Chair of Private International Law and Professor of International Arbitration (Cairo University); Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Member of the ICCA Governing Board; Vice-Chair, ISDS Academic Forum; Member of the MIAC Advisory Board; Vice-Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum; CIMAC Court Member; Member of the CRCICA Advisory Committee; Member of the CIArb’s Board of Trustees; Dean of Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the ICODR’s Governing Board.

Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab served as ‘Arbitrator’, ‘Counsel’ and ‘Legal Expert’ in more than 190 cases involving African, Asian, Canadian, European, Middle Eastern and US parties. He features in I-ARB AFRICA’s 100 leading African practitioners, was selected the African Personality by Africa Arbitration in June 2018, and by the LACIAC in May 2019. He received the LAW Magazine 2017 Best Legal Practitioner Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award and the 2020 Client Choice International Award.  The Legal500 (2019) states he is ‘one of the best in the world’. WWL: Arbitration (2019) says he is “a leader in the space” and “a very well-prepared, exceptional arbitrator”. WWL: Construction (2019) says he is “a leading heavyweight construction law specialist whose analytical skills are second to none”