Leyla Bahmany Counsel
Nationality(ies):
Canadian

Legal System:

Civil Law, Common Law, International Law

Practice Areas:

Arbitration, Commercial Law, Information - Communication Technologies, Investment - Concession agreements, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law

Jurisdiction:

Canada

Publications

Books 

Double Recovery in Investment Arbitration: Toward a Principled Treatment of Double Compensation (Brill Nijhoff, 2023), 560 pages.

Arbitrability: Fundamentals and Major Approaches (Kluwer Law International, 2023) (coauthored with Fabien Gélinas), 1031 pages: 370 pages in print and 661 pages available only in the online version.

 

Book Chapter 

‘Protected Investor’, in Hélène Ruiz Fabri (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (Oxford University Press, 2022) (coauthored with Fabien Gélinas), 13 pages.

 

Article 

‘Remedial Non-Arbitrability: A New Concept?’, 11:1 ADR Perspectives (Feb. 2024), 4 pages. 



Speaking Engagement:

‘Arbitrability: Forty Years After the SCOTUS’ Decision in Mitsubishi v. Chrysler’, McGill Dispute Resolution Lecture Series, 17 February 2025. 

‘Double Compensation in Investment Arbitration’, Trade Law Bureau (Global Affairs Canada), 14 November 2023.


Teaching

University of Montréal Faculty of Law,  Lecturer

Teach international arbitration, mediation, and negotiations. 


Education

McGill University Faculty of Law, PhD / DCL in International Investment Arbitration Law

McGill University Faculty of Law, LLM with Thesis in International Commercial Arbitration Law

George Washington University Law School, LLM in International and Comparative Law

Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, LLB

 

Firm/Organisation
Faculté de droit - Université de Montréal
External Profile: Visit Website
Bar Admission:New York (2013)
Selected Languages:
Languages
English
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Languages
Persian
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Languages
French
Speaking Proficiency Conversational
Languages
Arabic
Speaking Proficiency Conversational
Faculté de droit - Université de Montréal

Professional Address

Pavillon Maximilien-Caron 3101, chemin de la Tour
Montreal - Quebec - Canada
Postal Code: H3T1N8
Professional Phone: 514 834 0823