Tarek Badawy

Practice Areas

• Anti-corruption

• Arbitration

• Competition and Compliance

• Corporate/Commercial

• Dispute Resolution

• Aviation and Transportation

• Energy, Oil & Gas

• Insurance and Financial Services

• Pharmaceuticals

• Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

Career

Tarek Badawy is a partner with Meysan and the Managing Partner of our Cairo Office. He specializes in international disputes, regulatory and government affairs and represents clients in trade, competition, commercial, media, and investment disputes before international tribunals and commissions, as well as Egyptian courts and administrative authorities. He also sits as an arbitrator under various institutional rules (e.g., ICC, DIAC, CRCICA) and in ad hoc proceedings, and regularly serves as an expert witness before courts and international tribunals.

Tarek also represents some of the leading players in the TMT sector and has acted as counsel for sports associations and marketing agencies before the COMESA Competition Commission in all investigations involving the sponsorship and broadcasting of sports events within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Leading legal directories consistently rank him as a leading practitioner of arbitration, TMT, and blockchain.

Professional Memberships

Tarek is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association and is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (non-practicing).

Publications

Peer-reviewed Law Journals/Book Chapters

“Egypt Chapter”, Aviation Finance & Leasing, Getting the Deal Through, April 2022.

“Egypt Chapter”, The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review (11th and 12th ed.) (with Salma Abdelaziz and Hoda El-Beheiry), Feb 2021 and Jan 2022

“Egypt Chapter”, The Aviation Law Review (6th to 10th ed), Sept 2018 – Aug 2022.

“Treading the Waters of Egyptian Commercial Agency Laws, and their Impact on Foreign-Based Tendering Investors” (2016) 2 Turkish Commercial Law Review 229 (with César Ternieden)

“Arbitrability and Choice of Law in Transfer of Technology Agreements Under Egyptian Law” (2017) 34(1) Journal of International Arbitration 55 (with César Ternieden and Counselor Sarwat Abd El-Shahid)

"Egyptian Citizenship Legislation, Private International Law, and their Impact on Individual Rights" (2014) 6 Middle East Law and Governance 272

“Canada Chapter” Baker & McKenzie Global Mobility Handbook 156 (2013) (with the Honorable Justice Alan Diner)

“The General Principles of Islamic Law as the Law Governing Investment Disputes in the Middle-East” (2012) 29(3) Journal of International Arbitration 255

“Employee Mobility in Europe and Canada”, (Fall 2010) 18(4) California International Law Journal 3 (with the Honorable Justice Alan Diner and Anikka Hammett)

“Towards a Contemporary View of Islamic Criminal Procedures: A Focus on the Testimony of Witnesses” (2009) 23(3) Arab Law Quarterly 269

“The Protection of Refugees between Obligations under Multilateral Conventions and Special Treaty Obligations: The Case of Egypt”, (2008) 16 African Yearbook of International Law 151

Blog Posts/Short Articles

On cybercrimes and administrative sanctions: Egypt’s highest court compels governmental authorities to rely on digital evidence before imposing administrative sanctions on civil servants for their misuse of social media; Lexology (with Hoda El-Beheiry)

High-Tech in International Arbitration; African Arbitration Association Blog

The Egyptian Competition Authority Opposes Major Healthcare Acquisition; Lexology (with Hoda El-Beheiry)

On Corruption and Human Rights: The CJEU Lifts the Sanctions Imposed on Former Egyptian President and His Family; Lexology (with Hoda El-Beheiry)

The Al-Kharafi v. Libya award and the jurisdictional limits of Egyptian courts; African Arbitration Association Blog

Egypt and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Russian roulette effect of domestic laws; African Arbitration Association Blog

Egypt: Hopeful Haven for Investment in Airlines; Law Today,18-19 (Q2 2018)

Egypt Section; Eversheds Global Sanctions Guide (2017-2021)

The Future of the Resolution of Sports Disputes in Light of Local Constitutional Limitations; Kluwer Arbitration Blog

In Egypt, Broadcasting Football is a Question of Sovereignty … for Now!; Asser Institute International Sports Law Blog (with Inji Fathalla and Nadim Magdy)

Egypt’s Special Investment Law and the Suez Canal Special Economic Zone: A Positive Prospect for Future Investment; Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Blog

Work Highlights

Tarek's work highlights include successfully defending the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in a precedent-setting investigation before the COMESA Competition Appeals Board; and in an ICC Emergency Arbitration under Swiss law concerning the alleged unlawful termination of a one-billion-dollar sports broadcasting and marketing contract. He also acted for a European sports marketing company before the COMESA Competition Commission with respect to its alleged breach of COMESA Competition Regulations following its execution of a multi-million-dollar sports broadcasting contract with a European-based international sports association.

Additionally, Tarek represented media and pharmaceutical companies before the Egyptian Competition Authority in the context of investigations for breaches of the civil and penal provisions of the Egyptian Competition Act.

Acted for National Petroleum Limited, commonly known as Petronas, in a regulatory filing before the Egyptian Competition Authority.

Represented a global investment firm focused on private equity, infrastructure, real estate asset management, and energy, in a regulatory filing before the Egyptian Competition Authority .

His work highlights also include acting for Eni S.p.A. in a regulatory filing before the Egyptian Competition Authority concerning the global acquisition of Neptune Energy Group Limited. He also represented an oil and gas company in regulatory filings related to the acquisition of a renewable energy company. Tarek advised various pharmaceutical and cement companies in investigations by the Egyptian Competition Authority and provided counsel to international shipping and pharmaceutical companies on issues of abuse of dominant position and cartel provisions under Egyptian competition law. Additionally, he acted for a spirits producer in relation to competition-related regulatory filings and licensing matters in Egypt.

Languages Spoken

English, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Portuguese