The webinar which was titled, “The International Protection of Foreign Investors between Contract and Treaty” gave a quick guide to the mechanisms that exist to protect foreign investors and looks at how investment disputes are settled.

Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of the CRCICA, Secretary Treasurer of the IFCAI and Board Member of the AfAA,  delivered a speech on “ICSID’s Convention- Article 26” and its effect on parallel proceedings.

Dr. Selim was joined by the distinguished speakers, Ms. Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Dr. Dirk Pulkowski (Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration); Dr. Gabriele Ruscalla, Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Greater Paris Metropolitan Region; Mr. Alexis Mourre (President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration); and Gabriele Ruscalla (ICC Counsel). Moreover, the webinar was moderated by Ms. Anna De Luca, an International Economic Law Scholar and Practitioner specialized in International Investment Law & Arbitration, and EU law.

To watch the full webinar please visit:https://www.facebook.com/crcica/videos/165777818365182/

On 13 January 2021, the CIArb Egypt Branch jointly with CRCICA organized the webinar titled “Withdrawal of a Court of Cassation Decision: an Exception on Res Judicata”. The Webinar was delivered by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hossam Loutfi, Professor of Civil Law and former Chair of Civil Law Department at the Faculty of Law, Bani-Suef University, Chair of UNESCO of Copyright and Neighboring Rights and Attorney-at-law. It was moderated by Ambassador Mohamed Moustafa Kamal, Former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Attorney- at – law, MCIArb & Member the Committee of the CIArb Egypt Branch. The webinar discussed the exceptional cases where decisions of the Court of Cassation in civil matters may be withdrawn under Egyptian law in civil cases, in light of the res judicata principle.

The webinar was attended by participants representing various professional backgrounds from Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bahrain, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ghana, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yemen, and Zimbabwe

In continuation of the success of the Tag Time Series, CRCICA sponsored their Third Season. TagTime Series is a live webinar series featuring leading counsel, arbitrators and academics in discussion of substantive issues in international arbitration. Discussions were followed by a Q&A with the audience and concluded with the guest speaker tagging the next guest.

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On 30 January 2020, the CIArb Egypt Branch jointly with CRCICA organized a seminar titled “The Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Arbitration: Cybersecurity, Blockchain & Smart Contracts and Artificial Intelligence” at CRCICA’s auditorium

The speaker was Mr. Brandon J Malone, LLM FCIArb FRICS, Solicitor Advocate, Brandon Malone & Company, Chairman, Scottish Arbitration Centre, Associate Member of Chambers at Quadrant Chambers, London and a Senior Legal Consultant with HFI Consulting and Legal Services with offices in Aberdeen and Dubai. The event was moderated by Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Founding Partner & Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Oil & Gas, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm, Chair, Private International Law and Professor of Dispute Resolution, Cairo University, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Member of the CRCICA Advisory Committee. The speech focused on three aspects of technological change; namely cybersecurity, blockchain & smart contracts, and artificial intelligence that have the potential to disrupt international arbitration.

Attendees were lawyers, construction attorneys, engineers, members of the judiciary, and students from Egypt and Japan.

On 14 January 2020, CRCICA organized a seminar on “The development of International Law and Investment Arbitration in a New Era”, at CRCICA’s auditorium. The speaker was Ms. Annette Magnusson, Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and General Counsel of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Her speech focused on the role of international law and investment arbitration in light of globalization, climate change and digitalization.

Ms. Magnusson also addressed the relevance of the driving forces of change under three main topics: the changing demands on lawyers and international dispute resolution in an age of globalization; the potential use of international investment law, including investment arbitration, to address climate change; and how digitalization and a hyper-connected world offer new tools to develop international law. Frequent reference was made to the Stockholm Treaty Lab, a crowdsourcing competition initiated by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce that challenged many teams to design an international policy encouraging investments which meet the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. Ms. Magnusson commented:

“In an environment governed by globalization, the manner in which frameworks for international arbitration develops – be it on regional, national or international level – must be responsive, attentive and open to change. This is to enable international arbitration to continue to be that oil in the machinery for international trade, economic development and – ultimately – peace.”

Ms. Annette Magnusson

Participants represented the Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority, Egyptian General Investment Authority (GAFI), and members of law firms from Egypt, Germany, Ireland, and Yemen.