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Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, C. Arb, FCIArb

Founding Partner - Head of International Arbitration, Construction, and Energy Groups

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); Global President of the Ciarb (2025); Judge of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC); Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague); Member of international Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the Scientiﬁc Advisory Board of AfSIL’s African Review of International Law; Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of OhadaArb Journal; Member of the Global Advisory Committee of the Saudi Center/Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA); Member of the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Expert Committee (2024); Former Co-Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum (2020-2023); Member of the Court of Arbitration, Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Center (LACIAC); Member of the Academic Council, Institute of Transitional Arbitration (ITA); and member of the Academic Council, Thailand Arbitration Centre’s Academy (THACA). He is a Fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA (Since 2002); and Associate Fellow, Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK) (Since 2012); Fellow, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL), Shanghai City, China; the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brill Arab Yearbook on International Law & Arbitration; Co-Editor of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution (IJODR); member of the Editorial Board of Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration; member of the Advisory Council of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London; Member of Inclusive Global Legal Innovation Platform on Online Dispute Resolution (iGLIP on ODR); Member of the International Arbitration Committee, The Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration; Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the (Ciarb), UK (2019-2023); Former Chair of the International Expert Advisory Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law (PFCCL), China (2020-2023); Former Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris (2015-2021) served two full terms; Former Court Member of the LCIA (2014-2019); Former President of LCIA’s Arab Users’ Council (2016-2018); Former Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2015-2018); and Former Member of the Governing Board, International Council on Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) (2017-2021).

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab has been designated by the President of the World Bank Group, Mr. Ajay Banga, in his capacity as ex oﬃcio Chairman of the Administrative Council of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), to serve on the Panel of Arbitrators maintained by the ICSID (2024-2030).

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Ciarb, and a Former Director for the Ciarb’s Flagship International Arbitration Diploma (2019-2024).

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is also Former Vice-President of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA (2021-2024); Former member of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA (2015-2020); Academic Forum for Investor-State Dispute Settlement (2018-2020); Former President of the Egypt Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) (2018); Former Member of the Ciarb’s Board of Management (2018); Former Chair of the Ciarb’s Technology Sub-Committee (2012–2014); Former Member of the Ciarb’s Practice and Standards Committee (2012-2018); Former Committee Member of the IBA Investment Arbitration Sub-Committee (2016-2017). He is Member of the Advisory Council of Africa Arbitration Blog and Accredited Mediator of the Centre for Eﬀective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”).

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab served as ‘Sole Arbitrator’, ‘Presiding Arbitrator’, ‘Party Appointed Arbitrator’, ‘Legal Expert’ or ‘Counsel’ in more than 280 cases, including complex, high value institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings, involving parties from Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Latin America.

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab’s expertise in cross border multi-jurisdictional and highly complex transactions and disputes is broad. He featured in cases under the auspices of the ADCCAC (UAE), BCDR (Bahrain), CRCICA (Egypt), DIAC (UAE), former DIFC-LCIA (UAE), HKIAC (Hong Kong), ICC (France), ICSID (USA), KIAC (Rwanda), LCIA (UK), LMAA (UK), QICCA (Qatar), RCICAL (Nigeria), SCC (Sweden), SIAC (Singapore), TIAC (Uzbekistan), as well as ad hoc UNCITRAL proceedings, and governed by the laws of Afghanistan, Angola, Bahrain, California, the Netherlands, Egypt, England France, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, New York, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan, Venezuela, as well as the general principles of law.

As ‘Legal Expert’, he opined on Bahraini, Egyptian, Emirati, English, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Libyan, Omani, Qatari, and Saudi laws in relation to issues of conflict of laws, contract law, international jurisdiction, construction law & practice, telecommunications law, hotel management agreements, Islamic Shari’a, project finance, administrative law, commercial and civil laws, and insurance law & practice.

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is listed on the rosters of more than 25 arbitral institutions across the globe, and is recognized as a world-leading arbitrator and arbitration practitioner on in international investment and international commercial arbitration, construction law & practice, Energy law and infrastructure disputes, African and Arab Laws, Islamic Shari’a, private international law and online dispute resolution. He is a visionary on the role of technology in law and dispute resolution, and he regularly publishes and delivers keynote speeches at international conferences on international arbitration, private international law, ODR and technology. He also organized the Fourth International Forum on ODR in Egypt in 2006.

