QICCA’s Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahim Shahbeek
Doha: Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) at Qatar Chamber and the Qatar branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) jointly organised yesterday a webinar titled ‘Arbitral Award Enforcement and Annulment and the Role of Experts in Procedures under Qatari Law and New York Convention’.
In his keynote speech, QICCA’s Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahim Shahbeek said Qatar issued the Arbitration Law to keep pace with local and international developments, create a stimulating environment for business and investment, and cope with the current and future economic and investment growth of the State.
He added that the webinar is part of the arbitration seminars held by QICCA to disseminate arbitration culture and inform the business community, lawyers, and arbitrators on updates on commercial arbitration. The webinar was moderated by Chairman of CIArb Qatar & Senior Projects Engineering Advisor of Public Works Authority Qatar Eng. Ahmad Al Ansari.
Speakers during the event included the Dean of the College of Law at Qatar University Dr. Muna Al Marzouqi who reviewed the most important legal and practical steps to implement the arbitration award issued outside or inside Qatar and rules of the Qatar Financial Centre; Professor of Commercial & Maritime Laws College of Law at Qatar University Dr. Nader M. Ibrahim who presented a practical case on an arbitration award in Qatar and requested to be implemented in Australia, and the requirements of the New York Convention on foreign arbitration awards; and Eng. Saad Hegazy, CIArb Qatar Board Member, Expert Witness and Arbitrator.
