Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf, born Cairo, Egypt, 1971, admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 1992.

Education: 1995-1999 Ph.D. in International Business law (with the distinction Très Honorable avec les félicitations du jury), Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences, University of Montpellier I, France. Topic of thesis: «The International Arbitrator and State Contracts»; 1994-1995 Diploma, DEA en Droit des Contrats d'Affaires, Montpellier Business Law School, Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences, University of Montpellier I, France; 1992-1994 Master’s degree in International Business Law (LL.M), Institute of International Business Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University; 1987-1991 LL.B. Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University.

Professional Experience: 2011- Present, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA); 2008-2011 Deputy Director, CRCICA; 2005-2008 Secretary General, CRCICA; 2004-Present Lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration at the Arbitration Center of the Faculty of Law of Ain Shams University (CAFLAU); 2001-2005 Independent Legal Consultant, CRCICA; 1999–2008, Senior Partner, Abdel Raouf Law Firm; 1999-Present Lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration at the Institute of International Business Law (IDAI), Faculty of Law, Cairo University and Paris I Sorbonne; 1995-1999 Lawyer, Partner, Abdel Raouf Law Firm.

Member: Egyptian Bar Association; Egyptian Society of International Law; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London; Editorial Board of the Journal of Arab Arbitration issued by the Arab Union of International Arbitration; CEDR Accredited Mediator, Elected Officer in the Council of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI); Arbitrator listed in the Panel of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); one of the founders of the Egyptian Arbitration Forum (EAF).

Languages: Arabic, English and French.

Practice Areas: International Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Law, International Business Law, State Contracts and Investment Agreements.