Thought Leadership

AAA ACE 24- Disclosure Dynamics in Arbitration (2024)

ICDR International Symposia in Advanced Case Management Issues (2023)

AAA ACE 23- Panelist Safety & Security (2023)

AAA ACE 22- Process Essentials for AAA Arbitration (2022)

California International Arbitration Week, Virtual (2022)

AAA ACE 21 – Impartiality: Do You Know Where Your Biases Are? (2021)

Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices for New AAA Arbitrators (October 2020)

Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration 2020 (September 2020)

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Basic Arbitrator Panel Training Certificate (February 2020)

Dubai Arbitration Week (November 2019)

14th ICC New York Conference on International Arbitration (October 2019)

LCIA Symposium on International Commercial Arbitration sponsored by the LCIA Arab User’s Council, Beirut, Lebanon (2011)

Speaker, “Commemorating World IP Day: Arbitrating and Mediating IP Licensing Disputes in Fashion & Entertainment,” Beverly Hills Bar Association CLE Webinar, 10 May 2024.

Moderator, “ICC YAAF: Facilitating Settlements in International Arbitration in 2024 & Beyond,” California International Arbitration Week, 12 March 2024, San Franciso, CA, USA.

Moderator, “WIPO: Arbitrating & Mediating IP Licensing Disputes in the Entertainment & Fashion Industries-What can Barbie Teach Us? California International Arbitration Week, 11 March 2024, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Panelist, "Hot Topics in Fashion Law," Fashion Law Arabia Conference, Sader Legal Group & AIPPI UAE, 29 February 2024, Dubai, UAE.  

Panelist, "NFTs: Do you have control?" The Luxury Law Alliance and Summit 2023, London, UK, 13 June 2023.

Panelist, "Experience is the new luxury: Europe meets Middle East," International Bar Association (IBA) European Fashion and Luxury Law Conference; Barcelona, Spain, 3-4 May, 2022.

Panelist, “Finding your Seat at the Table as a Woman in the Middle East,” Association of Corporate Counsel Women in the House Webinar, 23 March 2021.

Panelist, “How Covid-19 Changed the Future of Settlement of Disputes,” LC Publishing Group and Milan Chamber of Chamber of Arbitration Webinar, 18 January 2021. << Webinar - How Covid 19 changed the future of settlement of disputes - YouTube>>

Speaker, “The Implications of COVID-19 on Gender Equality in the Legal Sector,” LC Publishing Group Webinar, 5 October 2020. ˂˂(532) Webinar - Implication of Covid 19 on gender equality in the legal sector - YouTube˃˃

Speaker, "Women in Arbitration: Appointments by Parties and Arbitral Institutions," German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and DIFC-LCIA, Dubai Arbitration Week, Dubai, UAE, 20 November 2019

Speaker, “What Every In-House Counsel Needs to Know About Global IP Law,” Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 30 October 2019.

Speaker, "Conducting Business and Managing the Relationships--Agency Agreements: The Commercial and Contractual Relationship Issues of Doing Business in the Middle East," Inter-Pacific Bar Association Dubai Regional Conference, Dubai, UAE 24 January 2019.

Panelist, “Keynote Address: The General Counsel’s Role in Nurturing Employee Engagement and Potential” Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East, 19 April 2018 Dubai, UAE

Speaker, "Does the Relationship between In-House Counsel and Outside Counsel Require Counseling?" Dubai Arbitration Week, Dubai, UAE 14 November 2017.

"NFTs: Luxury Retail's New Frontier," Global Legal Post, September 7, 2023 (with M. Franceschelli)

Being a Luxury In-House GC in the Era of Disruption, International In-House Counsel Journal, (Cambridge, UK) (Vol 12, No.47, Spring 2019)

Deploying Robust Default Rules: International Commercial Contracts under UNIDROIT, ACC Docket, 25 March 2019 «https://www.accdocket.com/articles/international-commercial-contracts-under-unidroit.cfm»

A Boards'-Eye View on Women in Leadership Positions in the United Arab Emirates, ACC Docket, 27 September 2017 «http://www.accdocket.com/articles/women-leadership-positions-united-arab-emirates.cfm»

The ABC's of Third-Party Compliance, The Oath Middle East Law Journal for Corporates, Issue 57, November 2016 pp. 18-19 (with T. Högfors and U. Detering).

Sustainable Boards in the GCC: Are Women the Solution? The Oath Middle East Law Journal for Corporates, Issue 45, October 2015 pp 30-32. https://www.theoath-me.com/s/sustainable-boards-in-the-gcc-are-women-the-solution/

Summaries of UAE Court’s Decisions on Arbitration (ICC 2013), contributor as member of the ICC UAE Book on UAE Courts’ Arbitration case law task force.

Young ICCA Workshop Berlin, Participant’s Report on the Workshop: “Strategy Considerations in International Arbitration” 24, October 2012.

Updates on the Ratification and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards in the UAE and DIFC Courts, IBA Maritime and Transport Law News, Volume 8, Number 2, August 2012, pp. 23-24.

Maritime Law in the DIFC Courts: Navigating Choices for Dispute Resolution in the Emirate of Dubai, IBA Maritime and Transport Law News, Volume 8, Number 1, May 2012.

Examining the Extended Jurisdiction of the DIFC Courts: A View from the Bar, IBA Maritime and Transport Law News, Volume 7, Number 1, April 2012.

Dubai International Financial Centre Courts introduce further Amendments to the Small Claim’s Tribunal’s Jurisdiction, IBA Arab Regional Forum News, October 2011, pp. 13-14.

DIFC Courts Issue 2011 Amended Procedural Rules: New Part 54 added on Insolvency Proceedings, IBA International Litigation News, September 2011, pp. 46-48.

DIFC Courts-ratified Arbitral Award Approved for Execution by Dubai Courts: First DIFC-LCIA Award pursuant to Dubai Courts-DIFC Courts Protocol of Enforcement, IPRax 2011, Vol. 5 September/October 2011, pp.520-521.

UAE: Can the Dubai World Tribunal hear disputes referred to arbitration?, Global Arbitration Review, Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2011, pp. 45-46.

Dubai Courts Approve Execution of DIFC Courts-Ratified Award, Global Arbitration Review, 26 April 2011, at  «http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/».

California Arbitration’s California Conversations Episode 10 - Ghada Qaisi Audi, Esq. aired on 27 October 2023 << https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iN7trPIc6M ˃˃

The Sustainable Finance Podcast Episode 202, “Addressing the Business Case for a Sustainable Luxury Market, aired on February 18, 2023, <<EP 202: Addressing the Business Case for a Sustainable Luxury Market (brighttalk.com) ˃˃

Conversations with Rudy Rivera, <<Perspectives on Arbitration in the Fashion Industry: Interview with Ghada Audi

“True Grit: The Secret to Success? (GC Rendezvous)” The Oath Middle East Law Journal for Corporates, April 2016, Issue 51 pp. 16-19. https://theoath-me.com/true-grit/

Interview with Will Rankin, “The Glass Ceiling Shattered: Ghada Audi on Women in the Law,” The Oath Middle East Law Journal for Corporates, December 2011, pp. 18-21

Interview with Tamara Pitelen, Editor, Finance ME Magazine, “Doing Justice for Small Businesses, Issue 5, March/April 2011, pp. 20-21

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