Ahmed Rezeik is a senior associate at Al Tamimi & Company located in their Kuwait office. He has over 10 years of experience representing Protection and Indemnity Clubs and insurance companies in maritime, aviation, and insurance matters. His experience includes handling cargo claims, personal injury claims, pollution claims, and disputes related to charter parties and flights. He is fluent in Arabic and English and has advised on numerous high-profile cases involving vessel sinkings, arrests, and fires.

1. Ahmed Rezeik
Senior Associate
T ransportation and Insurance
: A.Rezeik@tamimi.com
: +965-2246-2253
Education
Master of Maritime Insurance, Arab Academy For Science and Technology and Marine Transportation - 2005
Diploma of Maritime Insurance. Arab Academy ForScience and Technology and Marine Transportation - 2003
Faculty of Law – Alexandria University – Egypt. 2002
Languages
 Arabic.
 English.
Background & Experience
Ahmed is a Senior associate at Al Tamimi & Company and is located in the Kuwait office. Prior to joining Al Tamimi in
January 2013, Ahmed was a senior legal consultant with Middle Eat Survey & Control Office (MESCO), where we were
acting as representative of several Protection and Indemnity clubs (P&I clubs) in Egypt.
Ahmed is an experienced bi-lingual litigator. He is able to handle all legal procedures including preparing and reviewing
commercial documents and written pleadings, as well as drafting and reviewing claim writs and memorandums.
In his work, he has acted as a representative of several Protection and Indemnity Clubs (P&I CLUB), involved in a wide
range of P&I related work along with all related services such as, cargo claims handling and settlements, personal injury
claims, fixed objects damage claims, collision liability claims, arresting vessels, pollution liability claims, assisting marine
agent enquires in all legal obstacles occurring at the ports, advising on charter party issues such as drafting, interpretation,
disputes and resolutions and general legal assistance. Ahmed prides himself by closely following up on his own cases and
understanding and closely following other marine cases in the courts.
Ahmed also has a vast experience in all aviation aspects, in particular, the claim which relates to the passenger, such as,
the cancelation and delay of the flight, loss of luggage and other cargo claims.
In addition, he has been involved in numerous, mediated and litigated disputes on behalf of insurance companies, (re)
insurers/underwriters and brokers, with regard to claims and advice on all aspects of the Kuwait insurance industry.
In general, he covers all phrases of litigation including trials and appeals before tribunals and first instance courts,
preparing the courts documents including memoranda, evidence files, research and drafting of legal opinion in respect of
Maritime, Insurance and Aviation industry.
Recent experience includes advising:
Maritime:
 Recent work includes the handling of incidents of vessels for many shipping lines such as APL line, PIL, HAPAG-
LLOYD, MESSINA line, MAERSK, MSC CMA, HANJIN, and CHINA SHIPPING.
 Acting as a representative of several Protection and Indemnity Clubs (P&I Lawyer) such as UK P&I, NORTH OF
ENGLAND, WEST OF ENGLAND, BRITISH MARINE, STEAM SHIP, STANDARD, SHIPOWNERS and JAPAN
P&I CLUB.
 Acted on one of the biggest vessels, which belonged to Messina line, that was sunk before Alexandria port in

2. 2010, resulting in more than 400 claims of various natures, including salvage, cargo claims, personal injuries for
the crew members, in addition to pollution claims.
 Also worked for Ocean Containers line in a big case when its vessels had been arrested in Egypt in the period
from 2007 till 2011 on the basis that they are a sisters ship for another vessel which was previously arrested in
Egypt in 1996, where all the creditors of the said vessel arrested Ocean Containers line's vessels with a wrongful
arrest in order to secure their debts which had been accumulated on the debtor vessel.
 Worked in Kuwait for one of the vessels which owned by Heogh Autolines, which caught fire on board in 2012
resulting damages for almost 600 vehicle.
Insurance:
 Representing Kuwait Qatar Insurance Company in their litigation matters and advices to recover their losses in
respect of all kind of insurance such as, Third Party Liability Insurance, Property, Fire, Workmen Compensation,
Personal Accident, Machinery, Medical and Marine Liability.
Aviation:
 Acting on behalf of Kuwait Airways in their passenger claims such as cancelation & delay of the flight, loss of
luggage and all cargo claims.
Professional memberships, publications and speaking engagements
Admitted to the Bar in Egypt 2002
Licensed before the Egyptian High Court of Appeal 2010