Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Global Guide 2024 : Egypt
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Shahid Law Firm is a well-respected Egyptian law firm with extensive experience in cross-border mandates. Its arbitration workload comprises a variety of cases, and sees the firm assisting clients from the oil and gas, hospitality and manufacturing sectors, among others. Shahid is widely praised for its expertise in both commercial and investor-state arbitration.
Work Highlights
- Shahid Law Firm represented East Mediterranean Gas in a multi-stranded dispute with the Arab Republic of Egypt and several of its state-owned entities, involving multiple arbitral proceedings under ICSID and other institutional rules.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shahid Law has an experienced and commercially minded team."
"Girgis Abd El-Shahid and his team not only have the depth of legal knowledge, they also work very effectively to successfully achieve the goal."
"They are great at strategy and very efficient."
"Shahid Law has an experienced and commercially minded team."
"Girgis Abd El-Shahid and his team not only have the depth of legal knowledge, they also work very effectively to successfully achieve the goal."
"They are great at strategy and very efficient."
Notable Practitioners
Girgis Abd El-Shahid is managing partner and is highly regarded for both commercial and investment treaty arbitration. He has considerable experience handling cases on behalf of clients operating in a wide variety of industries, and is also well known for his enduring good relationships with several international law firms.
"Girgis Abd El-Shahid is a reliable lawyer. He is eager to find the path nobody has trodden, and he is always successful."