Judicial Service

Justice Affaki’s Appellate Division and Court of First Instance judgments at the Qatar International Court (QICDRC) may be found at https://www.qicdrc.gov.qa/judgments.

Representative arbitral appointments:

Investment Treaty cases

• ICSID Case No. ARB/16/16, Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. v. Canada.
• ICSID Case No. ARB/20/47, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. v. Kingdom of Spain.
• PCA Case No. 2023-13, under the Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Republic of Tanzania.
• PCA Case Nº 2019-31, under the Accord entre le Gouvernement de la République française et la Grande Jamahiriya arabe libyenne populaire et socialiste sur l’encouragement et la protection réciproques des investissements.
• PCA Case Nº 2019-41, under the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Investment Agreement.
• PCA Case No. 2024-46, under the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Investment Agreement.
• PCA Case Nº 2025-09, under the Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments.
• ICSID Case No. ARB/25/21, under the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Angola and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments.

Construction, Projects, and Property Development

• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ICC case in relation to a major water desalination project (applicable law: UAE, seat: Dubai).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ICC case in relation to consolidated arbitrations arising under a multi-contract dispute in the construction sector (applicable law: UAE, seat: Abu Dhabi).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ICC case in relation to an iconic infrastructure project dispute in the tourism sector (applicable law: UAE, seat: Dubai).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in a DIAC case in relation to a dispute relating to a series of property development and construction agreements (Arabic-English bilingual proceedings – applicable law: UAE, seat: Dubai).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in a DIAC case in relation to a series of construction disputes arising in relation to a landmark infrastructure project in Dubai (applicable law: UAE, seat: Dubai).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in PCA Case No. 2020-13 in relation to a sale and property development project in Saudi Arabia (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Geneva).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ad hoc case concerning a dispute under a hospital construction project (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Riyadh).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an Oman Arbitration Centre case in relation to a construction dispute (applicable law: Oman, seat: Muscat).
• Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in relation to a dispute arising out of a shipbuilding agreement (applicable law: Bahraini, seat: Manama).
• Sole arbitrator in an ad hoc international arbitration case in relation to a dispute between a contractor and an international relief agency operating in the Middle-East (applicable law: general principles of international law, seat: London).
• Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in relation to a dispute arising out of a series of contracts for the design, construction, expansion and development of several terminals in an international airport (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Dubai).
• Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in relation to a dispute arising from the construction of a ship terminal and grain warehouse construction and operation project (applicable law: Iran, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator nominated by a State instrumentality acting as the employer in PCA Case Nº AA695 under the UNCITRAL rules in relation to a dispute under an EBRD-financed bridge construction and road rehabilitation agreement based on the FIDIC Pink Book (applicable law: Moldova, seat: The Hague).
• Party-appointed arbitrator nominated by a State instrumentality acting as the employer in an ICC case in relation to a dispute under an EBRD-financed construction project based on the FIDIC Pink Book (applicable law: Macedonia, seat: Zagreb).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an Oman Arbitration Centre case in relation to a dispute under a series of FIDIC construction agreements (applicable law: Oman, seat: Muscat).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a settlement agreement under a large construction project (applicable law: English law, seat: London).
• Party-appointed arbitrator nominated by the employer in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a complex FIDIC-type industrial dismantling, transfer and construction series of agreements (applicable law: French, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator nominated by the contractor in an ICC case concerning a shipbuilding contract in the oil and gas sector (applicable law: Libyan, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ad hoc case concerning a dispute under a military hospital construction project (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Riyadh).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ad hoc case concerning a dispute under a sewerage project (applicable law: Oman, seat: Muscat).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning the construction of the Doha metro (applicable law: Qatar, seat: Doha).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a settlement agreement and a series of bank guarantees under a large construction project (applicable law: Saudi, seat: London).