Among the most notable keynote speeches addresses:

In February 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered the Opening Keynote speech in Abu Dhabi at the 13th ICC MENA Conference on International Arbitration “Shifting Tides: The Evolving Landscape of Arbitration in the Middle East”, under the title “The Evolving Landscape of Arbitration in the Arab World – Past, Present and Future”.
In March 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote address at the Ciarb, Kenya Branch Conference, 2ⁿᵈ Nairobi Arbitration Week in Kenya, theme “Arbitrating in the Age of Sustainability” under the title “Sustainability in Context: Macrocosmic Ruminations on Alkebulan’s Edge”.
In April 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered the PAW 2025 Kick-Off Diversity Opening Speech under the title “Silent Voices and Global Inclusion in International Arbitration”.
In April 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech at the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR during the PAW in Paris under the title “Institutional Arbitration At a Crossroads: The ICC’s Leading Edge”. He also delivered another keynote speech at the DELOS,Africa Arbitration Day, theme “Spotlight on the Extractive Industry Disputes in Africa”, under the title “Africa’s Natural Resources: The Path Ahead for the Extractives Industry”.
On 23 April 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech at the ADGM-ICSID-Civil Law Conference in Abu Dhabi, under the title “Navigating the Complexities of Infrastructure Disputes in the MENA region”.
In April 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the Ciarb Ireland Branch :The Kenneth McQuillan Memorial Lecture in Belfast, under the title “AI and IA – Prospects and Opportunities (Revolutionizing the Construction Industry)”.
In June 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered the opening remarks for the Ciarb Lebanon event: “Rebuilding Lebanon: Investment Framework, Business Opportunities, and Dispute Resolution”, under the Patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam.
In June 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the Africa Arbitration Academy Annual Lecture at SOAS University of London, under the title “Good Faith & International Arbitration Selected Applications in Investment and Commercial Arbitration”.
In September 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered an opening keynote address for the Uzbekistan Arbitration Week in Tashkent, under the title “From Silk Roads to International Arbitration: Uzbekistan’s Path to Excellence”.
In October 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech on Construction Arbitration for the 3ʳᵈ Annual Regional Conference on Arbitration and ADR in Dubrovnik, Croatia, under the title “Cracks in the Concrete – Is Construction Arbitration still ‘Fit for Purpose’?”
In October 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the 6^th Annual AfAA conference in Cairo, Egypt, under the title “THE AFRICAN ARBITRATOR Present Statics & Future Dynamics”.
In October 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the CRCICA CIARB Egypt Conference during the Egyptian Arbitration Days (EAD), “The Egyptian Arbitration Law after Thirty Years: A National Journey Through a Comparative Lens ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اﻟﺘﺤﻜﻴﻢ المصري ﺑﻌﺪ ﺛﻼﺛﺔ ﻋﻘﻮد: رؤى ﻣﻘﺎرﻧﺔ, in Cairo, Egypt, under the title “Three Decades of Modern Arbitration in Egypt: An Epic Journey through the Spatial-Temporal Continuum ثلاثة عقود من التحكيم الحديث في مصر: ملحمة من التطور عبر الزمان والمكان”.
In November 2025, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered several keynote speeches during the Dubai Arbitration Week 2025 in Dubai, UAE, which are: (i) a keynote speech for KCAB International event “Pathways to Cooperation: Arbitration and ADR in the Korea–Middle East Corridor”, under the title “Korea & UAE: A Strategic Partnership for A New Era”; (ii) keynote speech for the Ciarb UAE Branch event under the title “Efficiency in International Arbitration: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for a Sustainable Paradigm in the AI Era”; and (iii) the opening address for the British Embassy event “From Conflict to Consensus: How mediation can become the preferred mechanism for resolving innovation-driven conflicts in the Middle East”, under the title “Mediating Intellectual Property Disputes: The Path Ahead” at His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner’s Residence, in the Garden, British Consulate Dubai.
In June 2024, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the Africa Arbitration Academy 2024 Flagship Training Programme, at White & Case LLP in London, under the title “The Homo Technologicus Era Benefits and Perils of AI for IA”.
In September 2024, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab was the first Arab and African to deliver the UNIDROIT Annual International Arbitration Lecture in Rome under the title “From Pathogenesis to Salutogenisis in International Arbitration: The Unidroit Principles Imperium?”
In September 2024, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the Thailand ADR Week in Bangkok, “Emerging trends in ADR Charting the future of dispute resolution through international and regional developments”, under the title “International Arbitration & Thailand (From Reaction to Action)”.
In October 2024, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for The Lawyers Advocates event, “Navigating Digital Transformation: Embracing Technology in the Legal Industry” in Dubai, under the title “The Legal Services Industry in the Homo Technologicus Era (Between Human & Artificial Intelligence).
In November 2024, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered the Freshfields Lecture in London as the first African under the title “Iura Novit Arbiter: A Practicum – Beyond Cultural Considerations and Legal Desperation”.
In May 2023, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for Cyprus Arbitration Day 2023, “Arbitrating Disputes in the Middle East at Times of Dynamic Geopolitical Changes”, in Limassol, Cyprus, under the title “The Specificities and Anomalies of Arbitrating in the MENA Region at Times of Crisis and Beyond”.
In July 2023, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote address for the Ciarb Kenya, “International Arbitration for the 21st Century: A New Era of Dispute Resolution” in Mombasa, Kenya, under the title “Pursuing Excellence in Dispute Resolution: A Young Practitioners Toolkit”.
In September 2022, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the 10th Anniversary of the Kigali International Arbitration Center (KIAC), in Kigali, Rwanda, under the title “Africa: Past, Present and Future “?””.
In November 2022, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the Houston International Arbitration Club (HIAC), McKinney, Fulbright conference center, Houston, Texas, under the title “Public Policy and Overriding Mandatory Norms: A Damocles Sword in International Arbitration?”
In March 2021, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech (virtual) for TGS Baltic and CIArb webinar “Keeping corruption out of international arbitration: practical considerations”, under the title “Corruption and International Arbitration: The Perils and Promises of Technology”.
In March 2019, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the 4th Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa, International Law Summits, in London, UK under the title “Mapping Oil & Gas Developments and Disputes in the Arabian Gulf and Africa”.
In June 2019, Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab delivered a keynote speech for the 7th ICC YAF Global Conference, at King’s College London Strand, United Kingdom, under the title “Diversity, Legitimacy, Innovation and the Future of International Arbitration”.

