The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has recruited four new staff members, including two African lawyers who have joined its secretariat as junior counsel. An international arbitration practitioner in the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region under a number of institutional rules such as the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Hosny has also acted on arbitration-related litigation and proceedings before the Egyptian courts, and has previously represented construction, telecommunications, and oil and gas sector players. In a post on its web site announcing the news, LCIA director-general Kevin Nash stated: “Institutions are built by people. According to the [Queen Mary, University of London and White & Case] Survey 2025, the LCIA rules are the second most preferred set of rules across the Caribbean and Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. That level of user confidence matters, and [the new arrivals] know these regions very well.”The 25-strong LCIA secretariat now features 14 international arbitration lawyers who speak 15 languages, drawn from 12 jurisdictions.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 20, 2026 17:27 UTC