Mohamed Raffa

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Job Title: Professor of Law

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Dr Mohamed Raffa is an accomplished national and international dispute resolution professional. He is prominently recognized and respected for his broad range of professional experience involving complex financial and banking international arbitration, oil & gas, telecommunications, travel and hospitality disputes involving cross border multi- jurisdictional and highly complex contractual transactions. He is also a distinguished academic member of economic and law faculties in the United States, UK and Middle East. Dr Raffa holds a PhD in Economics from Pittsburgh University and a second PhD in Arbitration Law from University of London. He is a sought-after speaker and frequent lecturer on complex financial and commercial disputes resolution.
Served as Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Chair of the Tribunal, Secretary to the Tribunal, and counsel in a number of cases under different institutional rules, including LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICC, PRIME Finance, and Ad-Hoc proceedings.
Dr. Raffa is the Chair of Private International Law at Raffa & Obeid. He lectures International Arbitration at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and European Branches; Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Court Member of the LCIA; Member of LCIA’s Arab Users’ Council; Court member of the CIMAC, IBA Arbitration Committee; Chartered Arbitrator and member of the Regional Education Committee of the CIArb’s; Member of AAA-ICDR International Advisory Committee; and Member of the SIAC African Users’ Council’s Committee.
Dr. Raffa served as ‘Sole Arbitrator’, ‘Presiding Arbitrator’, ‘Party Appointed Arbitrator’, and ‘Counsel’ in more than 172 cases involving parties from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the United States. He appeared in cases under the auspices of the AAA, AAA-BCDR, CRCICA, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, LMAA, SCC,SIAC, and UNCITRAL proceedings.