Anne K. Hoffmann is an internationally recognised arbitration practitioner with two decades of experience in international commercial and investment arbitration during which she acted in arbitrations seated around the globe and governed by a great variety of laws. She is dual qualified in both Germany and England & Wales and practiced at leading international law firms in London, Geneva and Dubai before focusing on her practice as an independent arbitrator.

To date, Anne has acted as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair in commercial arbitrations, both institutional under all major rules (including ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, DIFC-LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC and DIS) as well as ad hoc, including UNCITRAL. She has also been appointed in investment arbitration proceedings under the ICSID Rules.

Anne conducts arbitrations in English and German and has good knowledge of French and Russian. In addition to her membership in various arbitration organisations, Anne is on the panel of arbitrators of SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB and AIAC. She is also a member of the SIAC Users Council. 

Anne regularly speaks and publishes on topics of international arbitration. She has been recognized as a global leader arbitration in all editions of Who is Who Legal since 2014.

Anne is also a visiting lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin.

Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)

Secretary Treasurer of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)

Vice-President of the Egypt Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

ACADEMIC CAREER:

Dr Selim graduated from Cairo University in 1997 with an LL.B., where he also obtained an LL.M in International Business Law from the Institut du Droit des Affaires Internationales (I.D.A.I) in 1999. He then moved to France and earned his Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the National School of Administration (E.N.A), in 2001. He also earned a Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London in 2005. In 2007, he did an internship at the ICC Court of International Arbitration. In 2009, Dr. Selim earned his PhD with highest honours (mention “Très Honorable avec les Félicitations du Jury à l'Unanimité.”) from Burgundy University (Dijon - France). The title of the Thesis is “L’ordre public international in favorem arbitrandum” Etude de droit Comparé. The Thesis was published by Edition Universitaire Européenne.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Dr Selim started off his career as a Public Prosecutor in the Office of the Prosecutor General of Egypt, then a civil Judge, until he joined Zulficar & Partners Law Firm in 2009, as a leading member of its Arbitration Group and where he was promoted to Partner in 2013. Further, in May 2015, Dr Selim joined Nour and Selim in association with Al Tamimi and Company as Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Cairo. In parallel to his former judicial career, Dr Selim was seconded to the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration from 2003 until 2007 where he acted as Legal Advisor. Further, Dr Selim became a member of CRCICA Advisory Committee as of 1st May 2016. Dr. Selim is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). Moreover, Dr Selim teaches Private International Law at the IDAI in Cairo (Sorbonne University) since 2011 and has taught Arbitration Law and Private International Law in several Universities in Egypt. He also teaches Comparative International Arbitration Law at the Sorbonne University Middle East Laws LLM in Paris since beginning of 2018 and is a full approved tutor in CIArb Approved Faculty List (AFL) since April 2018.

He has been constantly appointed as Presiding arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator and has acted as a Counsel under various rules such as CRCICA, ICC, DIFC-LCIA, ADCCAC, UNCITRAL, CAS and Swiss Rules and in diverse fields including telecommunications, electricity, oil and gas, hospitality, construction, banking, shareholders disputes, advertisement, international sale of goods and media and entertainment. Dr. Selim provides Expert opinions on Egyptian and Libyan Laws in international proceedings. Dr Selim has published several articles in learned Egyptian and International journals and was a speaker in several national and international conferences, especially in the field of arbitration and investment. Dr. Selim has been recognized as a leading individual in legal 500 (2016). Dr. Selim is a certified mediator at London School of Mediation. Dr Selim speaks Arabic, French, and English fluently as well as basic Chinese.