Philip Punwar to provide International Commercial Arbitration training at the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) in Pretoria and Johannesburg

Philip Punwar will be co-presenting AFSA’s International Commercial Arbitration Module in both Pretoria and Johannesburg later this September. This year will be Philip’s 22nd year training Academics and Practitioners at AFSA in Johannesburg and the first time AFSA has provided the International Commercial Arbitration Module in Pretoria.

The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) offers six specialist dispute resolution modules in conjunction with the University of Pretoria. AFSA’s 5 day in-person International Commercial Arbitration Module introduces attendees to International and South African arbitration law and practice. Philip draws on his 28 years international arbitration experience to identify the conventional and unconventional strategic choices that may have to be made before, during and after an international arbitration.

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Philip Punwar is an English qualified practitioner with twenty-eight years’ arbitration experience. His recent arbitral engagements have concerned real-estate Mega Projects in the Gulf, investment treaty claims arising out of the MENA and South Asia regions, aircraft charter agreements, concession agreements in the water sector and technology disputes in the finance and healthcare sectors. Philip has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in England and the Dubai International Financial Centre, up to and including the Courts of Appeal of each jurisdiction. 

To find out more about Philip, contact  Lexie Johnson on + 44 (0) 207 427 0801 or Dave Lovitt on +44 (0)207 353 6381 for a confidential discussion.

News 9 Sep, 2025