Kamel Aitelaj

Special Counsel, Milbank LLP

Kamel Aitelaj is a special counsel at Milbank LLP. Kamel’s practice focuses on complex international dispute resolution and public international law matters. He has represented sovereign states and major international companies (telecommunications, finance, chemical and biosciences, energy and mining) in a wide range of proceedings, including investment treaty-based arbitration and commercial arbitration conducted under HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, SCC and UNCITRAL rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings. Kamel also regularly advises on matters involving sovereign immunity, award enforcement and public international law issues (law of international watercourses and human rights).

Kamel is licensed to practice at the New York and District of Columbia bars and the Barreau de Paris, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the International Law Association, the Energy Charter Secretariat Legal Advisory Task Force and the CPR Brazil Advisory Board.