ‘The Role of Sharia in International Commercial Arbitration: An Enquiry into the Potential Convergence’
Aug 2015
Summer Course
The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague (Netherlands)
Private International Law
Jul 2013
Summer Course
International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris (France)
Investment Arbitration Law
Sep 2010 – Nov 2011
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Commercial Arbitration
Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden)
Thesis titled ‘Influences of European Anti-Discrimination Regulations on the Arbitration Agreement: A Study of Nurdin Jivraj v. Sadruddin Hashwani’
Sep 2004 – Aug 2008
Bachelor of Laws
Shahid Beheshti (National) University, Tehran (Iran)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Oct 2018
Nominated by the University of Zurich for Prof. Walther Hug Prize (awarded each year to the best dissertations written in the field of law at Swiss Universities)
Jan 2015 – Jul 2016
Doc.Mobility Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation
Jul 2013
Scholarship, International Academy for Arbitration Law
Sep 2012 – Aug 2014
Forschungskredit, a merit-based scholarship awarded by the University of Zurich to the excellent PhD students
LANGUAGES
Farsi (native)
English (C2)
German (B1)
Arabic (B1)
French (A1)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Since Jun 2022
Ambassador of Sports Arbitration Moot
Nov 2015 – Jan 2016
Contributed in the project of translating the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration into Farsi under the auspices of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution
Since Feb 2015
Member of the DIAC-40, Dubai International Arbitration Centre
Since May 2014
Member of Young ICSID, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Since Jul 2012
Member of the DIS-40, German Institution of Arbitration
Since Jun 2012
Member of the ASA Below 40, Swiss Arbitration Association
Since Nov 2010
Member of the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group, London Court of International arbitration
Since Nov 2010
Member of the Young ICCA, International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Since Nov 2010
Member of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce