Arbitration
Mediation
International Disputes Resolution
Background
Myriam El Kara is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an ADOR ODR qualified mediator.
She holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master’s in International Economic Law from University of Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne, following a law degree from Université Saint-Joseph of Beirut.
She brings 20 years of experience in capital markets and commodities trading, having led the execution of complex international transactions across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, and speaks Bahasa Indonesia.
Ambition
Myriam operates at the intersection of commodities, capital, and dispute resolution, with a focus on how policy, financing, and physical flows shape dispute outcomes.
Her practice draws on direct experience structuring and executing transactions, bringing a commercially grounded lens to issues of valuation, contract performance, regulatory interference, and risk allocation.
She is particularly active on matters involving critical minerals, energy transition supply chains, and state-influenced markets where conventional arbitral approaches often fail to capture underlying commercial and policy dynamics.
She acts alongside her advisory work and takes on arbitrator, mediator, and expert mandates where these dimensions are central.
Arbitration Appointments
- Myriam upholds the values of integrity, excellence and discretion. She is independent and can dedicate time and attention to her appointments.
- She focuses on the parties’ positions and objectives to achieve practical outcomes.
- Myriam is a member of the SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre) Reserve Panel of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the CIArb association (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), and a member of LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) user’s council.
Mediation Appointments
- Myriam has through her professional background and training gained an understanding of negotiation dynamics and ways of adjusting facilitative and evaluative mediation processes to situational needs.
- Myriam is member of ADR ODR International, she is IMI Qualified and part of SIMI mediation networks.