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Youssef Al Saman

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution & Projects

Position

Partner – Dispute Resolution and Projects

Career

He specialises in dispute resolution with a focus on international arbitration, where he serves as an arbitrator, and appears as counsel, leading teams in prosecuting mega institutional and ad-hoc arbitral proceedings under different governing laws and procedural rules, as well as arbitration-related judicial proceedings. He is experienced also in preparing independent legal expert reports on laws of different countries in the MENA region.

He advises local, international, corporate, and government clients, from a wide range of sectors and industries, on the resolution and settlement of complex disputes, and major; projects, negotiations, international commercial transactions, contract drafting, cross-border litigation, government contracts, regulatory affairs, and other day-to-day legal matters.

Along with his experience on contentious work, he developed notable corporate expertise, whereby he advises clients on high-value corporate matters, cross-border commercial transactions, special and multi-contracts projects, and leads teams in conducting fully-fledged complex legal audit.

Languages

Arabic and English

Memberships

Member of the Egyptian Bar Association; Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb); Delegate (Egypt) to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution  (FAIADR); and Member (Institutional Liaison) of the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI).

Education

He obtained his license en droit (LLB Equivalent) from Cairo University – Egypt, English linguistic studies from the University of Cambridge – UK, Master of Laws (LL.M) in International and Comparative Law from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law – US, and Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London – UK.