Region: Egypt
Kuwaiti investors seek to revive Egyptian mega-claim
A group of Kuwaiti investors and Egypt have both applied to partially annul an ICSID award that dismissed the bulk of a multibillion-dollar investment treaty claim over a cancelled project to build a city south of Cairo.
06 February 2025
Saudi investors pursue another treaty claim against Egypt
A Saudi family has lodged a further investment treaty claim against Egypt over its real estate investments as an earlier case worth US$22 billion continues.
06 January 2025
Cement investor challenges entire panel in dispute with Egypt
A German cement company pursuing an ICSID claim against Egypt over alleged state interference in its trade has applied to disqualify all three members of the tribunal.
28 November 2024
Al Jazeera withdraws ICSID claim against Egypt
Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera has quietly settled a US$150 million ICSID claim that it lodged against Egypt eight years ago over a crackdown on its local operations.
27 November 2024
Former Egyptian foreign minister to chair CRCICA board
The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration has appointed Egypt's former minister of foreign affairs Nabil Fahmy as chair of its board of trustees following the death of Nabil Elaraby, who previously held the role.
26 November 2024
Jordanian businessman brings another ICSID claim against Egypt
A Jordanian investor is set to file an ICSID claim against Egypt over a project to build a gas terminal along the Suez Canal – having brought three earlier cases against the state that were settled.
22 November 2024
GBS Disputes launches in Cairo and Abu Dhabi
Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes has launched two new offices in Cairo and Abu Dhabi, where international arbitrations will be handled by a mix of dual-qualified Arabic-speaking associates and common law-trained lawyers.
05 November 2024
Egypt defeats bulk of multibillion real estate claim
Egypt says an ICSID tribunal has ordered it to pay only a small fraction of the US$8 billion sought by a group of Kuwaiti claimants over a cancelled project to build a new city south of Cairo.
24 September 2024
Nabil Elaraby 1935-2024
Nabil Elaraby, who has died aged 89, was a diplomat, judge, arbitrator and director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, who went on to become a champion of the Arab Spring and secretary general of the Arab League.
13 September 2024