Taha ZAHEDI VAFA

Taha Zahedi Vafa is a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in international dispute resolution, with unique expertise in both civil law andcommon law jurisdictions. He advises and represents clients in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in complex litigation, often on a global scale and politically sensitive. His clients include states, public companies, multinational corporations, and international organizations.

Taha has extensive experience in international arbitration, regularly acting in ad hoc arbitrations or under the auspices of major institutional rules, such as ICC, ICSID, CPA, UNCITRAL, and CCJA/OHADA. He has been involved in proceedings based in major arbitration centers such as Paris, London, Dubai, and Geneva, and has represented clients in a variety of sectors: oil and gas (upstream, midstream, and downstream), banking and finance, telecommunications, construction, distribution, defense, international trade, and mining.

He also possesses extensive experience in international litigation, including complex multi-jurisdictional enforcement proceedings and annulment proceedings. He has frequently appeared before the Paris Court of Appeal in such proceedings and before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in sanctions-related delisting proceedings.

A trilingual advocate, Taha practices in English, French and Farsi. Further, he holds an academic role as a lecturer at Sorbonne Law School (University Paris 1), where he teaches civil procedure and arbitration law.

Taha was educated at Sorbonne Law School (University Paris 1) and holds a Master’s degree in Arbitration and International Business Law (also known as MACI) from the University of Versailles and Paris Saclay.