Aseel ZIMMO

Dr Aseel Zimmo is a commercial arbitrator who brings a wealth of experience in navigating complex dispute resolution mechanisms. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served as an arbitrator in many proceedings both institutional and ad hoc proceedings under the UNITRAL rules and issued awards in Arabic and in English. She is also on the LCIA, DIAC, SCCA, CRCICA, Oman Arbitration Centre and ICADRP arbitrator panels as well as she registered arbitrator at the Bahraini Ministry of Justice.
She also an experienced commercial mediator. She registered mediator at the Bahraini Ministry of Justice and a member of the advisory committee of the Mediation Hub. She was involved in the drafting of Bahraini mediation law and regulations. As the former senior advisor to the Bahraini Chief Justice and Minister of Justice, she has extensive experience in drafting laws and regulations. She has conducted professional training for lawyers and practitioners in negotiation, arbitration and mediation. She also sat on many panels at various arbitration events. Dr Zimmo is experienced in both Civil and Common law jurisdictions as she graduated with a PhD from the LSE in international commercial arbitration and with an LLM from Kings College, London. She is also a qualified lawyer in New York and Jordan. She also practiced law in London, New York and Amman, through which appeared before arbitration tribunal and worked as tribunal secretary. She has deep understanding of Bahraini law. She taught civil and commercial law at the London School of Economics, University of Bahrain, the Royal University for Women and American University of Bahrain. She also conducted many workshops and training for various legal and no-legal practitioners.