Ahmed, an associate in our London office, has extensive experience acting as counsel in complex, high-value international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across a wide range of sectors (including energy, finance, and construction) under all major arbitral rules.
Ahmed regularly publishes on commercial and international law matters. His recent publications include the monograph on Abuse of Rights in International Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2020).
He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, published by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Ahmed is an Officer of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Arab Regional Forum Committee and a Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Ahmed holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, an LLM from New York University, and an LLB from Cairo University. He is an Egyptian qualified lawyer and speaks English and Arabic.
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Arabic
Representing a consortium of oil and gas majors in a Stockholm-seated UNCITRAL arbitration against a Central Asian State relating to the division of profits and the recovery of costs
Representing an international energy company in a multibillion-dollar commercial arbitration arising out of a Middle Eastern State-owned company’s failure to supply gas
Representing an oil & gas major in an ad hoc arbitration relating to contractual claims against a South East Asian State under two concession agreements
Acting for a global financial institution in an LCIA arbitration arising from a Middle East joint venture dispute governed by New York law
Representing a group of investors in an UNCITRAL arbitration against a State in the MENA region arising under the Investment Agreement of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in relation to claims arising out of investments in the real estate sector
Representing a Ghanaian energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration in London against the government of Ghana arising out of an emergency power purchase agreement governed by Ghanaian law
Representing a leading Egyptian real estate and development company in a multibillion-dollar CRCICA arbitration against a Lebanese developer arising out of a real estate development agreement governed by Egyptian law
- PhD, Queen Mary University of London
- LL.M, New York University
- LL.B, Cairo University