International Commercial Arbitration

Membership & Positions in Arbitral Institutions

  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration I.C.C.A

    April 2017

    Advisory Member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration

    May 2007- April 2017

    Member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration

  • Dubai International Arbitration Centre-DIAC

    November 2004- 2020

    Member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration

  • London Court of International Arbitration -LCIA

    May 2002 - May 2005

    Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration

    September 1989-May 1995 et May 1998-May 2002

    Member of the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration

  • International Chamber of Commerce – ICC

    January 2008- January 2011

    Vice-Chairman, the Commission on Arbitration -International Chamber of Commerce

  • United Nations Commission on International Trade Law - UNCITRAL (Vienna)

    Former Member of the "Experts Group on Arbitral Practice United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

  • International Bar Association IBA

    2013-2014

    Vice-Chairman of the Arab Regional Forum (ARF) of the International Bar Association

  • Arbitration System of the Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce - Paris

    Former Secretary-General of the Arbitration System of the Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce – Paris

  • Euro-Arab Forum for Arbitration and Business Law- Paris

    Founder and Secretary-General of the Euro-Arab Forum for Arbitration and Business Law– Paris

Arbitrator’s Appointments

Acted as Sole Arbitrator, Chair, and Party appointed Arbitrator under the Rules of:

  • International ICC Court of Arbitration-ICC
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration -PCA -The Hague
  • London Court of International Arbitration- LCIA
  • Dubai International Financial Centre DIFC LCIA
  • Dubai International Arbitration Centre- DIAC
  • Abu Dhabi Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation Centre-ADCCAC
  • The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
  • Member (Arbitrator) of the Iraq Arbitration Panel (2005-2006&2008) Iraq Commercial Debt Settlement Offer

Panel of Arbitrators

  • Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts Arbitration Centre- ADGM-
  • Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution -BCDR
  • CCJA-OHADA
  • Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre-HKIAC
  • Kigali International Arbitration Centre – KIAC
  • Oman Commercial Arbitration Centre

Recent Arbitration Appointments

Co-arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration.

  • Subject matter : A distributorship agreement.
  • Parties’ nationalities : USA & Saudi Arabia.
  • Rules : LCIA
  • Seat : London
  • Law : Saudi Arabia

Chairman in a DIAC arbitration.

  • Subject matter : a Joint-Venture Agreement for the purpose of undertaking the design and construction of Power and Desalination Station
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE & Spain
  • Rules : DIAC,
  • Seat : Dubai,
  • Law : UAE,

Co-arbitrator in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Shareholder Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Saudi Arabia & UAE
  • Rules : DIFC-LCIA,
  • Seat : Dubai,
  • Law : Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

Chairman in a DIAC arbitration

  • Subject matter : Construction
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : UAE

Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration in Paris

  • Subject matter : Construction
  • Parties’ nationalities : Libya & Tchad
  • Rules : ICC,
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Tchad

Co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration

  • Subject matter : Settlement Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Swiss & Egyptian
  • Rules : UNCITRAL
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Egypt

Chairman in a PCA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Consultant Services Contract
  • Parties’ nationalities : Canada & Benin
  • Rules : UNCITRAL
  • Seat : Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire
  • Law : France

Chairman in a PCA arbitration

  • Subject matter : construction
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : UNCITRAL
  • Seat : Ras Al Khaimah
  • Law : Ras Al Khaimah-UAE

Chairman in a PCA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Engineering and Project Management Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Sudan & Mauritania
  • Rules : UNCITRAL
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : Mauritania

Sole arbitrator in a DIAC arbitration

  • Subject matter : Dispute over the agreements for the supply of construction materials.
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE & Kazakhstan
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Presiding arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Management Contract
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE & Spain
  • Rules : LCIA
  • Seat : Abu Dhabi
  • Law : UAE

Presiding arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Hospitals Knowledge Transfer and Clinical Services Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : USA & Kuwait
  • Rules : LCIA
  • Seat : London
  • Law : Kuwait

Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration

  • Subject matter : Aircraft Lease Agreements & Guarantees
  • Parties’ nationalities : USA & UAE
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : New York City
  • Law : Laws of the State of Kansas and Dubai law

Chairman in an ICC arbitration

  • Subject matter : Distributorship Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Saudi Arabia & Germany
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Saudi Arabia

Sole arbitrator in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Settlement Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Mauritius & UAE
  • Rules : DIFC-LCIA
  • Seat : DIFC-Dubai
  • Law : UAE

Sole arbitrator in an ADCCAC arbitration

  • Subject matter : Assignment Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : ADCCAC
  • Seat : Abu Dhabi
  • Law : UAE

Co-arbitrator (designated by appointing authority of the Permanent Court of Arbitration)

  • Subject matter : construction of a wind park
  • Parties’ nationalities : Spain & Syria
  • Rules : UNCITRAL
  • Seat : PCA The Hague Netherland
  • Law : Investment Treaty and Syrian Law

Co-arbitrator (A Tribunal of five) in a CRCICA case

  • Subject matter : Telecom Interconnection Agreement.
  • Parties’ nationalities : UK & Egypt
  • Rules : CRCICA
  • Seat : Cairo
  • Law : Egypt

Chairman in a DIAC case

  • Subject matter : Construction FIDIC
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : UAE

Chairman in a DIAC case

  • Subject matter : Shareholder dispute - Real Estate
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE, Swiss and Italy
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : Dubai

Sole arbitrator in an ICC case

  • Subject matter : Hospitality
  • Parties’ nationalities : Canada & Morocco
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Morocco

Co-arbitrator in an ICC case

  • Subject matter : the performance of the Memorandum of Understanding
  • Parties’ nationalities : Spain & Saudi Arabia
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Geneva
  • Law : Switzerland

Co-arbitrator in an ad hoc case

  • Subject matter : Hospitality
  • Parties’ nationalities : France & Tunisia
  • Rules : Ad-Hoc
  • Seat : Tunis
  • Law : Tunisia

Chairman in an ICC Case

  • Subject matter : Contract for the delivery of locomotives
  • Parties’ nationalities : France & Syria
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Geneva
  • Law : Syria

Chairman in a DIAC case

  • Subject matter : sale and purchase agreement-Real Estate
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : UAE

Chairman in a DIAC case

  • Subject matter : sale and purchase agreement-Real Estate
  • Parties’ nationalities : Sudan & Qatar
  • Rules : DIAC
  • Seat : Dubai
  • Law : Sharia Law & Sudan

Chairman in an ADCCAC case

  • Subject matter : Memorandum of Understanding relating to the Appointment of Financial Advisor, Lead Arranger, Lead Manager and Book Runner for an Initial Public Offering
  • Parties’ nationalities : UAE
  • Rules : ADCCAC
  • Seat : Abu Dhabi
  • Law : UAE

Chairman in an ICC case

  • Subject matter : Performance of a Settlement Agreement
  • Parties’ nationalities : Saudi Arabia & Austria
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Saudi Arabia

Chairman in an ICC case

  • Subject matter : Construction-time of war
  • Parties’ nationalities : Germany & Iraq
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Paris
  • Law : Iraq

Chairman in an ICC case

  • Subject matter : Pre-bid agreement for construction
  • Parties’ nationalities : India & UAE, Lebanon
  • Rules : ICC
  • Seat : Abu Dhabi
  • Law : Abu Dhabi -UAE

Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration

  • Subject matter : Letter of Award for the manufacture and supply of power generation equipment
  • Parties’ nationalities : UK & China
  • Rules : LCIA
  • Seat : London
  • Law : UK

Co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration

  • Subject matter : Construction
  • Parties’ nationalities : France & Saudi Arabia
  • Rules : Ad hoc
  • Seat : Bahrain
  • Law : France