Energy

• President of the arbitral tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/47, conducted under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), involving an investment in a concentrated solar power plant in the renewable energy sector.
• President of the arbitral tribunal in a CRCICA case in relation to a dispute relating to an Egyptian law-governed operation license and gas distribution agreement between the State and a foreign-controlled distributor (proceedings conducted and award issued in Arabic – applicable law: Egyptian, seat: Cairo).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in HKIAC consolidated cases in relation to a series of multiparty, multi-contract disputes arising under a private equity investment in the energy sector in PRC (applicable law: Hong Kong, seat: Hong Kong).
• Sole arbitrator in a DIFC-LCIA case in relation to a dispute arising out of a solar power project (applicable law: Egypt, seat: Dubai).
• Arbitrator nominated by a national oil company in an ICC case concerning a price determination dispute under a long-term gas supply contract (applicable law: Algerian, seat: Geneva).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an SIAC case concerning a dispute under a series of Russian crude oil sale agreements (applicable law: English law, seat: Singapore).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an SIAC case concerning a dispute under a supply contract of LNG carriers (applicable law: English law, seat: Singapore).
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• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a series of consulting agreements in the power sector involving allegations of corruption of a national oil company (applicable law: Swiss, seat: Geneva).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a series of agreements in relation to the build-own-operate-transfer of high-value combined-cycle power plants (applicable law: French/Ivory Coast, seat: Paris).

Banking and Finance

• President of the arbitral tribunal in an LCIA case in relation to the issue of securities (applicable law: English law, seat: London).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in case administered by the Qatar International Center for Conciliation & Arbitration (QICCA) in relation to banking service agreements (applicable law: Qatar, seat: Doha).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in HKIAC consolidated cases in relation to a series of multiparty, multi-contract disputes arising under a private equity investment in the energy sector in PRC (applicable law: Hong Kong, seat: Hong Kong).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ICC case in relation to a series of multiparty, multi-contract disputes arising under a private equity investment in the education sector in Morocco (applicable law: French, seat: Paris).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in a DIAC case in relation to a trade refinancing involving a supranational entity and State-owned entities (applicable law: Sudanese, seat: Dubai).
• Party-appointed arbitrator under the Rules of Arbitration of SIX Group in relation to a complaint against a decision of the Sanctions Commission (applicable law: Swiss, seat: Zurich).
• Party-appointed arbitrator under the SCCA Rules of Arbitration in relation to a dispute involving the Saudi exchange (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Riyadh).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a shareholders’ dispute in relation to a private equity investment in Morocco (applicable law: Moroccan, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an LCIA case concerning the financing a major airport development project (applicable law: Abu Dhabi, seat: Abu Dhabi).
• Arbitrator nominated by a State-owned entity in an ICC case concerning a dispute under financing agreements in the context of a bank resolution scheme pursuant to the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) (applicable law: France, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in a DIAC case concerning a shareholders’ dispute in relation to the acquisition of a financial institution (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Dubai).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in a DIAC case concerning a shareholders’ dispute in relation to a private equity investment in the education sector in Saudi Arabia (applicable law: English law, seat: Dubai).
• Sole arbitrator in a DIFC-LCIA case in relation to a multiparty debt rescheduling dispute (applicable law: Swiss, seat: DIFC (UAE)).
• Sole arbitrator in a BCDR-AAA case in relation to a dispute relating to the building and operation of an electronic securities trading system (applicable law: Bahrain, seat: Manama).
• Sole arbitrator in an ad hoc case in relation to a dispute under a banking service agreement (applicable law: French law and international standard banking practice, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ADCCAC case concerning a dispute under an Islamic banking service agreement (applicable law: UAE, seat: Abu Dhabi).

