Salaheddine Al-Bashir

Salaheddine Al-Bashir

Senior Partner, International Business Legal Associate (IBLAW)

Jordan

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Dr. Salaheddine Al-Bashir is the Founder and Senior Partner of the International Business Legal Associates- IBLAW, one of the largest and leading law firms in Jordan. IBLAW specializes in Intellectual Property rights, policy work, project finance and Privatizations, and Corporate and commercial work.

Dr. Al-Bashir represented private companies and sovereign states in a wide range of arbitration matters including BOT contracts, telecommunications regulatory structures, construction and development contracts before Jordanian and regional arbitration fora, the International Chamber of Commerce - International Court of Arbitration (ICC), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in addition to being named by the Government of Jordan as a conciliator to the ICSID.

He had previously served as a minister in the Government of Jordan; He was the Foreign Minister, Minister of Government Performance, Minister of Justice, Minister of Prime Ministry Affairs, and Minister of Industry and Trade. During his Service in Government, Dr. Al-Bashir presided the Economic committee of Government, legal Committee and Public Sector Reform Committee. Furthermore, during his government service he championed the program of justice Sector Reform and Economic legislation reform including the IPR legislative Package. Furthermore, Dr. Al-Bashir was appointed by H.M King Abdullah II as a Member of the House of Senates from Nov. 2010 until Oct. 2011. In addition, Dr. Al-Bashir is currently a member of Board of King Abdullah II Fund for Development and recently appointed by H.M King Abdullah II as a Member of Economic Policy Council and a member of the Judicial Reform Committee for Developing the Judiciary and Enhancing the Rule of Law in Jordan on Oct. 2016. Furthermore, Dr. Al-Bashir served a member of His Majesty's Economic Consultative Council and the Executive Committee of Kuluna al-Urdun.

Dr. Al-Bashir taught Private international law, Intellectual Property Rights, and Commercial law for undergraduate and graduate students as professor of law at Jordan University for few years. He holds a Bachelor’s in Law from Jordan University, an LL.M from Harvard University and a Doctorate from McGill University.

His working languages are Arabic and English.