Hamed Fathi is the director and head of legal at the IME Group. Prior to joining IME, Hamed workedas a solicitor for some of the most prominent Anglo-American law firms, where his clients ranged from governments to major banks and global conglomerates.

During his career, he has been involved in high profile cross border contentious and non-contentious  work across all sectors and industries, specialising in corporate, finance, restructuring and litigation matters. Hamed also spent some time working at one of the major Swiss banks in London earlier in his career.

He is a regular contributor on maritime related panels, discussing updates and offering views on a wide array of subjects including market trends, risk management, decarbonisation and the environment. Over the years, he has become a familiar contributor to industry magazines.