Fatma Salah

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Dr. Fatma Salah

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Education

2009                Ph.D, Cairo University School of Law.

Doctoral thesis titled “The Role of Judiciary in International Commercial Arbitration, Comparative Study between Egyptian Arbitration Law and the US Federal Arbitration Act”.

2008                Master of Laws (LL.M), George Washington Law School, DC, USA.

2007               Visiting Scholar, George Washington Law School, DC, USA.

2001-2003       Master of Laws, Cairo University School of Law.

• Postgraduate Diploma in Private Law and Postgraduate Diploma in Judicial Sciences. The two Diplomas are equivalent to Masters of Law.

1998/2001       Bachelor of Laws, Cairo University School of Law – English Section.

• LL.B – Cairo University School of Law (Anglo-American Law Department) with a grade of very good with honor, and ranked the 2^nd on 2001 Class.

Academic Occupation

Associate Professor at Cairo University Faculty of Law.

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  Joined Cairo University Faculty of Law (the Department of Civil and Commercial Procedure Law) in 2001.

• Lecturing in Civil Commercial Procedures Law, Evidence Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and Legal Drafting.

Work Experience

Partner at Riad & Riad Law Firm

Dr. Fatma has more than 15 years working experience in corporate law, M&A, project finance, energy, oil & gas, cross-border transactions, and dispute resolution.

She represents local and international corporations and financial institutions from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as well as governmental entities. She also provides legal advices and represents clients in high profile litigation and international arbitration in a broad spectrum of business sectors.

Publications

Published several articles in learned regional and international journals, amongst them:

• Suez Canal Special Economic Zone – A legal Framework, Riad & Riad Legal Articles, 2016.
• Electricity and Renewable Energy Regulations in Egypt, Riad & Riad Legal Articles, 2016. 
• Egypt: New Investment Law – ADR for Investor-State Disputes, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 14 April 2015.
• Extension of Petroleum Arbitration Agreements to Non-signatories in Egypt, Journal of International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, vol. (30), Issue 1, 2013, pp. 71–79.
• Egyptian Evidence Law from a Procedural Perspective, Darul Nahda El-Arabeya, 2012 (Egypt).
• The Role of National Courts in Arbitration from a Comparative Perspective”, Darul Nahda El-Arabeya, 2010 (Egypt).
• New Decree Organizing Deposit of Arbitral Awards: A Stab In the Back of Arbitration In Egypt, International Arbitration Law Review, Issue 6, 2009.
• Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: A Comparative Study of Egyptian Arbitration law and the U.S.A. Arbitration Act, Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Arbitration, Issue 12(2).

Languages:

• Arabic (mother tongue)
• English (fluent).
  

Memberships

• Egyptian Bar Association since 2001.
• Egyptian Association for International Law.
• Egyptian Association for Civil Procedures Law and Judicial Sciences.
• International Bar Association.
• London Court of International Arbitration.
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
• The Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
• George Washington Law Alumni Association.

(Last updated: Tue, 2016-08-30 13:00)