14/10/2026
Cairo, Egypt – October 13, 2026 | Egypt Arbitration Days 2026
Agile Project Management Advisors hosted When Technical Decisions Become Legal Disputes: Who Owns the Risk – The Grey Zone Between Engineering Decisions and Contractual Liabilities at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, as part of Egypt Arbitration Days 2026. The panel examined the point where engineering judgment, project management decisions and contractual obligations meet.
The discussion considered when a technical decision becomes a source of legal liability, how project participants should allocate responsibility and risk, and how tribunals assess the boundary between engineering discretion and contractual accountability in construction disputes.
Speakers included:
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr (FCIArb) – Founding & Managing Partner, Amr & Partners Law Firm; Dean of the Faculty of Law, Cairo University
Doaa Dawood – Chief Commercial Officer, SCAD
Yasser ElHawary – International Arbitrator, Legal Counsel and Lawyer, Hawlex Legal
Mohamed El Mahdy – Senior Associate, Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants
Salma El-Nashar – Partner, Arbitration & Disputes (MEA), LPA Law
Mohamed Hussein – Founder & Managing Partner, Agile Project Management Advisors
Moamen Osman, LL.M., MBA., FCIArb, MRICS – Registered Arbitrator, Independent Expert
Bringing together legal, commercial and technical perspectives, the session offered a practical look at where responsibility sits when engineering decisions are tested in a dispute.