Among Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab’s selected recent publications are, “Part I, The Third Party Funding Landscape” in Handbook on Third Party Funding in International Arbitration, Second edition, Nikolaus Pitkowiz (ed.), Egypt Chapter, Juris (2025); “Issue Conflict in Investor State Arbitration: Inform, Reform, or Deform?”, The Future of ISDS, Kluwer Law International (2024); “Counterclaims in Investment Awards: Divergent Trends and Turning Tides” in Katia Fach Gómez and Catharine Titi, The Award In International Investment Arbitration, Oxford University Press (2024); “Welcome to the Future: The AI Arbitrator – An Unwelcomed Reality or Science Fiction?” in Stavros Brekoulakis and Romesh Weeramantry (eds.), International Arbitration: Whose is it Anyway? Liber Amicorum of Julian Lew KC, Kluwer Law Publishing (2024); “Ascertaining the Content of the Applicable Law in International Arbitration: Converging Civil and Common Law Approaches”, The Plurality and Synergies of Legal Traditions in International Arbitration: Looking Beyond the Common and Civil Law Divide”, Nayla Comair-Obeid and Stavros Brekoulakis Kluwer Law Publishing (2024); co-author with Dr. Waleed El Nemr, “Applying FIDIC Contracts in Egypt” in Dr. Donald Charrett, FIDIC Contracts in Africa and the Middle East: A Practical Guide to Application (2023); co-author with Dr. Kabir Duggal “Two Giants, Hidden in Plain Sight: The Resurgence of the Unified Arab Investment Agreement and the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation Investment Agreement”, International Investment Law and Arbitration Series, Brill (2022); co-editor with Chiann Bao, Alexander G. Fessas, Mark W. Friedman, Claudia T. Salomon and Eduardo Zuleta (eds.) “Leadership, Legitimacy, Legacy A Tribute to Alexis Mourre”, International Chamber of Commerce (2022). He also co-authored (with Dr. Kabir Duggal) the first book dedicated to comparing the OIC and UAIA Treaties under the title “The Resurgence of the Unified Arab Investment Agreement and the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation Investment Agreement” Brill (2022). “Al-Maqasid Al-Shar’iyah and Substantive Principles of Islamic Shari’ah: Considerations for Islamic Finance Disputes and Shari’ah-Based Arbitrations”, Special Issue of Transnational Dispute Management on Islamic Finance and Dispute Resolution. (December 2021); co-author with Mireze Philippe, “The Wake-Up to the Virtual Space in Arbitration”, Chapter in Online Dispute Resolution, Theory and Practice, Eleven International, second edition (2021); co-author with Cheng-Yee Khong, and Nathan Landis, “Third-Party Funding in the MENA Region”, The Journal of the Dispute Resolution Section of the International Bar Association, Vol. 15(1), (2021); “Itisaluna and Others v Iraq The OIC Agreement Conundrum: Consent to ICSID Arbitration and the MFN Clauses Saga”, ICSID Review. (October 2021); “Petroleum Concessions in Egypt: A Recipe for Disputes?”, Special Issue of BCDR Review on Oil and Gas Arbitration in the Middle East. (October 2021); “Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards in Egypt: Egypt Chapter”, Chapter in the “Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards – A Global Guide”, edited by Julien Fouret, Globe Law & Business Second Edition (2021); co-editor (with Prof Maxi Scherer and Ms. Niuscha Bassiri) of the first ever book on COVID-19 and international arbitration under the title “International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution” (2020). He was also the co-editor (with Prof Ethan Katsh and Mr. Daniel Rainey) of “Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice” (2011 and 2021), and is the author of the Abdel Wahab Pandemic Pathway to Virtual/Remote Hearings (2020) that was translated into Arabic, Spanish and Chinese.

