Ghada El Ehwany

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 3

Corporate/M&A

Egypt

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Ghada El Ehwany

Global

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial, M&A, Dispute Resolution

Career

Ghada El Ehwany is a partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo, where she heads the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. She has accumulated over 20 years' experience in the Middle East, namely Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. IFLR1000 recognizes her as a "Rising Star Partner" in its 31st Edition. She was formerly a counsel in the UAE offices having been based in Dubai since 2013, and has returned to Cairo office, where she had previously worked for 14 years. She has also developed and delivered Continuing Legal Practice Development training courses accredited by the Dubai Legal Affairs Department on a wide range of UAE legal issues and legislative developments. Ghada obtained a BA from Cairo University's distinguished Faculty of Law in 2000. That comes in addition to her LLB Business Law from Universite Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in the same year. Ghada was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in the year 2000.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2000.

Languages Spoken

Arabic, English and French.

Awards

Band 3

Chambers Global

2023

Highly Regarded

IFLR1000

2023

Band 4

Chambers Global

2022

Rising Star Partner

IFLR1000

2022

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Global

Corporate/M&A - Egypt

Band 3

Ghada El Ehwany is the head of Baker McKenzie's corporate and commercial practice in Egypt. She is recognised for her considerable depth of experience in joint venture structuring in addition to a wide array of day-to-day commercial advisory issues.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"Ghada El Ehwany's expertise, extensive knowledge in the market and her ways of working - her availability, promptness, detailed approach and close follow-up - help to manage the matters swiftly."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Global

"She is diligent, meticulous and has an unparalleled ability to analyse complex legal issues. She is one of our most strategic and trusted advisers. She consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic and communicates effectively with all stakeholders."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Global

"Ghada El Ehwany's expertise, extensive knowledge in the market and her ways of working - her availability, promptness, detailed approach and close follow-up - help to manage the matters swiftly."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Global

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