May Khoury

Prior to joining the firm, May worked at leading international law firms in Paris, Dubai, and New York. She graduated from Harvard University, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and Boston College Law School, where she was an editor of the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review.

• Representing a multinational energy company in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American sovereign alleging breaches of a bilateral investment treaty and investment law.
• Representing Spanish and Mexican entities in an ICC arbitration seated in Mexico City arising out of disputes between the owner and balance of plant contractor/turbine supplier on a wind project.
• Representing a wind-turbine manufacturer in an arbitration under California law arising out of a dispute concerning a wind farm in the United States.
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration concerning a licensing agreement dispute under New York law.
• Defended a European sovereign against claims for breach of a bilateral investment treaty arising out of alleged violation of an investor’s legitimate expectations in their real estate investment, in an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in The Hague.
• Advised a French engineering company in managing disputes arising out of its construction projects in the United States.
• Represented a multinational telecommunications group in an ICSID arbitration against the Government of Iraq concerning claims arising out of a wireless telecommunications project.*
• Represented a Swiss financial institution in a commercial arbitration dispute arising out of unpaid corporate bonds.*
• Represented the State of Qatar in an ICC arbitration against an engineering company arising out of the design and construction of a utilities facility.*
• Represented a Dutch minerals and chemicals company in an UNCITRAL arbitration arising out of the expropriation of a mining concession.*
• Represented a US investor in an ICSID arbitration against a Central Asian state arising out of the unlawful expropriation of an oil concession.*

*Experience prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

• Co-author, “Economic Sanctions and Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Parties, Counsel, and Arbitrators,” UIA International Arbitration Commission (2023).
• “Exhausted Yet? The First-Sale Doctrine and the Second-Hand Market for Software Licenses in the European Union,” 37 B.C. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. E. Supp. 45 (2014).

• “Problems, Risks, and Pitfalls in Construction Arbitration: Procedural and Case Management Tools to Tame the Beast,” MENA International Arbitration Forum, Speaker (Paris, November 2024).
• “Navigating the World of International Arbitration: A Practitioners’ Panel,” New York University School of Law, Speaker (New York, October 2024).
• “A Deep Dive into Enforcement under the NY Convention in Saudi” London International Disputes Week (LIDW), Speaker (London, June 2024).
• “Enforcement Under the NY Convention – Theory vs. Reality: A Saudi, U.K., and U.S. Perspective for GCC In-House Counsel and Practitioners,” Riyadh International Disputes Week, Speaker (Riyadh, March 2024).
• “Wrestling the Leviathan – Illegality and Corruption in Arbitration,” ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum Event, Panelist (Dubai, February 2024).