Biography
Leith Ben Ammar is a dispute resolution specialist in Greenberg Traurig’s London office. His practice focuses on complex, high value international arbitration and multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation.
He has vast experience acting for state entities, developers, contractors, multinational companies and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, primarily in the construction, energy and technology sectors. His practice also includes the infrastructure, real estate, mining, transport, consumer goods, manufacturing, sports, blockchain and financial services sectors.
Leith represented clients across a dozen jurisdictions in Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as the Middle East, where he spent considerable time. He has particular expertise in disputes involving very large and technically complex infrastructure, energy and real estate projects in emerging markets. He advises clients at all levels of the supply chain and at all stages of a project’s lifecycle, from early claim management and mitigation, to trial and enforcement.
Leith is the Co-Chair of ENERAP’s UK Chapter and a member of the London Court of Arbitration’s Users Council. He is a contributing author to several leading publications, including Global Arbitration Review and LexisNexis.
Firm Description
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (“GT”) is an elite international law firm with more than 2300 lawyers in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. We can meet any size mandate, provide swift responses to any urgent client requirement, and deploy lawyers to any country in the world, at short notice and whenever needed.
At GT, we understand our clients’ businesses and offer them a highly entrepreneurial approach to legal counsel. Our multidisciplinary team includes senior lawyers who have served as chief legal officers at major multinational companies and have spent years solving real-world problems in the business, political and legal environments of major commercial centres. We also recognise that clients expect and are entitled to high quality legal work and, equally important, superior client service. Accordingly, we strive to provide our clients with the highest quality legal work and service at a reasonable cost.