RECOGNITION

Recognition of Dr Hafez’s standing in international arbitration is reflected in his rankings in the leading law directories, his appointments to roles of trust within major arbitral institutions, and his membership on numerous institutional panels.

DIRECTORIES

He is listed as a Legal Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal: International Arbitration and Who’s Who Legal: Construction. WWL Arbitration describes him as “a leading name in international disputes who earns high praise as ‘the best arbitrator in Egypt.’”

Chambers Global says he is “known as the godfather of arbitration in Egypt” and is “consistently cited as one of Egypt’s most in-demand arbitrators,” regularly appointed in major commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. Chambers & Partners describes him as “brilliant … English-educated, very precise, knowledgeable, well-spoken and generally impressive.”

Legal 500 refers to him as “an arbitrator and counsel of international standard,” calling him “one of the most knowledgeable and skilled lawyers around,” “a very, very good lawyer,” and noting that he “has a ‘superlative’ reputation both as counsel and as arbitrator.” It adds: “[H]is grasp of the law and strategies is second to none — the outstanding arbitrator of the younger generation.”

The firm he founded was described by Legal 500 as “widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent arbitration practice in many sectors” and “the leading practice in arbitration across the Middle East.”

APPOINTMENTS

Dr Hafez is a past member of the London Court of International Arbitration, the Court of Sport Arbitration, and the Board of Trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, the Advisory Committee of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. He was also member of the IBA Task Force on Drafting International Arbitration Clauses and the UNCITRAL Working Group on the Revision of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He sits on the Editorial Board of the Global Arbitration Review.

PANELS

Dr Hafez appears on many institutional arbitration panels, including The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes; London Court of International Arbitration; International Chamber of Commerce; International Centre for Dispute Resolution; American Arbitration Association; Dubai International Arbitration Centre; Abu Dhabi Centre for Conciliation & Arbitration; Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre; Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre; and Shanghai International Arbitration Centre.