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Youssef Badran
Partner — Head of Disputes
I tell clients the weakest part of their case in the first meeting. It is not pessimism — a claim you understand the holes in is a claim you can settle well or run properly. The cases that go badly are almost always the ones where somebody was told what they wanted to hear at the start.
- Languages
- Arabic · English
- Bar admissions
- Egyptian Bar Association — Court of Cassation · 2014
- Egyptian Bar Association — Court of Appeal · 2006
- Education
- Ain Shams University · LL.B. · 2000
- Queen Mary University of London · LL.M., International Arbitration · 2004
- Office
- Cairo
- Contact
- y.badran@hujja.law
Representative experience
- Represented a contractor in a CRCICA arbitration concerning delay and variation claims on an infrastructure project, value band USD 20–50m, acting as claimant.
- Represented a shareholder in a dispute over a joint venture exit before the Economic Court, value band undisclosed, acting as respondent.
- Advised on the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in Egypt, value band USD 5–20m, acting for the award creditor.
Publications and speaking
- Drafting an arbitration clause that survives an Egyptian challenge (2025)
- Court-appointed experts: how to work with, not against (2023)