Personal bio
HAZIM RIZKANA Senior/Managing Partner Hazim is a leading legal figure and noted law firm leader in Egypt. In 2016 he established R&P after a successful career as an international partner at a leading global law firm. Representative Experience • Hazim has almost forty years of experience as counsel in high profile, multi-million-dollar dispute resolution litigations and international commercial and investor-state arbitrations. He regularly appears before the CRCICA, ICC and ICSID. Hazim is also a recognized arbitrator by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice. • He has extensive experience as an arbitrator and in advising and representing states, banks, and companies in international commercial and investment disputes. His clients cover a wide range of industries including construction, telecommunications, oil and gas, hotel management, waste management, tenders and capital markets. He has also represented clients in the setting aside, as well as, the enforcement of numerous, high profile, arbitral awards. • In addition to his work in arbitration and litigation, Hazim is an accredited mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) in London and has represented clients in several mediations. Publications, presentations and articles • Participated in the regulatory panel on the “Cyber Security and Risk Management Summit”, that was arranged by the ECES and KPMG and addressed the recommendations on the required regulatory reform, December 2019. • Panel member at the Cairo Legal Franchise Workshop and Symposium 2019. The workshop was organized by the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, January 2019. • Panellist at the “Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Egypt” conference, December 2017. • Moderator for the “Investment Treaties: Changing Focus” panel in “A Paradigm Shift in International Investment Law” conference organized by the African International Legal Awareness organisation in April 2017.