Professor Ali Kairouani

Legal expert, Mohammed V University in Rabat

Ali Kairouani is Professor of International Law and arbitration at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. He has also taught at the EGE of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and at the International University of Rabat. Between 2021 and 2024, he taught in the New Trends in International Law Masters programme at Hassan II University in Casablanca. He was a guest lecturer at the Palermo University Italy (2025), at ESAMI Trapca in Arusha (2024), at the African Development University in Niger (2023), at Ho Chi Minh University in Vietnam (2023) and at the Canadian Congress of International Law (2021). He continues to specialise in international Economic Law.

He is an arbitrator within African continental Free Trade area and the African Court of International Arbitration and Mediation. He is also legal advisor to several public and private entities in the negotiation of investment treaties and contracts. He is an expert in the Task Force in charge to review the AfCFTA agreement. He is author of the Book “Morocco and International Investment Law” French released in 2024 Luxembourg. He is an author in 2024 of the article “Divergence and Convergence between AfCFTA and RCEP under the reform of the IIA and ISDS system” in International Business Law Journal. He is also the author in 2023 of the Chapter “How do arbitrators interpret international Treaties?” in Applicable Law issues of International Arbitration, Brill 2023, Hague Academy of International Law.

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Enforcing arbitral awards in Morocco

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the procedure for enforcement of both domestic and international arbitral awards in Morocco. The note also covers interim remedies available in support of enforcement proceedings.

Arbitration

Interim remedies in support of arbitration in Morocco

Practice Notes

This Practice Note looks at the availability of interim remedies from the tribunal and the Moroccan courts in support of arbitration under the Code of Civil Procedure. It also covers the types of remedies available and, importantly, the ability to enforce interim remedies ordered. The note emphasises the lack of enforceability of an interim remedy from a tribunal thereby limiting its effectiveness.

Arbitration

State immunity and arbitration in Morocco

Practice Notes

This Practice Note looks at the law on State immunity in Morocco differentiating between absolute immunity of State property located within its territory and the relative immunity of foreign States’ property. The Moroccan State enjoys absolute immunity from enforcement against goods which are in the public domain. The note also covers whether an arbitral award can be enforced against the Moroccan State (as a signatory to the New York Convention), including enforcement measures against moveable assets.

Arbitration