Georges Feghali

Senior Fellow – Lebanon

Georges Feghali is a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and ADR professional practicing at the Georges Feghali Conflict Management & Resolution Office in Beirut, Lebanon. He further serves as a Regional Mediator at the UN and the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa region and France, with an ability to work in Arabic, English and French. He provides Ombuds services for the UNRWA in the Levant.

About Georges Feghali

Georges Feghali is a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and ADR professional practicing at the Georges Feghali Conflict Management & Resolution Office in Beirut, Lebanon. He further serves as a Regional Mediator at the UN and the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa region and France, with an ability to work in Arabic, English and French. He provides Ombuds services for the UNRWA in the Levant.

He was President of the Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission at the International Association of Lawyers, Union International des Avocats UIA from 2015 until 2020, and he has been the Honorary President of the Commission since 2020. He teaches Mediation Law and Mediation Training at ITC-ILO in Turin Italy, at CPM Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, the Beirut Bar Association Institute, and many other universities, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a JAMS Weinstein International Fellow.

Mr. Feghali drafted a mediation bill for the Lebanese parliament. He promotes mediation and ADR in Lebanon and other Arab countries. He was nominated by the Lebanese Ministry of Justice to draft the implementation decree of the new Judicial Mediation Law. On June 24, 2020, he was awarded the World Bank Group Office of Mediation Services for Excellence in Agility.

Litigation Practice

As a lawyer, Mr. Feghali has experience in corporate, commercial, civil, banking, real estate, intellectual property, inheritance, labor, insurance and family law.

Mediation Practice

Mr. Feghali is a Regional Mediator at the UN and the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa region and France. He frequently mediates civil disputes related to workplace conflict, and commercial disputes related to insurance, construction, corporate and banking law. He also practices mediation with respect to family law.

ADR Achievements and Training

ADR Achievements

  • Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship (2018)
  • Arbitrator, member of the Charter Institute of Arbitrators (since 2004)
  • Prepared the mediation bill for the Lebanese Parliament (2013)
  • Mediation professor at Lawyers Training Institute in Beirut Bar Association
  • ADR and Mediation Law professor at CPM, Saint Joseph University – USJ, Lebanon

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

  • Teaches his own Mediation Law module at CPM Saint Joseph University in Lebanon
  • Introduced mediation to the Lawyers Training Institute Program at Beirut Bar Association, and currently teaches mediation at the Institute
  • Conducts mediation training at the CPM Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, CIArb Lebanon Branch, BCDR in Bahrain, and at other mediation centers in Arab and Gulf Countries
  • As a certified ADR Trainer, conducts training and workshops at the UN, World Bank Group, and other Organizations in Conflict Competencies Skills, Unconscious Bias, and workplace relationships
  • Introduced a new theory related to the role of the lawyer during the mediation session at the World Forum Mediation Center, organized by the UIA in January of 2012 in Lisbon
  • As president of the Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission at the UIA, he offered many seminars and workshops in Mediation around the world

Publications and Education

Publications

Mr. Feghali has written many articles regarding the characteristics and benefits of ADR published in The Lebanese Review of Arab and International Arbitration and in the World Journal of Arbitration (Beirut), as well as other local and international institutions.

Educational Qualifications

  • Diploma in Mediation, joint program of Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, and Institut Catholique de Paris – Universitas Catholica Parisiensis (2008)
  • B.A. in Law, Lebanese University (1983)

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