Dr. Tarek Fouad A. Riad

Admitted to Bar, 1980, Egypt; 1985, New York.

Education and Professional Activities

  • Cairo University (LL.B., 1980);

  • Harvard University Law School (LL.M., 1982; S.J.D., 1985).

  • Member of Council of State , 1981.

  • Lecturer in Private International Law, Cairo University Law School, Beni Suef Branch, 1982 - 1988;

  • Associate, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York), 1983 - 1984.

  • Special Legal Counsel to the Speaker of the Egyptian People #39 Assembly (1994 - 2000).

  • Member of the Egyptian Government Legislative Committee of the Ministry of Economy (1997-2000).

  • Member of the Ministry of Economy #39 Egyptian Government Committee in charge of reforming the legal regime of the Capital Market (1997-2000);

  • Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre René-Jean Dupuy pour le Droit et le Développement of Senghor University (Université Internationale de Langue Française au Service du Développement Africain, Alexandria - Egypt (1999 - 2003);

  • Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrations (London). Registered as Arbitrator and Panelist in the special Roster of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization. Member of a legislative Committee of the Ministry of Justice responsible for amending the Investment Law (2003).

  • Member of the Economic Committee of the Supreme Policy Council and Chairman of the two subcommittees responsible for drafting the Companies Law and the 3 Economic Courts Law (2002-2006).

  • Member of the Scientific Council of the ICC World Business Law Institution (2005 to present).

  • Professor of Commercial and Business Law and head of the Business Law Department at the German University in Cairo (2003 to present).

  • Member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (2012 to 2019).

  • Designated member of ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (from 2017 up to date) and designated member of ICSID Panel of Conciliators (from 2018 up to date).

  • Member of The Supreme Arbitration Council of the UAB Mediation and Arbitration Center, established by the Union of Arab Banks, an organization that is established by the Arab League (from March 2023 up to date).

  • Member of BICAM’s Panel of Arbitrators for the period between (17 July 2023 to 16 July 2026).

  • Managing Partner, at Tarek Riad and Partners (1990 to present).

Memberships

The Bar Association of Egypt; American Bar Association; American Arbitration Association; American Society of International Law; Egyptian Society of International Law; The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).

Languages

Arabic, English and French.

 
 
 
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