BEHZAD GHAVAMI
Email: be.ghavami@yahoo.com
Website: be-ghavami.ir
Year of Birth: 1968

Education
1-    BA, Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (First rank, graduated in 1998)
2-    MA, Private Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (Seventh rank, graduated in 2001)
3-    PhD student, Private Law, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

Professional Experience (Past & Current)
1-    Senior Attorney at Law, Tehran, Iran (Ranked seven in the Bar Examination)
2-    Original member of the Disciplinary Court, Central Bar Association
3-    Head of the Secretariat of the Arbitration Center, Central Bar Association
4-    Solicitor General at the Disciplinary Court, Central Bar Association
5-    Member of Arbitration Commission, Central Bar Association
6-    Member of the Inquiry Commission, Central Bar Association
7-    Referee of Arbitration Center, Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture
8-    Representative of Vice President for Legal Affairs, State Commissions (infrastructure and metropolitan affairs)
9-    Member of the Settlement of Disputes Board, General Directorate of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Tehran, Iran
10-    Jurist Member of Legal Council, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and its subsidiaries (consisting of general legal directors of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Ports and Maritime Organization, Railway Company, Civil Aviation Organization, Iranian Airports Company, Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company, Transportation Organization and Terminals)
11-    Member of Legal Council, National Land and Housing Organization
12-    Member of Legal Council, Saba Tamin Company (National Pension Fund Investment Holding)
13-    Qualified by the Vice President for Legal Affairs and obtained the title of Advisor

Teaching Experience (Past & Current)
1-    Holder of license for Misagh-e-Edalat Publications (a publisher of specialized law books)
2-    Lecturer, Islamic Azad University
3-    Lecturer, University of Applied Science and Technology
4-    Lecturer, University of Science and Culture (Affiliated to the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research)

Advisory Contracts (Past & Current)
1-    Legal Advisor to the General Director, Settlement of Disputes Board of the Executive Organs, Office of Vice President for Legal Affairs
2-    Legal Advisor to the Director General of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development
3-    Legal Advisor to the Director General of Legal Affairs, National Land and Housing Organization
4-    Legal Advisor, Secretariat of Industrial Free Trade & Special Economic Zones
5-    CEO of Small Industry Investment Guarantee Fund (affiliated to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade)
6-    Legal Advisor, Export Guarantee Fund (affiliated to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade)
7-    Legal Advisor to the Board of Directors, Touring and Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Affiliated to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts)
8-    Legal Advisor to the CEO, Iran Cultural Heritage and Tourism Investment Group Company (A Public Joint-stock Company)
9-    Legal Advisor, Asia Insurance Company
10-    Legal Advisor at the companies operating the pilgrimage of devotion
11-    Advisor to the Director General of Legal Affairs, Ayandeh Bank
12-    Lawyer and Legal Advisor, Sarmayeh Bank
13-    Legal Advisor, Holdings of Urban Regeneration Corporation
14-    Legal Advisor, Saba Tamin Company (National Pension Fund Investment Holding)

Advocacy Files
An eighteen-year experience of being attorney at law for the following files:
-    First Vice President
-    Head of the President's Office
-    Vice President for Legal Affairs
-    Executive Vice President
-    Vice President and Head of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
-    Head of National Museum of Iran
-    The Iran – United Sates dispute case (A/15) brought to the Hague Tribunal

Prepared Contracts
A fifteen-year experience in preparing internal and international contracts for several Ministries and public and private companies, as followings:
-    Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Contract for constructing an international hotel in Belarus
-    Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract for constructing the Hall of Non-Aligned Movement Summit
-    BOT Contract for constructing the railways
-    Agency Contract for Europcar Iran International Co.
-    International Purchase Agreement for locomotive parts
-    International Car Rental Agreement for Siemens Company