Nada Hesham

Practice Areas

• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Investment Disputes
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
• Energy
• Anti-trust and Competition
• Maritime
• Construction
• Insurance
• Aviation
• Misdemeanors

Biography

Nada is a top-ranking graduate of Cairo University’s French Section and holds both a French and an Egyptian law degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Cairo University.

In her graduation year she was on the team that represented Egypt in the Willem C. Vis Moot in Vienna — the first and only Egyptian team to reach the final rounds. She later obtained a master’s degree with honors from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

She is a member of the Dispute Resolution Department. She has handled high-level international arbitration and domestic litigation in investment disputes, commercial disputes, agency and distribution, construction, anti-trust, hotels and tourism, insurance, aviation and financial claims. She has acted in treaty-based and commercial arbitrations before the PCA, CRCICA, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and DIFC-LCIA, and before national Egyptian courts.

Besides Egyptian law she has advised on Omani, Kuwaiti, UAE, French and Swiss law, and on labor, anti-trust, tax and general civil, tortious and commercial matters. She is currently involved in a number of domestic and international arbitrations.

Education

• 2016 — Master’s Degree in International Business Law, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
• 2015 — LL.B., Cairo University.
• 2014 — Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Memberships

• Member of the Egyptian Bar Association.

Languages

Arabic, English and French.