Dr Aseel Zimmo

Commercial arbitrator | mediator | lawyer

Dr Aseel Zimmo is the managing partner of The First Link, a dispute avoidance and resolution consultancy. She brings a wealth of experience in navigating complex dispute resolution mechanisms. She is also an experienced commercial mediator. She is a registered mediator at the Bahraini Ministry of Justice and a member of the advisory committee of the Mediation Hub. She was involved in the drafting of Bahraini mediation law and regulations.
She has conducted many professional training programs for lawyers and practitioners in negotiation, arbitration and mediation. She has also sat on many panels at various dispute resolution events.
Dr Zimmo is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served as an arbitrator in many proceedings both in institutional and ad hoc proceedings and issued awards in Arabic and in English. She is also on the LCIA, DIAC, SCCA, Oman Arbitration Centre and ICADRP arbitrator panels as well as being a registered arbitrator at the Bahraini Ministry of Justice.
She was the former senior advisor to the Bahraini Chief Justice and Minister of Justice.