Jad El Hage is an attorney at the Beirut Bar and a legal counsel at the Center of Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP). He specializes in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, conducts research in the field (PhD Candidate), publishes articles, and lectures at universities. Jad El Hage is frequently invited to speak at conferences on international arbitration, and he actively participates in treaty negotiations at the United Nations. He has worked with leading international law firms, representing both states and private entities in arbitration proceedings under the rules of various arbitration institutions. He is fully fluent in Arabic, French and English and is a graduate of Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Paris II Panthéon Assas University and Paris Dauphine University.