Mohammed A. El-Sherif is a Judge (Rapporteur) at the Egyptian Council of State and the Founding Director of the AlexandriaU–CRCICA Arbitration Initiative. He obtained his LL.B. with honours, ranking in the top 3% of his class, from the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University.
Mohammed completed the Summer Courses in Private International Law at The Hague Academy of International Law (Académie de droit international de La Haye) in 2021, the Summer Programme at the Academy for International Arbitration Law in Paris in 2025, and the Executive Course in International Investment Law and Arbitration offered by Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies and School of International Arbitration in Autumn 2025.
Prior to joining the administrative judiciary, Mohammed practised as an associate attorney in the Regional Arbitration Practice of Matouk Bassiouny (Cairo office). He has also served as an arbitral tribunal secretary and assisted arbitrators and expert witnesses in international arbitration proceedings.
Mohammed has undertaken various roles in a broad range of international commercial and investor-state arbitrations conducted under the rules of leading arbitral institutions, including ICSID, ICC, CRCICA, DIAC, the former DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, the former ADCCAC, BCDR, and LAMC, as well as in UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitrations.
His arbitration experience encompasses high-value disputes across a range of sectors, including construction and infrastructure, oil and gas, energy, telecommunications, shareholders’ agreements, intellectual property, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and tourism. These disputes have involved the application of Egyptian, Emirati, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Bahraini, Yemeni, Lebanese, Libyan, French, English and German laws, as well as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
In addition to his arbitration practice, Mohammed has handled high-profile competition law matters before the Egyptian Competition Authority.
Mohammed is admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association, although his membership is currently on hold due to his judicial service. He is an accredited HKIAC Tribunal Secretary, a certified ASA Tribunal Secretary, a member of the CIArb, a member of the AfAA and a member of Young ICCA.
Mohammed regularly attends as lecturer in Egyptian Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University, and as a guest lecturer in International Business Law and Intellectual Property Law at the German University in Cairo.
Nationality
Egypt
Working Languages
English
Arabic
Areas of Expertise
International Commercial Arbitration;
Arbitration-Related Litigation;
Competition Law
Bar Information
Egypt, 2020