Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy Groups at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt); Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Former Global President of the CIArb (2025); International Judge of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague); Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Member of the International Construction Arbitrators Association (ICAA); and Member of the ITA Academic Council. He is a fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; and associate fellow of the Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK). Former Chair of the International Expert Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law; Former Court Member of the LCIA (2014-2019); Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the (CIArb) UK; Former President of LCIA’s Arab Users’ Council (2016-2018); and Former Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2015-2018); Former Co-Chair of the IBA Arab Regional Forum; Former Member of the Governing Board, International Council on Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) – (2017–2021); Former Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA (2021-2024), and Former Director for the CIArb’s Flagship International Arbitration Diploma (2019-2024).
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab served as ‘Sole Arbitrator’, ‘Presiding Arbitrator’, ‘Party Appointed Arbitrator’, ‘Legal Expert’ and ‘Counsel’ in more than 280 cases, including complex, high value commercial and investment arbitral proceedings involving parties from the Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East the United States and Latin America. He appeared as arbitrator, counsel and legal expert in cases under the auspices of almost all major arbitral institutions as well as under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules, and involving mega multibillion and multi-hundred million dollars disputes involving private parties, investors, States and State-owned entities from many different countries.
He received The LAW Magazine’s “Lawyers’ Advocate” and “Hall of Fame” awards (2025); the 2021 and 2020 Client Choice International Award, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize. Lexology Index – Arbitration 2026 says: “Mohamed knows the arbitration process inside and out”, “His work ethic, professionalism, integrity and moral values are exceptional”, “He is fair and impartial in disputes”. Lexology Index – Construction 2025 says: “Mohamed is a superstar in the field”. Chambers & Partners Global (2025) – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration say: “To my mind, he is one of the finest arbitrators globally. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of international arbitration practice and a tremendous amount of experience in civil and common law cases. He is extremely impressive; very well-prepared. He knows arbitration inside-out and is extremely smart and experienced”.
Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab read law in Egypt and in the UK, and speaks Arabic (mother tongue), English (fluent) and French (very good working knowledge).