Makhlouf

Dr. Amel Makhlouf is an independent counsel and arbitrator, specialising in international arbitration, banking and finance, Islamic law and finance, and laws of the Middle East. She has gained extensive experience in cross-border disputes and arbitral proceedings based in the MENA region. She is also a lecturer in international arbitration at the Paris Bar School and at the Université Toulouse Capitole. Dr. Amel Makhlouf holds a PhD in Islamic law and finance from the Sorbonne Law School and was a Visiting Researcher at the Islamic Finance Project at Harvard University in 2011. In June 2023, she submitted a report to the Qatar Financial Centre addressing the challenges faced by the rise of sharī’ah-compliant FinTech and cryptocurrency in the Arab World. In February 2025, Dr. Amel Makhlouf shared her expertise in digital disputes at major conferences in Cairo and Riyadh, where she focused on the rise of FinTech in the MENA region and the suitability of arbitration in resolving digital disputes. At the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025, she explored the FinTech revolution in Islamic finance from North Africa to Asia and the role of arbitration in resolving sharī‘ah-compliant digital disputes. Her work bridges the fields of law, finance, and technology in the context of digital transformation.