Ahmed Abdel Hakam is a Solicitor-Advocate (Civil and Criminal Higher Rights of Audience) before the Higher Courts of England and Wales and a French Avocat (Avocat au Barreau de Paris). He currently sits on the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Law Society of England & Wales and is a member of the International Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Ahmed is also Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the African Society of International Law. Ahmed is a Partner at Volterra Fietta and practises the full range of public international law, both in contentious and advisory work. Ahmed has long been acting for both States and investors in investment treaty arbitrations, including BIT cases before the ICSID and the PCA. His experience in commercial arbitration proceedings includes all the major arbitral institutions, such as the ICC and the LCIA.