Professor Dr Mohamed S Abdel Wahab is a professor of international arbitration, private international law and English contract law at Cairo University; a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Governing Board; chair of the International Expert Advisory Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law, China; vice chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; global vice president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); president elect of the CIArb (2025); co-chair of the International Bar Association Arab Regional Forum; vice chair of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Advisory Committee; a member of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre Advisory Board; a member of the CIArb board of trustees; a court member of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre; a member of the Court at the Permanent Court of Arbitration; a member of the International Academy for Construction Lawyers; and dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy.
Prof Dr Abdel Wahab has successfully negotiated, reviewed and drafted numerous construction contracts for both contractors and employers, and has handled high-value complex construction disputes and claims involving multiple parties in both ad hoc and institutional contexts. His expertise spans disputes involving multiple and cross claims, variation orders, concurrent delays, times extensions, liquidated damages, defects and completion certificates, force majeure, hardship, warranties, financing, insurance and security. He has taught construction law and practice courses, and conducted training sessions on FIDIC forms of contracts and disputes arising thereunder.
Prof Dr Abdel Wahab has also served as counsel, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in high-value construction disputes. He chairs arbitral tribunals in high-value and complex construction arbitration proceedings in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Prof Dr Abdel Wahab is highly regarded by leading rankings publications, such as Chambers and Partners (Most in Demand Arbitrators, 2023) and Who’s Who Legal (Construction: 2019, 2020, 2022).
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