Bar status:
Licensed to practice in Syria, 1993

Education:

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA.
  LL.M. in American Law, May 2002

• University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK
  LL.M. in International Commercial Law, September 2001, Honors – Distinction
  Dissertation: Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Under the New York Convention of 1958. Merit based scholarship of the British Council in Damascus, Syria

• Faculty of Law, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
  Postgraduate diploma in public law, March 1992, Honors - jaied jidan (equivalent to summa cum laude)
  Recipient and participant in the Scholarship of the International Institute of Human Rights founded by René Cassin Strasbourg – France- 1991

• Faculty of Law, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
  LL.B.(equivalent to law degree), March 1990

Experience:

• Al-Kherdaji & Diab Law Office, Partner, June 2005 – Present.

• Antoine Diab Law office, Partner, 1993 – June 2005.

• Lecturer at the Institute of National Administration founded in Syria in cooperation with the French Ecole Nationale D’Administration. ( Topics in International Law in English).2004 .

• Arbitrated and litigated on behalf of multinational European companies such as Dietfurt, Switzerland, and LGL,France, in various mercantile disputes in addition to serving as arbitrator at the London Court of international Arbitration. (LCIA.)

• Represented and provided legal counsel to various embassies regarding Syrian and Middle Eastern laws including the embassies of Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Apostolic Nunciature.

• Represented companies in employee labor disputes before the Employee Dismissal Commission and courts

• Translated various legal documents for the Syrian Bar Association (pro-bono work).

• Advised the church on immigration law issues and refugees status (pro- bono work).

• Drafted and negotiated distribution agreement on behalf of Syrian corporations, with companies in the United Kingdom

• Drafted compensation and labor contracts.

• Mediated, finalized legal and financial disputes, and drafted out-of-court settlement agreement on behalf of Syrian and Jordanian clients.

• Resolved various customs and financial disputes related to export of goods on behalf of Syrian and Lebanese Clients.

• Representation of clients at the Christian Ecclesiastical Courts in divorce and declaration of Nullity of marriage cases.

Published articles:

• In English: “The Role of the Lawyer in the use of Human Rights Law Protection Mechanisms” published on the web site of the "Centre Arabe  pour l’education  au droits international humanitaire et aux droits humains".

• In Arabic: “The enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards In Syria and the  requirements under the Draft of the  New Syrian Arbitration Law  , Al-Moheet  Law Magazine  Year 1, Issue 2, April 2004

Professional affiliations:

• Syrian Bar Association

• Participated in 1999 in a training session for lawyers and judges in Beirut Lebanon under the title 'The Independence of the Judiciary' organized by the International Center for the Independence of Lawyers and Judges, Geneva- Switzerland in co-operation with the Lebanese Bar Association and the Egyptian Center for the Independence of Lawyers and Judges

• Recipient and participant in the Scholarship of the Arab Institute for Human Rights, 1996 Hamamat, Tunisia as the representative of the Syrian Bar Association.

• Lecturer at the lawyer training session “Lawyers for the new millennium” held in Damascus in October 2003, which was organized by the Law Society of England and Wales and fully funded by the European Union.

Languages:
Native Arabic, fluent in English, French, and conversational German (Zertificat Deutsch als Fremdsprache)