Mohamed Hafez

Counsel, CRCICA

Dr Mohamed Hafez, legal adviser to the director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), joined CRCICA after assuming the position of partner and head of arbitration at TMS Law Firm, based in Cairo, and before that as senior associate in the arbitration department at Zaki Hashem and Partners, also based in Cairo. With over a decade of arbitration-focused experience, Dr Hafez has represented clients in multiple number of arbitration cases before several reputable arbitral institutions and sat as arbitrator in several ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.

Dr Hafez is a fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and has several publications to his name. He has spoken at several conferences and webinars. Dr Hafez was among the winners of the maiden edition of Africa’s 50 Most Promising Young Arbitration Practitioners Award 2020.