Other Sectors

• Appointed as Presiding, Sole or Co-arbitrator in multiple administered cases relating to disputes arising in relation to hospitality, IT, construction, and waste management projects linked to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar (applicable law: Qatar law, seat: various).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/16/16 relating to a dispute arising out of an investment in the telecom sector.
• Chairman of the arbitral tribunal in an SCC case arising out of a sale of metals contract, involving the application of economic sanctions (applicable law: English law, seat: Stockhom).
• President of the arbitral tribunal in an ICDR AAA case in relation to a dispute relating to an Italian law-governed distribution agreement (applicable law: Italian, seat: Milan).
• Sole arbitrator in a LCIA case in relation to a dispute arising out of a hotel management agreement in relation to the development and operation of a lifestyle hotel (applicable law: Qatar, seat: Doha).
• Sole arbitrator in a DIAC case in relation to a dispute arising out of military procurement agreements performed in a war zone (applicable law: Dubai, seat: Dubai).
• Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in relation to a dispute arising out of a settlement agreement in relation to a distribution agreement involving the interpretation of a bilateral tax treaty (applicable law: Brazil, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a shareholder dispute in relation to a sensitive military procurement (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Zurich).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an LCIA case concerning a multiparty, multi-contract shareholder dispute in the military logistical services sector (applicable law: Saudi, seat: London).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning the military logistical services sector (applicable law: French, seat: Paris).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an HKIAC case concerning a dispute under a distribution agreement (applicable law: Hong Kong, seat: Hong Kong).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC case concerning a dispute under a seaport operations and services agreement (applicable law: Saudi, seat: Riyadh).
• Party-appointed arbitrator in an LCIA case concerning a commodities contract involving allegations of bribery (applicable law: French, seat: London).

Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Appointments include:

• Nominated as Appointing Authority by the Secretary General of the PCA in UNCITRAL arbitral proceedings.
• President or member of ICC adjudicatory panels in multiple international banking dispute resolution mechanism DOCDEX cases under international standard banking practice.

Professional Appointments

• Appointed to the International Financial Legal Experts body to the Shanghai High People’s Court.
• Chair of the Drafting Group for the revision of the PRIME Finance Arbitration Rules.
• Co-chair of the ICC Task Force on Financial Institutions and International Arbitration.
• Chair of the Working Group on Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution in Islamic Finance.
• Chair of the Banking Commission of ICC France.
• Chair of the Legal Committee of the Banking Commission, ICC.
• Honorary and Past Chair of the ICC Task Force on Guarantees.
• Appointed to the Practice & Procedures Board of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA).
• Member of the Arbitration Rules Revision Committee of the Asian International Arbitration Centre.
• Member of the foreign editorial team of the Banking and Finance Law Review (BFLR), Canada.

Other Appointments

• Professor of Law at SciencesPo. Classes include Dispute Resolution and International Banking Law.
• Previous tenures and invitations include University of Paris Panthéon-Assas (2000 – 2024), classes on Banking Law, Private International Law, Contracts and Secured Transactions; Queen Mary University of London on international commercial law; University Panthéon-Sorbonne on comparative Arab law, and University Paris Dauphine on Islamic finance. Guest lecturer at Brasenose College University of Oxford, the University of Geneva, and Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, on international commercial law.
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Queen Mary‑UNIDROIT Institute of Transnational Commercial Law (ITCL).
• Appointed by Decree of the French Prime Minister as Foreign Trade Counselor of France.

• Winner of the European Prize for Interdisciplinary Research (2002)
• Recipient of the Starr Foundation Scholarship (1991-1995)
• Recipient of the Calouste Gulbenkian Scholarship (1991-1995)

Author or editor of several books, including:

• “Trade Finance”, ITC Publishing (awarded the European Prize on Interdisciplinary Research);
• “Cross-border insolvency and conflict of jurisdictions”, Bruylant;
• “Increasing Access to Credit – Reforming Secured Transaction Law”, ITC Publ.;
• “The Guide to ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees” (with Sir Roy Goode), first edition 2011, second edition 2024;
• “Jurisdictional Choices” (with Horacio Grigera Naon), ICC Publ. No. 755,
• “Overriding mandatory rules and compliance in international arbitration” (with Vladimir Khvalei), ICC Publ. No. 808, and
• over 80 articles and case notes on international banking, international arbitration and litigation, economic sanctions, cross-border insolvency and Islamic finance.

International investment treaty arbitration, International commercial arbitration, International litigation, Trade, commodities, export and project finance, Energy, Joint-ventures, Defense and military procurement