Karim M’ziani is a Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and the Registrar of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre, in Port Louis, Mauritius. Karim completed his law studies in France, China and Argentina. He undertook an LL.M. at Duke University, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar. As part of his scholarship, Karim focused his research on international arbitration in Africa and organized and moderated a successful conference relating to the China-Africa relationship with panelists from Eurasia Group, the World Bank and Yale University. He is also the recipient of the Georges Lurcy fellowship, the François Monahan scholarship, the Duke Merit scholarship and France Fulbright Alumni Prize. Prior to joining the PCA and MIAC, Karim worked at leading law firms in France, Argentina, and the United States on high profile State-to-State, investor-State, and commercial disputes involving parties from the African continent and beyond. He is admitted to practice in New York and Paris, and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Mandarin.