Ariel is the Energy Adviser at the Office of the Quartet Representative Tony Blair. Previously, Ariel worked on energy and corporate transactions in London for major international law firms where he advised on a wide range of transactions in the corporate, oil & gas, renewable energy and power generation realm with an emphasis on transactions in the Arab world. Most recently, Ariel has worked on energy and corporate transactions for one of the leading law firms in Israel (focusing on advice in relation to the Israeli offshore gas fields).
Ariel has published on regional legal, business and political matters and has given lectures at major conferences on such matters. Ariel holds an M.Phil. in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College), an LL.M. in International Law from Georgetown University, and an LL.B. from the University of Manchester.