The CRCICA organized jointly with the Ciarb Egypt Branch a new round of the Training Course on Comparative Commercial Arbitration: Theory and Practice (CCATP) during 30 April – 6 May 2023. The CCATP course is equivalent to the Ciarb Module (I) on International Arbitration and qualifies successful candidates to apply for the membership of the Ciarb.
The course programme covered the most important issues in international arbitration and ADR: overview of ADR mechanisms, arbitration agreements, arbitral tribunals, arbitral proceedings, arbitral awards and post-awards remedies.
The course was tutored by Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Professor of International Arbitration Private International Law and English Contract Law at Cairo University, Founding Partner & Head of the International Arbitration, Construction, Oil & Gas and Projects Groups, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm; Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Attorney at Law, Partner and Head of the International Arbitration Group at Abdel Raouf Law Firm, Associate Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of the CRCICA, Chair of the Ciarb Egypt Branch, Lecturer at Pantheon Sorbonne University Paris (Cairo Branch), and Dr. Dalia Hussein, Deputy Director of the CRCICA, Vice-Chair and Honorary Secretary of the Ciarb Egypt Branch, Lecturer of Commercial and Maritime Law at the Faculty of Law Zagazig University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the American University in Cairo.
Reference texts comprised an unprecedented collection of documents including the most recent institutional rules, model and national laws, guidelines and code of ethics. It also included comparative state court decisions from the most pertinent jurisdictions, and a large number of analytical articles by renowned scholars and expert commentaries.
The examination included various questions and a complex mock case carefully prepared based on CRCICA’s accumulative experience over 40 years in the administration of arbitration cases. The course was attended by 45 candidates from Algeria, Austria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.