Zyad Loutfi
Associate
Admitted to the Bars of Cairo, New York and Paris.
Zyad is part of the firm’s Arbitration Team. He advises companies on international arbitration cases as well as on the enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards. He also assists the firm’s clients in high stakes commercial and investment arbitration cases.
He teaches at the University of Paris Cité and regularly publishes articles on international arbitration and investment law.
Prior to joining the firm, Zyad completed several internships in American law firms in Paris and at the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) in Egypt.
Main areas of expertise
International Arbitration (commercial and investment)
Education
LL.M., Cornell Law School
Doctor of Philosophy in Private Law (Ph.D.), Université Paris Cité
University Diploma in International Business Litigation, Université Paris-Est Créteil
Master 2 Common law and comparative law, Université Paris Descartes
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Cairo University
Languages
French / English / Arabic
Contact
Phone : +33 1 45 02 19 19
Mail : zloutfi@darrois.com
Publications
– Paris Court of Appeal Overturns an Exequatur Order for Violations of the Principle of Contradiction, co-authored with Adel Al Beldjilali-Bekkaïri, Jus Mundi (November 28, 2024).
– Cairo Court of Appeal Confirms the Possibility to Enforce International Arbitral Awards through Ex Parte Enforcement Proceedings, Jus Mundi (November 15, 2024).
– Adjudication of Intellectual Property Under Investor‐State Dispute Settlement: A Swift Analysis of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, American Review on International Arbitration, vol. 34, no. 4, 2023, pp. 681-715.
– Disney’s Motion to Compel Arbitration Pursuant to Arbitration Agreements Embedded in its Streaming Subscription Terms Reversed by a Maleficent-like Change of Heart, co-authored with Adel Al Beldjilali-Bekkaïri, Jus Mundi (September 4, 2024).
– CIArb Egypt Branch: Panel Discussion on International Arbitration and Intellectual Property Disputes, co-authored with Mohamed Moustafa Kamaal and Tarek El Ghadban, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (June 14, 2024).
– Cairo Court of Appeal Sets Aside Arbitral Award & Confirms inter alia Due Process and Public Policy as Grounds for Vacating Awards Under the Egyptian Arbitration Law, Jus Mundi (April 25, 2024).
– Egyptian Case Kurasov v. Wali: Where inspiration meets imitation in the art world, Kluwer Copyright Blog (March 19, 2024).
– Droit d’auteur et marché unique numérique. Recherche d’un modèle efficace de protection sous le prisme du droit de communication au public français et égyptien, L’Harmattan (2023).
– Dualité des mécanismes de protection des droits de la propriété intellectuelle en droit international. Bilan et perspectives, in Investissement et propriété intellectuelle (C. Le Goffic, ed.), Dalloz, (2023).
– Egypt’s National Strategy for Intellectual Property – What Impact on Copyright?, Kluwer Copyright Blog (October 20, 2022).
– Press Publishers’ Right in France: A Tale of Odyssean Gods, 17 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, University of Oxford Press, 414-420 (2022).
– Dynamic Blocking Injunctions – Lessons for the Egyptian Copyright Legislator, Kluwer Copyright Blog (September 16, 2021).
– YouTube/Cyando – Lessons for the Egyptian Copyright Legislator, Kluwer Copyright Blog (August 12, 2021).
– L’irresponsabilité conditionnelle des plateformes dites “diligentes” : derniers mots de la CJUE sur la directive 2000/31, 29 Les Màj de l’irpi 4 5 (June July 2021).
– Tomorrowland et Wecandance face à la SABAM : fin de la saga de redevances ?, 24 Les Màj de l’irpi 4-5 (January 2021).
– Droit de la communication au public et location de véhicules équipés de radio, 18 Les Màj de l’irpi 3-3 (May 2020).
– L’originalité ! Le critère pour bénéficier de la protection du droit d’auteur dans l’Union européenne, 11 Les Màj de l’irpi 3 3 (October 2019).