Hashem Hijjawi

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Hashem sits within the firm’s Global Dispute Resolution team in London, specialising in commercial litigation, international arbitration, and reputation management.

He is frequently instructed on matters with a Middle Eastern element where he deploys his deep understanding of the region and native Arabic language skills.

His international arbitration experience includes working on disputes under the rules of several arbitration institutions such as the ICC, LCIA and ICSID. Hashem has also represented clients before the English High Court and Court of Appeal in London.

Hashem has considerable experience in advising clients on reputational risks arising from contentious matters and cases which have a geopolitical or diplomatic dimension. He acts for company directors and other prominent individuals, corporate entities, and media publishers and broadcasters on a range of media law issues relating to defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, blackmail and harassment. Before joining Clyde & Co, Hashem trained and qualified at a leading boutique specialising in media litigation and public international law.

Hashem obtained his BSc at King’s College London and completed his Senior Status LLB at SOAS, University of London, where he graduated at the top of his cohort.

Publications include: “AHG Industry v Iraq and ICSID's Manifest Lack of Legal Merit Rule: A Welcome Decision, but what about ICSID Claimants? Jus Mundi, 22 March 2023” and “Brexit and international arbitration: the anti-suit injunction (October 2019). Young Arbitration Review, 35, pp. 6-11”.

Experience

• Successfully defending a large global construction company in an arbitration under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration involving a range of contractual and intellectual property issues, across multiple jurisdictions.
• Acting for a high net worth individual in their English High Court defamation and data protection claims against several individuals and entities.
• Representing a Member of Parliament in their investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
• Acting for a UK-based renewable power supply company in the London Commercial Court in its dispute with a European energy trading company regarding the mechanism for determining the price for power supplied under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement for onshore wind.
• Advising a European investment company on the interplay between the laws of multiple Arab jurisdictions as well as English and EU law in relation to its multi-million dollar claim against a well-known Middle Eastern financial institution.
• Acting for a large Middle Eastern media conglomerate in its ICSID claim against an Arab state.
• Representing a South American airline in its aviation dispute against a Swedish aircraft leasing company.
• Assisting in the successful defence of two ICC arbitrations brought against the armed forces of an Arab state.
• Representing a European investment asset management firm and its CEO in relation to their investigation by a United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee and its Panel of Experts.
• Acting for a large Middle Eastern bank in an LCIA arbitration which resulted in a multi-million dollar award in its favour.