Lawyers

Ahmed Abdel Hakeem

Ahmed Abdel Hakeem

Work Department

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Position

Partner.

Career

Ahmed is a Partner in the Arbitration Department within the Dispute Resolution practice group at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy. With over a decade of professional experience handling cross-border, commercial, and investment arbitrations or handling issues related to ICSID, ICC, CRCICA, UNCITRAL, and Egyptian ad hoc arbitrations. His representations and disputes include jurisdictions within Egypt, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. He also advises clients on the enforcement and nullification procedures of domestic and foreign arbitral awards. A registered arbitrator at the Egyptian Center for Arbitration and Settlement of Non-Banking Financial Disputes at the Financial Regulatory Authority. Ahmed has a lectureship at the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, and teaches Corporate Law and Economics in the MLEA Program at the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, Germany. Prior to joining MBH in 2013, Ahmed practiced international arbitration at Shalakany Law Office in Egypt.

Languages

Arabic and English

Memberships

The ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF). Society of Construction Law (SCL).

Education

2018      The University of Hamburg (Germany), Faculty of Law: Visiting Scholar.

2012     Cairo University, Faculty of Law: LLM in International Commercial and Investment Transactions and Disputes.

2010    Cairo University, Faculty of Law, English Section: LLB with High Honors, top 1%.