Dr. Mohamed Hafez is Special Counsel at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. He is a highly regarded arbitration practitioner, with over 20 years of experience gained from his time working at leading arbitration institutions across the Middle East and Africa. Prior to that, he acted as counsel in international disputes across a wide range of industries and sectors and has represented clients in international arbitrations under all the major institutional rules, seated in various jurisdictions. Dr Hafez has also served as an arbitrator and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He is a regular speaker at numerous conferences and events and has several publications to his name. He holds an LL.B. from Cairo University, an LL.M. from Queen Mary University of London, and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Basel, Switzerland.