Dispute resolution is Haytham's main expertise. He has profound knowledge and experience in various practice areas of dispute resolution including arbitration, litigation, and other alternative dispute resolution procedures. Haytham has arbitrated and litigated high-stake disputes covering a wide range of substantial commercial disputes, usually complex, commercially sensitive, and multi-national or of multi-party nature. He is handling cases under the auspice of the major international arbitral institutions and different applicable laws. Haytham dedicates an important portion of his professional time to serving as chairperson, sole, and party-appointed arbitrator in disputes crossing the economic spectrum. His experience focuses on industrial and professional sectors with emphasis on telecommunications, distribution agreements, construction, hospitality, natural resources, international trade, shareholders disputes, and sports disputes.
Haytham has unparalleled experiences in business crime issues, with particular capabilities handling cross-border litigation, multijurisdictional proceedings, bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, frozen funds, sanctions, extradition, tax, insider-trading, as well as advising clients on preventative measures and compliance programs. Haytham represents notable international and regional companies and organization, as well as their corporate executives, senior officers, and directors.
Haytham has gained invaluable first-hand experience in competition practices in the Egyptian market, with an emphasis on private enforcement practices. He strategically and commercially advises multinational and domestic corporations in relation to competition and Anti-dumping issues. He provides claims handling assistance to in-house legal departments of leading corporations and business services groups.