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CONTACT INFORMATION
Professor
Zeyad A Al Qurashi
Address: Jeddah, KSA
E-mail: zalqurashi@kau.edu.sa
Web Page: zalqurashi.kau.edu.sa
SUMMARY
A Law Professor with a solid background in
international investment and business laws. Currently, I’m working at King
Abdul Aziz University (KAU) as a Professor of Law, Department of Private Law.
At the same time, working as a member of the Supervisory Committee of the
Center of Legal Studies Research at Bureau of Experts, Saudi Council of
Ministers. In addition, I am a certified arbitrator by the Saudi Ministry of
Justice.
EDUCATION
• University of Dundee, UK, Ph.D., Law.
• Aberdeen University, UK, LLM (Master of Laws),
Commercial Law.
• King Abdul Aziz
University (with Honors), Saudi Arabia, LLB, Law.
KEY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Professor May, 2015 –
Present
Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Kin Abdulaziz University
Associate Professor October, 2010 – April 2014
Department of Law, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King
Abdulaziz University
Assistant Professor May,
2005 - October, 2010
Department of Law, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King
Abdulaziz University.
• Teaching Law
Courses for large group lectures.
• Supervising postgraduate students working in the areas
of international trade law, international investment law, Intellectual property
and international dispute settlement.
• Serving as an
internal and external examiner in many viva examination committees.
• Developing courses and influencing the curriculum
development.
• Actively
contributing to the review of courses in accordance with departmental strategy.
Member of the Appellate Judicial Committee for Customs Disputes 2006 -2018
Appellate Judicial Committee for Customs Disputes is the highest court
of appeal for customs disputes. It hears hundreds of appeals each year from
importers against decisions made by the customs trial committee. The Appellate
Judicial Committee determines whether or not the law was applied correctly in
the trial committee. The Appellate Committee also looks at the fines imposed by
the trial committee for the violations of the GCC Customs Law. Such disputes
involve millions of Saudi Riyals.
Visiting Scholar, Lancaster University Law School, UK Sep 2012-July 2013
Conducted legal research which then published in Academic Journals.
Acting Vice Dean for Postgraduate studies and Academic Research 2013
The main role was to support the Dean in managing postgraduate education
within the faculty. Contributed to the development and implementation of
University and Faculty policy on postgraduate education. Make the arrangements
for the approval of the appointment of internal and external examiners for
research degrees.
Academic Secretary of the Academic Board of the Law Department,
Faculty of Economics and Administration. 9 to 2012.
The principal role of the academic secretary is to support the
Department Board, which is the body responsible for the Department’s academic
policy, oversee the teaching schedule and other academic works undertaken by
the Department. The Academic Secretary is assisted in his work by
administrative colleagues.
Member of the Ministry of Higher Education Committee for the Private
Universities and Colleges in Jeddah (Business). 2014
The Ministry of Higher Education Committee for Private Universities and
Colleges in Jeddah is an independent committee appointed to visit the private
universities and produce reports about each university. Such reports include
information relating the compliance of the private universities to the laws and
regulations of the ministry of higher education and an assessment of the
quality of the academic process.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
•King Abdulaziz University, Recognized as
Distinguished Member of Academic Staff for excellent academic work in both
teaching and research, Faculty of Economics and Administration.
• Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia, offered a
special grant for excellent academic performance.
• King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia, granted
scholarship to complete Master’s and PhD.
• King Abdul Aziz University, granted sabbatical leave for
the academic year 2012-2013.
PROFESSIONAL ESTEEM INDICTORS
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Served, as a member of the editorial team for the Transnational Dispute
Management Journal.
• Appointed as a
mediator in a complex multimillion investment dispute in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
and succeeded in resolving the dispute.
• Appointed as member of an arbitral tribunal in a
multimillion commercial dispute involving one of the largest commercial firms
in Saudi Arabia.
• Serves as referee
and peer reviewer for articles and book proposals submitted to publishers in
different countries (including the Oxford University Press, and the Cambridge
University Press).
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AND RESEARCH
• International
Economic Law
• International
Commercial Arbitration
• International Investment Law
• International Business Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• Oil and Gas Law
KEY RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Book In English
• International Oil
and Gas Arbitration, The Netherlands: Alexander Wöstmann ; MARIS BV,
distributor, 2005.
Books in Arabic
• Saudi Commercial Law, Dar Hafiz for Publication and
Distribution, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2018 (Third Edition).
• An Introduction to
the Study of the Laws of Saudi Arabia, Dar Hafiz for Publication and
Distribution, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2009 – 2017 (Seventh Edition, with other
authors).
Peer-reviewed journal articles (in English)
• Arbitration Under
the Islamic Sharia, Oil and Gas and Energy Intelligence, Volume I, issue 02 -
March 2003.
• Indirect
Expropriation in the Field of Petroleum, The Journal of World Trade and
Investment, Volume 5 (2004), Issue 6 - December 2004.
• Renegotiation of International Petroleum Agreements,
Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 22 (2005) / Issue 4.
• Kluwer Law International CD ROM
Review, Transnational-Dispute-Management, Volume I (2004), issue 01 - February
2004.
Peer-reviewed journal articles (in Arabic)
• Registration
Procedures of Trademarks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Analysis
in light of the TRIPS Agreement and Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property Rights, King Abdulaziz University Journal, 2010.
• The Protection of
Trade Name from Unfair Competition: A Comparative Study Between the Saudi and
Egyptian Laws, King Saudi Law Journal, 2010.
• Investment
Incentives and Guarantees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Analytical Study
of the Law and Policy in the light of the Investment Law and the Kingdom’s
Commitments under the Pertinent WTO Agreements, Mansora University, Journal of
Legal and Economic Studies, 2009.
• Legal Aspects of
the Reduction of Capital of Stock Companies in Saudi Arabia, a Comparative
Study Between the Saudi Companies Law and the British Companies Act, Assuit
University, Journal of Legal Studies, 2009.
• Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards Relating to
Arbitration Agreement: A Comparative Analysis of Saudi and English Arbitration
Laws, Journal of rights, University of Bahrain, 2014.
• The Legal Protection of Trade Secrets: A Comparative
Analysis of Saudi and American Trade Secret Regulations in the Light of the
TRIPS Agreement, Journal of Sharia and Law, University of the United Arab
Emirates, 2014.
• Employees’ inventions: in Germany, A Comparative
Analysis of the Saudi and German Laws, King Abdulaziz University Journal, 2015.
• Compulsory Patent
Licenses: An Analytical Study in the Saudi Patent Law, the Paris Convention and
the TRIPS Agreement, Journal of Legal and Economic Studies, The University of
Mansoura, 2015.
• The Legal Provisions Governing Well-Known Trademarks in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Analytical Study in the Light of the Paris
Convention and the TRIPS Agreement, Journal of Law, Kuwait University, Accepted.
• Consent to Arbitration: An Analytical Study of the
Provisions of the Pertinent Investment Agreements and the New Saudi Arbitration
Law, Journal of Law, Kuwait University, Accepted.
• The Bankruptcy Avoidance Arrangements and the Voluntary
Arrangements: A Comparative Analysis of the Saudi and English Laws, Accepted.
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