Tarek Bahgat AB Badawy

Tarek Badawy is a partner specialising in arbitration and international disputes at Meysan. He represents clients before international tribunals, as well as national and regional courts and administrative boards and authorities. He also sits as an arbitrator under various institutional rules.

Tarek also advises clients on competition and commercial matters in the aviation, shipping & transportation, banking & finance, energy, oil & gas, insurance & financial services, pharmaceuticals, sports and TMT industries. He represents and counsels some of the leading players in the TMT sector, ranging from global IT and telecommunications companies to the largest regional and global media companies and news agencies, and has acted as counsel for sports associations and marketing agencies before the COMESA Competition Commission in all investigations involving the sponsorship and broadcasting of sports events within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Tarek’s experience is recognized by the principal legal directories, which consistently rank him as a leading practitioner of arbitration, litigation, competition, TMT, and blockchain. He recently received individual recognition for his expertise in the Chambers & Partners (Global) 2025 and the Legal 500 EMEA 2025 guides, where clients described him as “very sophisticated in his approach, good with international clients and a really good person to work with”, “extremely good”, “an excellent technical lawyer”, “smart, very knowledgeable, pragmatic and engaged”, and “a market-leading professional with whom we hope to work again soon”.

Defended the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in various precedent-setting investigations before the COMESA Competition Appeals Board; and in an ICC Emergency Arbitration under Swiss law concerning the alleged unlawful termination of a one-billion-dollar sports broadcasting and marketing contract.