Join Ciarb Scottish Branch for a night to remember at the 2025 Annual Dinner, held at the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel. Get ready for a delightful evening filled with great food, drinks, and networking opportunities with fellow professionals in the industry.

Drinks reception begins at 18:00, followed by dinner ending at midnight. Dress code is Black Tie. Register here!

The Chairman’s Guest Speaker is Ciarb President, Professor Dr Mohamed Abdel Wahab C.Arb FCIArb.

Professor Dr Mohamed Abdel Wahab C.Arb FCIArb is recognised as a world leader in dispute resolution and is an international arbitrator and arbitration practitioner with considerable expertise and experience in international investment and international commercial arbitration, Islamic Shari’a, construction, energy, telecommunications, finance and online dispute resolution.

Mohamed is Founding Partner & Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy, Zulficar & Partners, Egypt; Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University. He is also a Member of the ICCA Governing Board; Vice-Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA; Member of the LACIAC Court of Arbitration; Member of the ITA Academic Council; and Member of the Court, PCA. WWL: Arbitration & Global Elite Thought Leaders (2023) says “‘He is an amazing practitioner and one of the hardest working people’ ‘His sharp mind never ceases to amaze’ ‘He is one of a kind!’”. Chambers and Partners (2023)-Africa-wide says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is someone who is very brilliant and technically capable. He is very smart on the law, but also emotionally intelligent as well”. Legal 500 (2023) – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab: Highly respected, very experienced arbitrator, exhibiting highest standard of integrity and ethics”‘ and “knowledgeable in several system of laws: common law, civil law and sharia law”.

Tickets are £120 or tables can be booked for £1,200 (plus Eventbrite fees). Ten is the maximum number of diners that can be accommodated on one table.

If purchasing a table, please confirm guests and dietary requirements to Chiara Pieri at Scotland.Secretary@ciarb.org no later than 14 March 2025. If you wish to pay Ciarb directly, contact us via email.

Don't miss out on this fantastic event: register now!

Thanks to our sponsors for the event, Morton Fraser McRoberts LLP and Alverez and Marsal Disputes and Investigations LLP.