Tarek Fouad A Riad

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Corporate Law

International Law

Commercial law

Banking & Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

Oil & Gas

Labor Law

Construction

Tax

Career

Professor Dr. Tarek Fouad Riad is the Managing Partner of Tarek Riad & Partners – Legal Consultants & Attorneys at Law, successor of Kosheri, Rashed & Riad Law Firm.

Professor Dr. Riad has an LLB (1980) from Cairo Law School in addition to an LLM (1982) and SJD (1985) from Harvard Law School. Professor Riad speaks Arabic, English and French.

Professor Dr. Riad has been a member of the Egyptian Bar since 1980 and a member of New York Bar since 1985.

Professor Dr. Riad was the chairman of the executive committee and member of the board of trustees of DIAC of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (2013 to 2019), alternate member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2012 to 2018), and a member of the scientific council of the ICC World Business Law Institute (2005 to 2021) and is currently a member of the Emeritus Council of the ICC Institute. Professor Riad is also a designated member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators and conciliators, member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and member of International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrations (London) and registered as Arbitrator and Panelist in the Special Roster of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the WTO.

Professor Dr. Riad was lecturer of private international law at Cairo university Benisueif branch law school (1986 – 1988). Dr. Riad was member of Egyptian council of state (1981 to 1985). He is also professor and the head of the business and commercial law department at the German University in Cairo.

Professor Dr. Riad has acted as counsel, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and chairman in numerous commercial arbitration proceedings under the rules of - inter alia - ICC, DIAC, CRCICA, ADCCAC, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution and UNCITRAL.

Professor Dr. Riad has acted as counsel for a number of multinational corporations such as Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, Four Seasons, Philips, Colgate Palmolive, Siemens and AT & T.

Professor Dr. Riad has been appointed as expert on Egyptian law in numerous arbitrations such as ICC Case 18113/ND and in front of foreign courts such as the Commercial Court in London (Queen Bench division) as well as giving expert in front of US courts including United States District Court Central District of California- Eastern Division, United States District Court – Southern District of New York, and United States District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle, and UK and Jersey courts including the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench divisions, Commercial Court.

Professor Dr. Riad was the chairman of two subcommittees responsible for drafting the companies’ laws and the economic courts law at the economic committee of the Egyptian Supreme Policy Council. In May 2011 until June 2012. Prof. Riad was appointed as a member of the Consultative Council responsible for preparing drafts laws for the Egyptian Council of Ministries.

Professor Riad has written numerous publications including two books entitled The Applicable Law in Transnational Arbitration and Egyptian Companies Law, in addition to many articles about arbitration and the legal aspects of doing business in Egypt.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Egyptian Bar, 1980

Member of New York Bar, 1985