Randa Adra

Partner

Overview

Multinational organizations around the globe trust Randa Adra with their most complex and high-stakes disputes. She serves as a strategic adviser to clients in international arbitration and litigation matters, including disputes at the cross-section of these practice areas. Randa guides clients with innovative legal strategies as they navigate all stages of the dispute resolution process, from pre-dispute counseling and litigation risk assessments to trial and enforcement or annulment proceedings.

Randa’s practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration matters under the rules of all major arbitral institutions. She has particular experience with disputes involving the Middle East and North Africa region. She also has a robust domestic arbitration and litigation practice, which includes representing clients in commercial litigation matters in both federal and state courts. Randa leverages her experience as lead counsel on matters spanning a broad spectrum of industries—including health care, pharmaceuticals, construction, infrastructure, energy, hospitality, and consumer products—to provide industry-specific counseling and solutions for clients that are both efficient and cost-effective.

Randa is trilingual and has served as a leader on the firm’s Diversity Council and Women’s Leadership Initiative. She also co-founded Crowell’s MENA Affinity Group. An active member in numerous industry organizations, Randa currently serves on the Board of ArabArb, an association she co-founded that serves the arbitration community with roots, affinity, or interest in the Arab World.

Career & Education

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    • American University of Beirut, B.A., with distinction, economics, political studies, 2008
    • Cornell Law School, J.D., 2012
    • American University of Beirut, B.A., with distinction, economics, political studies, 2008
    • Cornell Law School, J.D., 2012
    • New York
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • New York
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • ArabArb – Co-Founder and Board Member
    • ArbitralWomen – Member
    • American Bar Association – International Section, Dispute Resolution Section, Young Lawyers Division
    • New York City Bar Association – MENA Committee; Associate Leadership Institute Fellow (2018) and Planning Committee Member (2021)

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • ArabArb – Co-Founder and Board Member
    • ArbitralWomen – Member
    • American Bar Association – International Section, Dispute Resolution Section, Young Lawyers Division
    • New York City Bar Association – MENA Committee; Associate Leadership Institute Fellow (2018) and Planning Committee Member (2021)
    • Arabic
    • French
    • Arabic
    • French
Success in my practice is defined by helping my clients achieve their desired outcomes. This does not mean winning a big case or garnering accolades. Rather, it is a tailored process that involves identifying what the ideal outcome is for my client and working towards that goal.

— Randa Adra, Bloomberg Law

Representative Matters

International Dispute Resolution

  • Represented a multinational organization in an ICC arbitration involving over $80 million in claims and counterclaims stemming from a construction project in the energy industry.
  • Successfully defended a Fortune 100 medical device company in a $120 million commercial arbitration brought by an Israeli company under the ICC Rules of Arbitration involving alleged breaches of a supply agreement governed by New York law.
  • Represented a multinational joint venture in securing a $494 million award against an Egyptian state entity and defeating a $500 million counterclaim. The arbitration was conducted in Arabic under the ICC Rules of Arbitration and governed by Egyptian law.
  • Represented an Egyptian consortium and Kuwaiti supply chain management company in an $80 million commercial arbitration brought by a South Korean supplier under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
  • Successfully defended a major international hotel company in a commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, governed by U.S. and Lebanese law.
  • Represented a Canadian uranium mining company in its effort to enforce an international arbitration award against the government of Mongolia.
  • Represented an American hotel investor in an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes arbitration against the Arab Republic of Egypt under the U.S.-Egypt Bilateral Investment Treaty.

Domestic Dispute Resolution

  • Represented a Fortune 150 company in state and federal court actions stemming from a construction project in the energy industry.
  • Represented a multinational corporation in connection with a class action litigation and criminal antitrust investigation related to the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Represented two multinational food chains in connection with false advertising class action litigations in multiple federal and state courts.
  • Successfully defended a major international hotel company against tortious interference claims governed by U.S. and Lebanese law stemming from a related international arbitration.
  • Successfully defended a chemical company in a Sherman Act Section 1 class action and opt-out litigation alleging conspiracy to fix the price of titanium dioxide, and successfully defended the company in a subsequent Third Circuit appeal.

Recognition

  • American Bar Association: On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Award, 2023
  • Bloomberg Law: They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40, 2023
  • Arab America Foundation: 40 Under 40, 2023
  • Global Arbitration Review: GAR 100, 2021
  • Empire State Counsel for Pro Bono Service, 2013–2016
  • Law360: International Arbitration Editorial Board, 2024
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