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Karim El Chazli

Droits arabes et islamiques

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Dr. Karim El Chazli

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Karim El Chazli is an Egyptian-qualified lawyer specialising in private international law, arbitration law and family law, with a focus on Arab jurisdictions.

Jurisdictions  

  • North Africa (especially Egypt) and the Gulf

Comparative Legal Expertise

  • Private International Law
  • Comparative Arbitration Law
  • Comparative Family law – including unregistered marriage, matrimonial property, divorce

Typical Comparative Questions

Karim’s comparative work explores a wide range of legal issues in private international law and family law, with a particular focus on matrimonial property. He is interested in the connections between law and religion in Europe and Arab countries.  Typical comparative questions he works on include:

  • How would a Swiss or French court handle a matrimonial property dispute involving a couple married in an Arab jurisdiction?
  • To what extent is estate planning allowed in Arab jurisdictions?
  • What is the status and role of Islamic law in Arab legal systems? 

Selected Studies and Expert Opinions

  • Inheritance of debts under Saudi law
  • The legal effects of talaq under Lebanese law
  • Disavowal of paternity under Moroccan law

  • « La réception des Conventions de la Haye en droit égyptien », Les Conventions de la Haye : Panorama tunisien et regards de droit comparé, 24-25 septembre 2026, Tunis.
  • « Perspectives des droits arabes », Contrats de mariage d’ici et d’ailleurs, 25 septembre 2025, Lausanne.
  • “The actual role of Islamic law in the Egyptian legal system”, Law’s Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of Religion? Middle Eastern and Comparative Perspectives, 16-17 mai 2024, Bordeaux.
  • “The long-standing quest for the unification of Egyptian family law” in Dupret B. and Halpérin J-L. (ed.), Personal Status Law and Equality: A Research Companion, Routledge 2026, pp. 149-163 (co-authored with Bernard-Maugiron N.)
  • Interim Measures in International Arbitration – An Arab Perspective, Yearbook of Private International Law, Vol. XXI (2019/2020), 2020, pp. 259–278 (co-authored with A. Habib)
  • L’impartialité de l’arbitre, LGDJ, Bibliothèque de droit privé, Vol. 604, 2020
  • CLiP – Comparative Law in Practice – series of comparative conferences giving legal practitioners an overview of how different jurisdictions regulate specific topics relevant to transnational cases
  • Arab Family Law and its Reception in France, Université Savoie Mont Blanc (since 2023)
  • Egyptian Family Law, Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne au Caire, IDAI (since 2026)

 

  • International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), Associate Member
  • International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), Associate Fellow
  • Swiss Society of International Law, Member
  • ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Delegate
  • International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), Member
  • Société de législation comparée (SLC), MemberBlog de l’arbitrage, Scientific Council Member