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is also listed in all major legal directories as a star practitioner and features in ‘Who’s Who Legal: Global Elite Thought Leaders’, ‘Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration’, ‘Who’s Who Legal: Construction’, and Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders: Arbitration and Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders: Construction. He also features in AFRICA’s 100 list of leading African arbitration practitioners by I-ARB (Africa) and was selected by Africa Arbitration as the African Personality of June 2018 and by LACIAC (Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre) as the Arbitration Personality in May 2019. He was shortlisted among the top five arbitrators for the GAR award for the best prepared and responsive arbitrator (2021).

He received the Law Magazine’s first ever 2025 Lawyers’ Advocate and Hall of Fame awards, the Law Magazine 2024 Legal Excellence Award, the Law Magazine 2023 Regional Lawyer of the Year, the LAW Magazine 2022 Most Influential Legal Academic Award, the 2021 and 2020 Client Choice International Awards, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize, and the LAW Magazine 2017 Best Legal Practitioner Award. He was also selected among the Legal500 Africa Powerlist, the AYA’s Africa’s Top 30 Powerlist, and among the 500 honorees of the 2021 Lawdragon Global Litigation 500 Lawyers Guide. He was honoured by the Jordanian Minister of Justice, the Jordanian Arbitrators’ Association and the Jordanian Construction Contractors Syndicate in August 2019. He was also selected for THE LAW Power List 2025 at “THE LAW: Legal Leadership Excellence” cocktail reception held during the Paris Arbitration Week “PAW 2025”on 8 April 2025 at the Ritz Paris.

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is the only Arab/African to be nominated five times in (2013), (2014), (2018), (2019) and (2025) for the Global Arbitration Review Award for the Best Arbitration Lecture/Speech. Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab was also nominated in (2020) for the GAR COVID-19 Pandemic Response Award.

