Karine Fahmy is a litigation lawyer whose practice primarily focuses on complex national and transnational litigation disputes as well as on domestic and international commercial arbitrations.
As litigation counsel, Karine has experience in contractual disputes in a range of industry sectors including aerospace, construction and infrastructure, manufacturing and distribution. She also has significant experience in litigation seeking relief in aid of arbitration, including in the enforcement of arbitration agreements and the implementation of multi-jurisdictional strategies for the enforcement of arbitral awards against both private parties and foreign states. Karine has brought numerous applications for extraordinary remedies such as Anton Piller orders (civil search), Mareva injunctions (freezing orders), Norwich orders (equitable discovery) and seizures before judgment (pre-judgment attachment).
As arbitration counsel, Karine is advising and representing clients in institutional arbitrations before internationally recognized arbitration institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Arbitration Rules, arising in the aerospace, telecommunications, franchising and construction sectors.
Karine regularly appears before the Federal Court, the Superior Court of Québec and the Court of Appeal of Québec, as well as before national and international arbitral tribunals. She has also made submissions to all levels of the judiciary, including to the Supreme court of Canada to obtain leave to appeal.