Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea

Aysha Abdulla Mutaywea

Resident Partner, Mena Chambers (Manama, Bahrain)

Contact

a.mutaywea@menachambers.com

+973 773 888 38

+973 3679 9337

Areas of expertise

International and Domestic Arbitration; Litigation

Education
  • Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Chartered Institute for Arbitrators (CIArb), London, UK

  • Diploma in Leadership & Management, Chartered Managers Institute (CMI), London, UK

  • LL.B, Applied Science University, Manama, Bahrain

Memberships
  • Licensed attorney in Bahrain

  • Admitted Arbitrator before the Ministry of Justice in Bahrain

  • Accredited Arbitrator by GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre

  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)

Biography
  • Aysha, is a licensed attorney in the Kingdom of Bahrain and an experienced international arbitration practitioner and litigation lawyer. She specialises in international and domestic arbitration and has worked on a wide range of disputes including Islamic banking, finance, commercial, governance, construction and real estate disputes. Aysha has extensive knowledge in local laws in the MENA Region.

  • Aysha has been with the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA) since its inception in 2009 until 2015, where she served as Tribunal Secretary to a number of Appeal Court judges in the BCDR litigation procedures and as Tribunal Secretary to arbitrators in arbitration proceedings.

  • She was the Acting Senior Case Manager and oversaw more than 150 cases as a part of the case management team at BCDR-AAA. The minimum claim amount of any case filed under BCDR-AAA section one jurisdiction is USD 1.3 Million. Aysha was also a Case Manager at the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) the international arm of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

  • Before joining the BCDR-AAA, Aysha advised private clients on a number of issues relating to sharia, labour, commercial, insurance, banking and real estate disputes.

  • In addition, she has also given lectures to the University of Miami Laws With-Out Walls Programs, the Royal University of Women in the Kingdom of Bahrain as well as BCDR-AAA International Arbitration Program.