Lexology Index – Construction (2025) says: “Mohamed is a big name in Egypt”, “He is responsive, quick and very impressive”, “He is a superstar in the field”. Chambers & Partners (2025) – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration say: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is an expert in all things arbitration. With him, you know you will get the best advice and all deliverables will be top-quality”, “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. I praise him in the highest terms, as an excellent arbitration practitioner”, “He is well prepared has a good ability to grasp the case record entirely. He asks questions that advance the understanding of the full tribunal”. Client Choice International – WWL: Thought Leaders Global Elite (2024) – Arbitration by Lexology, peers and clients say: “Mohamed is razor sharp and hugely experienced in arbitration matters”, “He is globally recognized as one of the leading arbitrators in practice”, “Mohamed is a brilliant arbitrator for international commercial arbitration, especially construction disputes”. Client Choice International – WWL: Thought Leaders Global Elite (2024) – Construction by Lexology says: “Mohamed is an all-time great of construction law” and “He is one of the best in the MENA region”, and “Our go-to lawyer for construction cases”. Legal 500 (2024) says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a true expert in every aspect of commercial disputes, highly insightful and imaginative and extremely personable to work with”, “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is very highly regarded by peers in the international arbitration community. He knows arbitration inside and out. He is smart, experienced, has great communication skills. His professionalism, integrity, moral values and work ethics are exceptional”, “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is one of the best-known arbitration lawyers in Egypt. His practice combines expert witness and arbitrator appointments with regular roles as counsel on signiﬁcant and high-proﬁle cases. He receives particularly high praise for his expertise in oil and gas and construction disputes”. “Mohamed is the leading Egyptian practitioner in international arbitration and I have the highest level of respect for him and his law ﬁrm”. Chambers & Partners Global (2024) says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab has exceptional insight coupled with logistical and presentation skills”. GAR (2024) – A well-known partner at a GAR 30 ﬁrm who has recently sat on a tribunal with Abdel Wahab says: “His views, opinions and advice are always spot-on. He is a highly respected practitioner and arbitrator in the arbitration community and always exhibits utmost professionalism and outstanding ethics”. WWL-Construction (2023) – Peers and clients say: “Mohamed is an all-time great of construction law. He is one of the best in the MENA region. He has a profound expertise in construction matters. Our go-to lawyer for construction cases”. WWL: Arbitration & Global Elite Thought Leaders (2023) says “‘He is an amazing practitioner and one of the hardest working people’ ‘His sharp mind never ceases to amaze’ ‘He is one of a kind!’”. Chambers and Partners (2023)-Africa-wide says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a leading arbitrator and arbitration counsel based in Cairo. He is very highly respected for his international commercial and investment treaty practice. As an arbitrator, he frequently presides over disputes concerning construction, energy and infrastructure issues”; “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is someone who is very brilliant and technically capable. He is very smart on the law, but also emotionally intelligent as well”. Chambers and Partners (2023)-Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is one of the best-known arbitration lawyers and his practice combines expert witness and arbitrator appointments with regular roles as counsel on significant and high-profile cases, and he receives especially high praise for his expertise in oil and gas and construction disputes”. Legal 500 (2023) – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab – very prepared arbitrator; deep experience in international arbitration; very thoughtful in his comments; collegial; engaged; insightful and sharp questions”, “Mohamed Abdel Wahab: Highly respected, very experienced arbitrator, exhibiting highest standard of integrity and ethics”‘ and “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a very highly regarded professional and a leading international arbitrator. He has the quality of being knowledgeable in several system of laws: common law, civil law and sharia law”. Chambers and Partners (2023) – Dispute Resolution – client feedback says: “Mohamed is the crème de la crème in the field and someone who impresses with his unmatched mastery of complex legal issues across various legal systems and sectors.”, “He is always well prepared and doesn’t leave any stone unturned”, “It’s very impressive how he’s always on-point, engaged, and on top of things”, “He’s very much hands-on and anticipates the issues”, “He’s outstanding in every way”. Chambers & Partners Global (2022) says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab practice combines expert witness and arbitrator appointments with regular roles as counsel on significant and high-profile cases, and he receives especially high praise for his expertise in oil and gas and construction disputes. He is the perfect mix of legal expertise and strategic intuition, backed up by years of hard- earned experience and advocacy. He is very responsive. We feel comforted when a dispute is in his capable hands”, “He’s an impressive lawyer who is deeply knowledgeable. He has never steered us in the wrong direction”, “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is very highly respected for his international commercial and investment treaty practice. As an arbitrator, he frequently presides over disputes concerning construction, energy and infrastructure issues”, “Mohamed is a very well-known arbitrator who is very much involved in African work. He’s a very impressive guy”. Who’s Who Legal: Construction (2022) says: “Peers and clients say: “Mohamed is an all time great of construction arbitration” “Mohamed is a very smooth operator who makes arbitration process work very well” “He is seriously good”. Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2022) says: “His intellectual rigour and well-rounded experience make him a natural choice as an arbitrator”, “He is academically brilliant”, “One of the best minds on arbitration issues” and “Extremely impressive”. Chambers & Partners Global (2021) says “Peers regard Mohamed Abdel Wahab as “an absolute star in arbitration”, “He is very charismatic and engaging – the way he speaks shows the deep knowledge he has”, “He is always on top of the work and has an excellent knowledge of the market and the law”. Legal 500 (2021) says: ‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a brilliant practitioner who is at the top of the international arbitration field globally. His understanding of and experience in international arbitration are matched by few’; ‘Very knowledgeable, responsive, brilliant and accurate. Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a very strong litigator and legal strategist’; ‘one of the best litigators and arbitration experts I have met. He is extremely efficient, reliable and is able to go the extra mile, while being innovative and brilliant’; and ‘Importantly, he is one of the most hardworking individuals in the field. His working ethos and common sense approach to complex legal problems are outstanding’. Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2021) says: “Mohamed is knowledgeable and qualified with extensive experience in the field”, “He is at the top of the market”, “Outstanding engagement and pleasant to work with”, “He is a top-tier thought leader and in a league of his own” and “a very well-prepared and exceptional arbitrator”. Client Choice International (2020) by Lexology says: “Mohamed is an exceptional lawyer; he has extraordinary focus and an impressive knowledge of the law”, “Mohamed outshines his competitors; he is world-class. He is really an outstanding a very impartial and independent arbitrator”, “He is extremely efficient and reliable; he is one of the most brilliant legal brains of his generation”, and “He is very knowledgeable, extremely responsive, brilliantly outstanding and an excellent arbitrator and counsel”.