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Biography

Asma is a Counsel with the White and Case EMEA EIPAF group in London. Her practice is primarily in the energy sector, focusing on sovereign, NOC and renewable energy clients. She has over 20 years’ experience delivering legal expertise on global issues related to the energy sector. She is also an Honorary Lecturer at CEPMLP, University of Dundee. Asma was the General Legal Counsel for OPEC from 2011 to 2018 and later Special Advisor to the Secretary General reporting to the Ministerial Conference on OPEC+ cooperation. Before that, she was the Europe and Africa General Counsel for Compliance at Schlumberger Ltd. Early in her career, she worked for UNDP and UNICEF leading programmes on various legal and governance issues in the MENA region. Asma is an international energy lawyer with an LLM in International Business and Comparative Law specialized in International Arbitration and Banking Law as well as being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration.