The Firm is proud to share that the “Pitfalls of the First Appointment” held in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, October 26 2023, sponsored by Zulficar & Partners Law Firm, as a premier international arbitration firm, was a great success and was widely praised by the international arbitration community. The Firm remains well positioned and duly committed, as a market leader, with its trailblazing and award-winning arbitration group led by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab C.Arb, FCIArb to integrity, professionalism and excellence in prosecuting arbitral proceedings and supporting the global development of the rule of law and international dispute resolution.
While sharing the spotlight with several international arbitration events held globally at the same time, Cairo’s hybrid event dedicated to the “Pitfalls of the First Appointment”, jointly organized by the The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and the Rising Arbitrators Initiative , held at CRCICA’s premises, with media coverage by THE LAW Magazine was in high demand for both, in person, and remote, attendance by a group of diverse, seasoned and early rising arbitration practitioners as well as students, from across the globe.
Following the insightful keynote speeches by Paula Hodges, KC and Prof Loukas Mistelis FCIArb, the participants enjoyed two interesting panels, where prominent speakers: [Panel 1] Dr. Ismail Selim; Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor; Dr Mahmood Hussain; and Sami Tannous; and [Panel 2] Youssef Al Saman; Sally Kotb FCIArb, Dr. Sally El Sawah, Natasha Shirazi, have transparently shared their own experience and tips for first appointments, and engaged in a dynamic discussion, before conducting an interactive Q&A.
