The waste management sector is integral to safeguarding public health, preserving the environment, and advancing sustainable development goals. As the sector expands, contractual frameworks have become increasingly complex, encompassing activities such as waste collection, transportation, treatment, recycling, and disposal.
This complexity, coupled with the sector’s technical and environmental dimensions, often gives rise to disputes between public authorities, private operators, contractors, and suppliers. Common areas of contention include contract performance, delays, technical compliance, adherence to environmental standards, and settlement of financial obligations.
Arbitration serves as a highly effective dispute resolution mechanism in this context, offering confidentiality, procedural flexibility, and the possibility of appointing arbitrators with sector-specific technical and environmental expertise. Such tailored adjudication ensures outcomes that are not only legally robust but also attuned to the operational realities of waste management.
This roundtable—jointly organized by the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and ALAIDAROUS Advocates and Legal Consultants—will bring together legal experts, industry stakeholders, and arbitration practitioners to explore key trends, challenges, and best practices in resolving waste management disputes through arbitration.
Welcome remarks
- Mr. Ali Al Aidarous, Managing Attorney, ALAIDAROUS Advocates and Legal Consultants
- Prof. Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of CRCICA, President of IFCAI, Chairman of Ciarb Egypt and Vice-President of AfAA
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Georges Affaki, CCEF, C.Arb, FCIArb Professeur des universités associé Partner, Avocat à la Cour
Speakers:
- Mr. Khaled Saqqaf, Partner – Head of Jordan & Iraq Offices at Al Tamimi & Co.
- Dr. Tarek F. Riad, Managing Partner at Kosheri, Rashed & Riad | Previous Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC)
- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr, Dean-Faculty of Law, Cairo University; Prof. of International Law; Managing Partner-Amr & Partners, Attorney-at-Law; Independent Consultant (Paris), Arbitrator, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, Former Ambassador to UNESCO
- Prof. Dr. Hadi Slim, Law Professor François-Rabelais University (France)