Effective Advocacy Skills for Arbitration Practitioners | The Cairo Regional Center For International Commercial Arbitration

This course is a uniquely balanced combination of lectures and practice. Lectures will include expert aspects of Effective Advocacy Skills for Arbitration Practitioners (advocacy and tips and tricks, persuasive opening and closing submissions, effective cross-examination of fact witnesses as well as experts, and strategies for examination in chief and re-examination).

In the practical sessions, participants will be divided into groups and will then partake in mock opening to be followed by mock witness cross-examination.

The course provides an opportunity to gain professional platform for practitioners who aspire to master advocacy skills in arbitration.

Agenda

9:00 am: Registration

9:30 am:
Welcome address

9:45 am:
Key note speaker

10:15 am:
General introduction to advocacy and tips and tricks

11:00 am: Coffee break

11:30 am:
Persuasive opening and closing submissions

12:00 noon:
Effective cross-examination of fact witnesses and experts

12:30 :
Strategies for examination in chief and re- examination

1:00 pm: Lunch

2:30 pm:
Group sessions(claimant and respondent opening submissions and C and R witness cross) followed by coffee break

4:00 pm:
Mock opening (max 10 minutes each side) and comments

5:00 pm:
Mock witness cross-examination (max 10 minutes each side) and comments

6:00 pm: End of Course

12 December 2017

9:00am to 6:00pm

VENUE:

Dr. Mohamed Aboul-Enein Hearing Room

1 Al-Saleh Ayoub St.

11211 Zamalek,
Cairo, Egypt

Language:

The course will be in English.

Participation Fees:

2,500 L.E

Registration link

Tutors

Amani Khalifa

Amani Khalifa is a full-time arbitration practitioner. As counsel, she spends a significant portion of her time prosecuting and defending building and engineering claims as well has handling cases involving maritime, foreign investment and oil and gas claims. She also frequently sits as arbitrator.

Amani has significant experience of numerous institutional rules, including the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

Amani is a CEDR accredited mediator and she regularly leads graduate seminars in ADR.

Amani is an officer of the International Bar Association’s Arab Regional Forum, a former Middle East Representative of the ICC’s Young Arbitration Forum and a member of the International Bar Association Arbitration 40 Steering Committee.

Amani read law at Downing College, Cambridge. She is qualified to practice in Egypt, England and Wales and New York State.

Amani is fluent in Arabic and in English, and has a working knowledge of French.

Antonia Birt

Antonia is a senior associate in the international arbitration group of Freshfields, based in Dubai, and has been in the region for 7 years.

She previously trained with Freshfields London and is admitted as a solicitor of England and Wales.

Antonia has acted as counsel and advocate in commercial and construction arbitrations under the LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, DIAC and UNCITRAL Rules representing state, national and multi-national clients in matters with a focus on projects, oil and gas, energy, construction, and engineering industry sectors.

Antonia has acted as sole arbitrator in DIAC arbitration proceedings. Antonia is the Young ICCA events coordinator.

Participation Fees

2,500 L.E

Method of Payment

Cash payment
Direct bank transfer to Account No.:

EGP 62 - 20310212421 - 82 (SWIFT CODE: QNBAEGCX),
QNB ALAHLI Bank, Al Kamel Mohamed Branch, Zamalek, Cairo.

In case of direct bank transfer, please make sure that the bank transfer expenses are not deducted from the total transferred amount and we will much appreciate providing the CIArb Cairo Branch with a copy of the bank transfer order to check with our Bank and confirm receiving to you later.