Zulficar & Partners, Cairo Office, Global

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Firm Overview:

Zulficar & Partners is a premier full service International Corporate law and Dispute Resolution practice based in the heart of Cairo, Egypt. The Firm specializes in providing high quality legal services across the investment and business spectrums, with unique market expertise in international arbitration, litigation and high-profile transactions pertaining to, inter alia, Banking and Project Finance, Capital Market, Competition/Anti-trust, Construction and Real Estate Development, Corporate Law, Energy (renewable/non-renewable), Mergers and Acquisitions, International Trade, TMT andTourism and Hospitality. It offers a comprehensive range of legal services to a diverse array of commercial, industrial, and financial clients both in Egypt and internationally in the public and private sectors.

The Firm has been providing quality legal services since its establishment in 2009, and is founded on a blend of half a century of sharp legal expertise and a modern and innovative approach towards rendering legal services. For doing business or resolving disputes, the Firm is known regionally and internationally to combine strategic sound legal counseling and dispute management, with a deep knowledge of diverse business sectors and innovative precedent making legal solutions at no compromise on quality. The Firm has partnered with clients through a proven track record of success stories involving high-end projects and disputes.

Zulficar& Partners provides a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art legal services to its wide client base comprising various national and international entities involving; investors, large corporations, governmental and non-profit organizations. The Firm is currently growing at an accelerated pace and is a market leader and precedent maker, and is well-known for its innovative, strategic, and result-oriented techniques and services.

The Firm is regularly ranked as a Top-TIER in various practice areas, and its partners and lawyers are regularly ranked as Top-TIER leading practitioners, in the internationally recognized legal directories, notably under Chambers & Partners, Global Arbitration Review (GAR), IFLR1000, Legal500, and Who’s Who Legal (WWL).

Zulficar& Partners was recognized as Top Rank Firm by the Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2023. The Firm was also ranked in TIER1 by Legal500 EMEA, where Ms. Mona Zulficar, was recognized as a Hall of Fame Star, in Banking& Finance, Commercial, Corporate/ M&As within which clients’ testimonials described Zulficar& Partners team as “diverse and very capable” and noted that “the level of services presented to clients is outstanding”. The Firm’s Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Litigation practice also received TIER1 recognition, where clients described Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, who heads the Firm’s International Arbitration, Construction & Energy Groups, as a “Highly respected, very experienced arbitrator, exhibiting highest standard of integrity and ethics”.

In 2022, the Firm was top-ranked by Chambers Global Guide 2022, in Banking & Finance Capital Markets, Corporate/M&As, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Egypt), naming; Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab as “a very well-known arbitrator who is very much involved in African work. He's a very impressive guy”, Mr. Mahmoud Shaltout, Head of Litigation as “the single top litigator in the market, Mr. Anwar Zeidan, Head of Capital Market & Procedures as “one of the best ECM lawyers in Egypt”, and “is the strongest partner in Cairo when it comes to capital markets and corporate procedures”, Mr. Ashraf Ihab, Head of Banking, as a “highly experienced in drafting and negotiating facility agreements for leading domestic and regional banks”, Dr. Ingy Badawy, Head of M&As, as “ deeply experienced in both the law and its nuances, and how it applies. She is also pragmatic in resolving situations, with a huge amount of local experience”, and Ms. Mona Zulficar as “an excellent lawyer, who is also very pragmatic and very responsive”.

The Firm was ranked as TIER 1 in the Legal500 EMEA 2022, naming Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Mr. Mahmoud Shaltout, Dr. Ingy Badawy, and Mr. Anwar Zeidan as ‘leading individuals’, and recognizing Ms.Mona Zulficar for the ‘Hall of Fame’, and Mr. Youssef Al Saman as ‘the Next-Generation Partner for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration’.

Furthermore, the IFLR 1000 ranks the Firm as TIER1 in Banking, M&As, Project Finance, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, and acknowledged Ms. Mona Zulficar, Mr. Ashraf Ihab, Dr. Ingy Badawy, and Mr. Anwar Zeidan as ‘Highly Regarded Lawyers’, Dr. Firas El Samad as a ‘Notable Practitioner’,

Ms. Mariam El Masry and Ms. Rana Al Nahal as ‘Rising Stars’, and Dr. Ingy Badawy in the ‘IFLR1000 Women Leaders of 2022’ for her continuous achievements’.

Furthermore, the Legal 500 ranked the Firm as Top Tier in Banking and Finance, Commercial Corporate and M&As, and Dispute Resolution Arbitration and Litigation, naming Ms.Mona Zulficar, Mr. Ashraf Ihab, Mr. Anwar Zeidan, Dr. Ingy Badawy, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and Mr. Mahmoud Shaltout as Leading Individuals, and Mr. Youssef Al Saman as the Next-Generation Partner for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration.

In 2022, the Firm also won the ‘Merger Control Law Firm of the Year in Egypt’ by the Global Law Annual Awards for the work done in this area by Dr. Firas El Samad, Managing Partner. Zulficar& Partners received the “Best Use of Technology in a Law Firm” award from THE LAW magazine in the ceremony held at the Greater Cairo Library on 19 November 2022.

In 2021, Chambers & Partners ranked the Firm in Band 1; in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, recognizing Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab as “an absolute star in arbitration”; in Dispute Resolution: Litigation, recognizing Mr. Mahmoud Shaltout to be “regarded by interviewees as an exceptional lawyer”; in Banking and Finance naming Ms.Mona Zulficar as “one of the best banking and finance lawyers in the country” and awarding her the Lifetime Achievement Award; in Capital Markets, recognizing Mr. Anwar Zeidan as “a leading figure in Egyptian capital markets”, and Mr. Ashraf Ihab for “in-depth knowledge of bond issuances and securitizations”.

Lead contacts:

Founding Partners and Members of the Firm’s Executive Committee: Mona Zulficar, Ashraf Ihab, Mahmoud Shaltout, Dr. Ingy Badawy, Dr. Firas El Samad, Anwar Zeidan and Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab

Chair of the Executive Committee: Mona Zulficar

Managing Partner: Dr. Firas El Samad

Partners: Eslam El Dessouky, Khaled Hammad, Youssef Al Saman, Dr. Mostafa Alam Eldin, Karim Ramsis, Dr. Dania El Samad, Mariam El Masry and Rana El Nahal

Number of Partners: 15

Number of Lawyers: More than 65 Lawyers.

Languages: Arabic, English and French

Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Construction and Energy

Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab

Email: [email protected]

Corporate Law:

M&As

Dr. Ingy Badawy

E-mail: [email protected]

Capital Markets and Procedures:

Mr. Anwar Zeidan