Muhammad Ussama

With around 15 years of experience as an Egyptian judge, lawyer, and arbitrator, Muhammad offers high-quality, goal-oriented legal assistance to clients in Egypt, the GCC area, and beyond.

Muhammad is a former Judge with the Egyptian State Council (the Egyptian Administrative Judiciary), and a Disputes Partner with Shalakany Law Office. In addition to his role as counsel, Muhammad also receives and accepts appointments as an arbitrator and has, in the past, acted as a Sole Arbitrator, Chairperson, and Co-Arbitrator in various international commercial arbitrations.

Muhammad’s practice focuses on dispute resolution (mainly arbitration, litigation, settlement-related, and advisory work in relation to potentially contentious matters) and he is currently engaged in numerous matters in different capacities (i.e., counsel, arbitrator and expert on matters of Egyptian law).

Muhammad acted as counsel in a number of investor-State arbitrations (ICSID and non-ICSID), as well as international commercial and domestic arbitrations with reputable arbitration institutions (such as the ICC, DIFC-LCIA, LCIA, ADCCAC, CRCICA, GAFTA, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration) and high-profile, complex litigation cases for FTSE 100 companies.

Matters that Muhammad has worked on involve Egyptian and non-Egyptian laws (such as the laws of the United Arab Emirates, laws of the Sultanate of Oman, English law, and the laws of Western Australia).

Muhammad’s key clients include Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), the Sultanate of Oman, Protection for Contracting & Design, EmaarM, Three Corners for Hotels and Resorts, General Motors Egypt, Dabur Egypt, Mondelez Egypt, Misr Insurance, GIG Egypt, Ajinomoto Foods, Meta and Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon Web Services, Kuwait Energy Egypt, ABB Sussa Inc., Construzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatismi (CEIA) SpA, Allied Gold, Alstom, Cambridge University Press, Commercial International Bank (CIB), Atlantic Industries (part of the Coca-Cola Group), EBRD, Eucatech, Equinox for Drilling, and the Islamic Corporation for Development (ICD).