Tarek Riad - Legal Consultants and Attorneys at Law
Egypt
About
The firm: Kosheri, Rashed & Riad – Legal Consultants & Attorneys at Law “KRR” is one of the leading middle eastern law firms in the region, practicing in the field of dispute resolution, more specifically international arbitration. Founded by three eminent figures in arbitration, Dr. Tarek Riad, the late Dr. Ahmed Kosheri, and the late Dr. Samia Rashed, the firm has consistently advocated for arbitration as a preferred mechanism for dispute resolution, steering clients away from prolonged litigation processes
Areas of practice: KRR is very active in the field of Arbitration, considered as a top tier law firm in Egypt on this aspect. The partners of KRR had acted, as still act as chairman of arbitral tribunals, co-arbitrators, counsels and experts on Egyptian Law in numerous arbitration cases before ICSID, ICC, Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration “CRCICA”, Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre.
KRR has a remarkable expertise in the field of Corporate, Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and has assisted numerous clients in handling high-profile transactions with an extensive range of unparalleled services and innovative solutions.
KRR advised several offshore companies on legal matters that relate to intellectual property and franchise implementation.
Among KRR's Clients: Caterpillar, Four Seasons, BP, TUI, J-power Systems, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Lockheed Martin, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Time Warner, Samsung, Siemens, Egyptian Tanker Company (ETC), etc. Additionally, it has represented various Italian clients such as SAGA Italia, CMA/CGM Egypt, Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisi (CMC), Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A, Danielli, Itelferr, UNICREDIT, InterIKEA, LVMH, Karsten Group, Goppion S.p.A, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Arab Monetary Fund, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Mashreq Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of America (London Branch) and Misr America International Bank.
The firm was chosen by Chambers & Partners as Leading Firm in Dispute Resolution Band 1 in 2018; chosen by Global Law Experts as Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year 2022 in Egypt and as Arbitration Law Firm of the Year 2022 in Egypt; chosen by Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa as Tier 2 Firm in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration 2022; chosen by Global 100 as Egyptian Arbitration Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2019, and as Law Firm of the Year 2019 – Dispute Resolution in Egypt; Dr Riad is chosen by Chambers & Partners as most in demand arbitrators – Band 1 in 2022; chosen by M&A International Global – Legal Awards as Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2017; chosen by Global Leading Lawyers as Construction Law Law Firm of the Year 2017; chosen by Global 100 as Commercial Law Firm of the Year in Egypt in 2015.
Languages
- Arabic
- English
- French
Memberships
- Member of the Egyptian Government Companies Law Legislative Committee presided by the Minister of Economy (1997 - 2000).
- Member of the Egyptian Government Committee in charge of reforming the legal regime of the Capital Market Committee presided by the Minister of Economy (1998-2000).
- Member of the Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (2013 to 2019).
- Member of ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (from 2017 up to date) and designated member of ICSID Panel of Conciliators (from 2018 up to date).
- Member of The Supreme Arbitration Council of the UAB Mediation and Arbitration Center, established by the Union of Arab Banks
- Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).
- Member of the Legislative Committee responsible for amending the Investment Law (2003).
- Member of the Legislative Committee responsible for amending the Companies Law (2003).
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Arab Regional Forum of the International Bar Association (2007 to 2010)
- Member of the Scientific Council of the ICC World Business Law Institute (2005 to 2021).
- Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) (2012 to present).
- Member of the Consultative Council responsible for preparing drafts laws for the Egyptian Council of Ministries until June 2012.
- Member of the Emeritus Council of the ICC Institute (2021 up to date).
Staffing Figures
- 13 Number of lawyers