Past Events

On 3 July 2022, the Egypt Branch organized jointly with CRCICA a seminar on “The Challenges of the Application of the Egyptian Act No 182/2018 Regulating the Contracts Concluded by Public Entities”, held at CRCICA (the seat of the Branch). The event consisted of a panel discussion of expert engineers and lawyers.  Expert engineers were Dr. Salwa Fawzy, Contracts Director, Atrium Project Management, and Dr. Waleed El Nemr, Contracts Director, Hill International (Africa) Ltd.  Expert lawyers were Mr. Hazim A. Rizkana, Managing Partner, Rizkana & Partners, and Mr. Girgis Abd El-Shahid, Managing Partner of Shahid Law Firm.  The panel discussion presented the engineering and legal views on some controversial issues which had arisen during the 4 years that followed the entry into force of the Act. Attendees, mostly engineers and lawyers, raised interesting questions and comments.  For more information about the Act, please click here https://www.cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=386352 For the Executive Regulations of the Act, please click here https://egyption-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/692_2019.pdf To watch the video of the seminar, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9ie9ifkxQ

In July 2022, Dr. Ismail Selim gave the Opening Speech of the International Hybrid Conference on “Human Rights Trafficking, Social Media & AI Regulation and Climate Justice” at the British University in Egypt.   The Conference was held in the frame of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, the 31st of its kind.  Dr. Selim highlighted the value of moot court competitions in light of global as well as African challenges.  The conference was attended by senators, judges and ambassadors from over 30 African countries.

On 16-17 June 2022, Dr. Selim delivered a Keynote Speech at the 11. Baltic Arbitration Days on Arbitration in Africa, Riga, Latvia.   Dr. Ismail focused on the history surrounding the introduction of Egypt’s 1994 Law on Arbitration and on arbitration's impact in the African Continent.  The event was attended by judges, lawyers, and scholars from the Baltic Region and beyond.

On 30-31 May 2022, CRCICA supported the Africa Construction Law Conference on “Construction Law in Africa: Turning Hindsight into Foresight”, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference examined trends and developments in construction law and the infrastructural challenges faced across English-speaking, Francophone, and Lusophone African jurisdictions covering the full financing, contracting and dispute resolution spectrum.

On 24 May 2022, the CIArb Egypt Branch organized jointly with the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration “CRCICA” (the seat of the Branch) the webinar to introduce Prof. Yannick Radi’s textbook titled “Rules and Practices of International Investment Law and Arbitration”.   The speaker was Prof. Yannick Radi, Professor of International Law at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and author of the textbook, the moderator was Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of CRCICA. Prof. Radi spoke about salient features of international investment law and arbitration, how to balance public and private interests, and the impact of such balance on treaty and arbitral practice. He also addressed the current ISDS reform proposals. Attendees raised many questions that led to interesting discussions following Prof. Radi’s presentation. The webinar was attended by 120 participants from 41 countries, namely Algeria, Austria, Burkina, Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom United States, and Zambia. To watch the video of the webinar, please click here: https://youtu.be/jl4OOU1Dbzo