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Karim HAFEZ |
IAI Member |
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5 Ibrahim Naguib Street
Garden City
Cairo 11451
Egypt
Tel: +20.2.279.80.200
Fax: +20.2.279.80.296
k.hafez@hafeznet.com
http://www.hafeznet.com
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| Languages |
Arabic (native); English, French (fluent) |
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| Nationality |
Egypt |
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| Bar Admission |
Egypt - 1992 |
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| Education |
Cambridge University (LLM (First Class) - 1995; PhD - 2004); Harvard Law School (Visiting Scholar - 2001-02); Cairo University (Licence en droit - 1992) |
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Academic
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Assistant Professor of Law - The American University in Cairo (International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Law) |
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Experience
as Arbitrator |
Member of the tribunal in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Member, ICSID Panel of arbitrators (appointed by Egypt) |
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Experience
as Counsel |
Numerous domestic and international arbigtration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of ICSID (international investment, construction, energy, hotel management, and general commercial matters); arbitration-related proceedings before Egyptian courts |
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Awards
Rendered |
• ICSID Case No. ARB/10/4, Antoine Abou Lahoud and Leila Bounafeh-Abou Lahoud v. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Award, 7 Feb. 2014 (full text ITA) |
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Publications
Relating to
Arbitration |
• "Cairo," in Choice of Venue in International Arbitration (M. Ostrove, C. Salomon, B. Shifman eds., OUP, 2014)
• Complex Arbitration – The Limits of a Neo-liberal Institution (forthcoming)
• "Styles of advocacy, arbitrator temperament, and the analytics of arbitral scholarship," 8 Arab J. Int’l Arb. 19 (Aug. 2005)
• "The Supervisory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice," 64 Arbitration 228 (Aug. 1998)
• "The General Principles of Law Applicable to International Disputes," 64 Arbitration 1 (Feb. 1998 Supp.) |
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