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Meysan

 

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Organisation
Meysan
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
  • International Alternative Dispute Resolution
Profile Photo (Headshot or Logo)
Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Mr.
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Tarek Badawy
Gender
Male
Country
Egypt
Country of Birth
Switzerland
Nationalities
Egypt & Canada
Languages
Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Academic
  • Arbitrator
  • Counsel
  • Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
6-20
Number of Cases as Sole Arbitrator in international arbitration
6-20
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
1-5
Number of Cases as International Tribunal Chair
1-5
Number of cases as Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
  • 1-5
Areas of Speciality
  • Administrative & Constitutional
  • Agency
  • Competition
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Distribution / Franchising
  • Engineering
  • Entertainment & Media
  • Finance & Banking
  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
  • Hospitality & Leisure
  • Insurance
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Joint Venture
  • Public International Law
  • Real Estate
  • Sales & Purchases
  • Shipping & Commodities
  • Sport
  • Taxation
  • Technologies
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport
Other Speciality (Please Specify)
Aviation
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
Tarek is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association and is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) and a registered Legal Consultant in Dubai, UAE. He holds degrees in Political Science and Law from the American University in Cairo (BA), Cairo University (LLB), Essex University (LLM), and McGill University (BCL/JD),
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
CRCICA
DIAC
ICC
LCIA
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
MEYSAN (Egypt, UAE)
Managing Partner (Egypt/) - Partner (UAE)
Regional Head of Arbitration and Co-Head of Competition
1/2023-Present
Arbitration/Dispute Resolution/International Trade and Competition/TMT

Shahid Law Firm (Cairo, Egypt)
Partner (International Business and Dispute Resolution Groups)
Head of International Trade and Aviation, Shipping, and Transportation Teams
Co-Head of Africa Team
11/2013 - 12/2022
Arbitration/Dispute Resolution/International Trade and Competition/TMT

Baker McKenzie LLP (Toronto, Canada)
Associate (International Commercial, Technology, and Labor and Employment/Immigration Practice Groups)
05/2009 – 11/2013

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for the Middle-East and North Africa (Cairo, Egypt)
Legal Consultant
04/2010 - 08/2010

National Legal Expert (Consultant)
05/2008 - 01/2011Africa and Middle-East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) - Legal Aid Project (Cairo, Egypt)
Program Director
11/2003 - 04/2007
Biography
See Professional Experience section.
Legal Background
  • Civil Law
  • Common Law
  • European Law
  • International Law
  • Islamic Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
Egypt and Ontario (Canada)
Legal Consultant (Dubai, UAE)
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Agency/Distribution
  • Concessions
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Sale of Business
  • Share Purchase/Joint Venture
  • Shipbuilding
  • Tender Processes
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
Peer-reviewed Law Journals/Book Chapters
“Egypt Chapter”, Africa Guide Competition, Bowmans (with Salma Abdelaziz), March 2025
“Egypt Chapter”, International Arbitration, Lexology (14th and 15th ed) (with Ismail Lamie), August 2023 and June 2024
“Egypt Chapter”, Fintech, Lexology (7th ed) (with Salma Abdelaziz), April 2024
“Egypt Chapter”, Aviation Finance & Leasing, Getting the Deal Through, April 2022
“Egypt Chapter”, The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review (11th to 13th ed.) (with Salma Abdelaziz and Hoda El-Beheiry), Feb 2021, Jan 2022, and Jan 2023
“Egypt Chapter”, The Aviation Law Review (6th to 10th ed), Sept 2018 – Aug 2022
“Treading the Waters of Egyptian Commercial Agency Laws, and their Impact on Foreign-Based Tendering Investors” (2016) 2 Turkish Commercial Law Review 229 (with César Ternieden)
“Arbitrability and Choice of Law in Transfer of Technology Agreements Under Egyptian Law” (2017) 34(1) Journal of International Arbitration 55 (with César Ternieden and Counselor Sarwat Abd El-Shahid)
"Egyptian Citizenship Legislation, Private International Law, and their Impact on Individual Rights" (2014) 6 Middle East Law and Governance 272
“Canada Chapter”, Baker & McKenzie Global Mobility Handbook, 156 (2013) (with the Honorable Justice Alan Diner)
“The General Principles of Islamic Law as the Law Governing Investment Disputes in the Middle-East” (2012) 29(3) Journal of International Arbitration 255
“Employee Mobility in Europe and Canada”, (Fall 2010) 18(4) California International Law Journal 3 (with the Honorable Justice Alan Diner and Anikka Hammett)
“Towards a Contemporary View of Islamic Criminal Procedures: A Focus on the Testimony of Witnesses” (2009) 23(3) Arab Law Quarterly 269
“The Protection of Refugees between Obligations under Multilateral Conventions and Special Treaty Obligations: The Case of Egypt”, (2008) 16 African Yearbook of International Law 151

Blog Posts/Short Articles
The Egyptian Competition Authority Sharpens its Teeth in Light of Government Strategy; American Bar Association, International Antitrust Law Committee, (Fall 2023), (with Salma Abdelaziz)
The COMESA Appeals Board Upholds CAF’s Defence and Closes Investigations into Intermediation Agreement with Sportfive, Setting Precedent for Years to Come; Kluwer Competition Law Blog (with Ismail Lamie)
High-Tech in International Arbitration: The Risks; Paper presented at the African Arbitration Association 2nd Annual International Arbitration Conference, (15-16 April 2021)
The Al-Kharafi v. Libya award and the jurisdictional limits of Egyptian courts; African Arbitration Association Blog
Egypt and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Russian roulette effect of domestic laws; African Arbitration Association Blog
Egypt and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Russian roulette effect of domestic laws; African Arbitration Association Blog
Website Address
www.meysan.com



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