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Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab

Address: 

Nile City Building, South Tower, 8th floor
2005 A Cornich El Nil
Ramlet Beaulac.
Cairo 11221
Egypt

Phone Number: 
+202 24612147
Fax Number: 
+202 24612165
Email: 
msw@zulficarpartners.com
Born: 
Italy, 1976
Languages: 
Arabic English French
Education: 
Cairo University, Egypt, Licence en Droit 1998
Post-Graduate Diploma in Private Law, 1999
Post-Graduate Diploma in International Law, 2000
Manchester University UK, Master of Philosophy Post-Graduate Diploma in International Law, 2001
King’s College London UK, Intensive Course on European Union Law, 2002
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Balliol College, Oxford University, Advanced Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, 2004
Manchester University UK, PhD, 2004
Present Position: 
Professor of Private International Law and Dispute Resolution, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, Egypt
Founding Partner and Head of the International Arbitration and Project Finance Groups, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt) Vice Chairman, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Egypt Branch)
Member of the Advisory Committee, the CRCICA, Dispute Resolution Consultant, World Bank Group, Adjunct Professor and Faculty Coordinator, Indiana university LL.M Program, Cairo, Egypt,
Vice- Chairman of the Cairo Branch of the CIArb
Professional Experience: 

Adjunct Professor of Comparative Conflict of Laws, School of Law, Manchester University, United Kingdom (2005); Adjunct Professor of International Business Law, Georgia State University Program, Cairo University, Egypt (2009-2010); Professor of International Commercial Arbitration in the Master I Program, Institute of International Business Law (IDAI), University of Paris I Sorbonne in Cooperation with the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, Egypt (2009-2011)

Professional Associations: 

Member of the LCIA Arab Users’ Council; Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; Member of the PSC Committee and approved tutor of the CIArb; Member of the International Law Association; Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association; Member of the Society of Legal Scholars; Founding Member of the Egyptian Arbitration Forum; Founding Member of the Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Africa; Member of the Egyptian National Legislative Committee for Reform of Economic and Telecommunications, and IT laws (2011-2012); Member of the Egyptian Legislative Committee for Drafting the Cybercrime, Privacy, and Information Security Legislation. (2005-2008); Member of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council; Member of the Distinguished Panel of Experts of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO); Member of the Steering Committee for the CRCICA -ABA Continuing Legal Education Program for Young Lawyers.

Arbitration Experience: 

Dr. Abdel Wahab has been appointed as sole, coarbitrator, and chairman of tribunal in more than 33 cases under the auspices of the CRCICA, ICC, DIAC, LCIA and ad-hoc proceedings. Amongst his recent appointments between 2009 and 2012: Chairman in a multimillion dollars usufruct and joint venture related dispute governed by Egyptian law; Chairman in a multi-million Egyptian pounds construction dispute governed by Egyptian and English laws; Chairman in a major sale of goods dispute governed by the Vienna Sale of Goods Convention; Sole Arbitrator in an ICC insurance related dispute governed by English law; Sole Arbitrator in a major real estate dispute governed by Egyptian law; Co-arbitrator in a joint venture and shareholders’ related dispute governed by Saudi Law; Co-arbitrator in a major oil and gas dispute governed by general principles of law; Co-arbitrator in (4) major concession and hotel management disputes governed by Egyptian law; Coarbitrator in a major investment and supply related dispute governed by Egyptian law; Co-arbitrator in a multi-million dollars information technology related dispute governed by Egyptian and French laws; Co-arbitrator in a multimillion dollars pharmaceuticals dispute governed by Swiss law

Areas of Specialization: 
International Commercial Arbitration
International Investment Arbitration
Private International Law
Construction Law
Online Dispute Resolution
International Project Finance
Public Private Partnerships
Hotel Management Contracts
Telecommunications
Information Technology Law
Publications from JURIS: 
The ICSID/UNCITRAL Draft Code of Conduct for Arbitrators: Voluntary or Mandatory? - Chapter 3 - Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 15
Extension of Arbitration Agreements to Third Parties 2.0: Deconstruction, Evolution and Reconsideration - European International Arbitration Review (EIAR) - Volume 9 - Issue 1
Extension of Arbitration Agreements to Third Parties 2.0: Deconstruction, Evolution and Reconsideration - Chapter 2 - Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration
Publications: 
  • Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice (2012), Eleven International Publishing
  • “The new IBA Guidelines on Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration”, Global Journal of Arbitration (2012)
  • “Extension of Arbitration Agreement to Third Parties: A Never Ending Legal Quest Through the Spatial-Temporal Continuum”, in Ferrari, F. and Kroll, S. (eds.), Conflict of Laws In International Arbitration (2010)
  • “Theory and Practice of Construing the Provisions of the Egyptian Arbitration Act: A Commentary on the Court of Cassation Decisions” Journal of Arbitration Volume 4, October 2009.