Youssef Al Saman

Personal Bio

Job Title: Partner - Dispute Resolution & Projects

Areas of Expertise:

Partner - Dispute Resolution and Projects with Zulficar & Partners Law Firm, Member of the Egyptian Bar Association; Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb); Delegate (Egypt) to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR); and Member (Institutional Liaison) of the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI).

Advises local, international, corporate, and government clients, from a wide range of sectors and industries, on the resolution and settlement of complex disputes, and major; projects.

Specialises in dispute resolution with a focus on international arbitration, where he serves as an arbitrator and appears as counsel. He regularly leads teams in prosecuting mega institutional and ad-hoc arbitral proceedings under different governing laws and procedural rules, as well as arbitration-related judicial proceedings. He is experienced also in preparing independent legal expert reports on laws of different countries in the MENA region.

He has a track record of working against challenging circumstances to successfully negotiate and close complex commercial transactions and amicable settlements of major disputes. He is experienced in addressing cross-cutting issues of international law, investment, international commercial and investment arbitration, and private international law, in contentious and non-contentious work.

Moreover, he skilfully combines legal know-how and business-oriented mind-set drawing on the business and operational experience he acquired through years of work with multinationals before private practice. In addition, his area-focused legal expertise span diverse industries and legal practice areas, inter alia, energy, telecommunications, construction, media, entertainment, technology, logistics, FMCGs, international trade, corporate law, government contracts, and security and defence.

In 2020, Youssef Al Saman received the maiden edition of Africa’s 50 Most Promising Young Arbitration Practitioners Award by the Association of Young Arbitrators. In 2021, he was voted to chair an advisory committee to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice on ‘Digital Transformation of the Egyptian Judicial System’ Also, he was recognised for ‘very commercial outlook’ and ‘knowledge of the market’, says the 2020 Legal 500 Next Generation Partners - Dispute Resolution, and he appeared in the Chambers & Partners 2020 Edition. In 2019; he was voted as a leading young Egyptian legal practitioner and received the Rising Stars Award by the LAW Magazine, he appeared in an interview for the LAW Magazine 2019 issue, and he featured in the Global Arbitration Review.