Aysha Mutaywea
Ms. Aysha Mutaywea is a Bahraini lawyer and founder and managing partner of Mutaywea Law, with rights of audience before the Cassation and Constitutional Courts of Bahrain. She has more than 15 years’ experience in practice and specializes in litigation and international dispute resolution. She serves as counsel in arbitration and has sat as an arbitrator in more than 30 international arbitration cases. She is experienced in the laws of the MENA Region and advises international clients on a wide range of disputes including civil, commercial, corporate, finance (Islamic and non-Islamic), banking, franchise, corporate governance, technology, sports, telecommunication, real estate, construction, infrastructure and aviation disputes.
Ms Mutaywea holds a diploma in management from the Chartered Managers Institute in the UK, a bachelor’s degree in law from ASU University, an internation diploma in arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a master’s degree in international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University, London.
Ms Mutaywea served on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration for six years. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees of ICC Bahrain and on the Board of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution. She also serves as Secretary General and Head of the ADR and Arbitration Committee of ICC Bahrain. Ms Mutaywea represents the Kingdom of Bahrain on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators and acts as an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In addition, she is a board member of the Women Research Centre at the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.