Mahmoud Abuwasel is the managing partner of Wasel & Wasel and led the firm to eight-figure revenues in its first three years of operation and expansion to four offices in three continents in its first five years of operation.

Mahmoud is a Harvard graduate and had coached in law practice under former senior staff from the Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. administrations and developed practice with the former Chief Justice of the UAE Federal Supreme Court, enhancing his expertise through direct mentorship and practical experience at the highest levels of governance and judicial leadership from West to East.

Mahmoud is a licensed solicitor in Australia (of the Supreme Court of Victoria), a Qualified Arbitrator in Canada (by the ADR Institute of Canada), and registered in the UAE (with the ADGM and DIFC Courts).

Mahmoud holds a master’s degree in management (including constitutional law) from Harvard University, a juris doctorate from the University of Southern Queensland, a master’s degree in Islamic law from Middlesex University, a bachelor’s degree from Carleton University, and other professional training such as the globally coveted Gold Standard Course from the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society.

Mahmoud has acted on several investor-state disputes representing investors in claims up to nine-figures under different treaties against sovereign governments. In treaty arbitration, Mahmoud’s extensive experience includes UNCITRAL proceedings under the OIC treaty between Jordanian investors and EMEA states, and ICSID proceedings under BITs involving Dutch, Chinese, Indian, and US entities.

Governments  have also engaged Mahmoud to draft treaties such as the international Global Dryland Alliance Treaty and have engaged him to advise on geopolicy matters such as Track II dialogue with friendly and unfriendly governments, and other sovereign interest matters such as trade bloc relations.

Mahmoud has expertise in managing high-stakes commercial arbitration across a wide range of arbitration rules, including the ICC Arbitration Rules, ADRIC Arbitration Rules, DIAC Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, ICSID Rules, QICCA Rules, ADCCAC Rules, HKIAC Rules and LCIA Rules. This extensive experience includes handling complex disputes, ad hoc proceedings, and emergency arbitration across multiple jurisdictions and industries.