Asser Harb during an interview with the press

Asser Harb was born on January 1, 1978 in Cairo and is currently serving as Egypt's State Solicitor. Although he is relatively young, he is primarily known for his international legal practice on behalf of the Arab Republic of Egypt that has obviously protected the Egyptian state coffers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1161x973, 253 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1161x973, 253 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Modern Cairo Cairo Minarets Cairo (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: , transl. ...

He was appointed by Hosni Mubarak, the President of Egypt, as a State Solicitor within the Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority by virtue of the Presedintial Decree No. 133/2003. His legal practice includes acting as counsel for the Arab Republic of Egypt in dozens of domestic and international arbitration proceedings, particularly in highly significant investor-state disputes involving major infrastructure projects and complex international transactions. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority is an Egyptian judicial institution that resembles, in respect of competencies, the Attorney General in common law disciplines and particularly the United States Solicitor General. ... Arbitration is a final and binding dispute resolution process. ...

He mainly aims to defend vigorously the public funds and interests of the Egyptian people in opposition to any fraudulent practices from the part of foreign investors in Egypt. He has argued most of the important cases where Egypt is a party thereto, such as the CRCICA case, Malicorp Lmited v. Egypt and the ICSID Application for Interpretation, Wena v. Egypt.

He formerly served as legal counsel for Misr International Bank in Egypt, where he managed to develop unique legal researches in order to provide straight answers for difficult legal questions in each and every arena of banking laws, international trade law and the applicable internal policies and procedures. He was also recognised as the youngest member of the Technical Legal Committee of the Association of Egyptian Banks.

He began his international legal practice through serving as an intern in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris and Charles Russell Twist LLP in Cairo. Freshfieldss logo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (often simply Freshfields) is a Magic Circle law firm based in the City of London, England. ...

He wrote extensively in numerous areas of international investment and trade law involving the most controversial issues with emphasis on banking laws and investor-state disputes. An example of his writings is Applicable Rules to the Cross-Border Letters of Guarantee.[1]