
Mediation Chambers

Masood Mahboob
Independent Mediator & Arbitrator & Legal Counsel
Lecturer of Law at Allameh Tabataba’i University
Masood has extensive experience in international commercial and investment law, having held leadership positions in legal and international legal affairs at various Iranian companies in industries such as automotive, transportation, food and dairy, construction, and oil and petrochemicals. These companies include Iran Khodro-Peugeot Automotive (IKAP), Saipa Automotive Group, Iran Railways (RAI), Iran Dairy Industry Commercial Co (Pegah), Aftab Oil Refining, Pasargad Oil Company, and Sefi Group of Companies (including Arad Sefi Construction Company, Poshkar Industrial Equipment Company, Boomi Restaurant, and Behsama Facility Management Company). He has also served on the board of directors at MIS Petrochemical Company.
As a legal consultant, Masood has advised numerous Asian and EU companies, such as Samsung, Lufthansa, and illy Caffe, on domestic law, international commercial law, and foreign investment. He has provided comprehensive legal and commercial services to a significant number of venture capital and start-up companies in Iran.
He has acted as counsel and advisor in both ad-hoc and institutional arbitration under SCAI, KCAB, ICC rules, and MPC Arbitration Regulations. Additionally, he has served as a sole, presiding, and co-arbitrator and also as a mediator in numerous domestic and international commercial cases. Previously, Masood was the representative of the Secretary General of the Arbitration Center of Iran Chamber of Commerce (ACIC), where he was responsible for provincial office affairs. He also served as a legal counsel at the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC), where he played a key role in drafting the new arbitration rules in 2018.
Masood is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and is on the panel of arbitrators at the Arbitration Center of Iran Chamber (ACIC).
Masood has also coached Allameh Tabatabai University in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna and has acted as an arbitrator in both the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Vis East Moot in preliminary and elimination rounds. He was a member of the first Iranian Vis Moot team, which won the "Spirit of the Vis Moot Award" in 2015.
Since 2017, Masood has been giving lectures on international commercial law, negotiation strategies, and capital market law at Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) of Tehran, the largest and leading specialized public university in humanities and social sciences in Iran. He is also a lecturer at the Industrial Management Institute of Iran (IMI), which is accredited by well-established international bodies and has been active in Iran's economy for over half a century. He teaches courses on domestic contracts law and international commercial contracts at IMI.
Masood has authored and translated several publications on international commercial arbitration and international sale of goods. He holds a PhD in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Tehran (the oldest Iranian university), and an LLM in International Trade Law from Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) of Tehran. He is fluent in English and Turkish and is a native speaker of Azeri and Persian.