Energy, Oil & Gas Practice
Legal Advisory for Egypt’s Energy Sector
Khodeir & Partners brings extensive experience advising leading Egyptian, regional, and multinational energy companies, infrastructure providers, and investors on complex regulatory, transactional, and dispute-related matters across Egypt and the wider region.
Our approach combines deep regulatory insight — including direct experience engaging with the Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, EGAS, EGPC, and GANOPE — with international-standard execution across regulatory, PPP, corporate, commercial, competition, and dispute resolution mandates. We are a strategic partner to our clients, supporting both day-to-day legal needs and high-stakes matters requiring precision, speed, and commercial judgment.
EGYPT’S ENERGY LANDSCAPE
Egypt has been moving with intent to establish itself as a regional gas hub for the East Mediterranean. As a priority, Egypt is seeking maximized and effective use of its LNG infrastructure, improving connectivity across the gas network, and efficiently bringing more gas to market. IOCs and regional NOCs active in the Egyptian sector — including those structuring and operating upstream activities — must navigate issues ranging from LNG tolling and joint ventures to commercial and regulatory risk management.
Khodeir & Partners works regularly within this environment and has developed a practical understanding of how Egypt’s oil and gas sector functions on the ground, including the respective roles of its key regulatory bodies. We are accustomed to dealing with sector-specific issues as they arise, and to factoring in the cross-border considerations that increasingly accompany gas development in Egypt and the region.
CORE CAPABILITIES
| 01 | Upstream Regulatory Advisory | Advising on Egyptian petroleum concession agreements, production sharing contracts, and regulatory engagement with EGAS, EGPC, and GANOPE. |
| 02 | Transactional & M&A Support | Structuring and executing complex upstream acquisitions, JVs, farm-ins/farm-outs, and cross-border energy transactions across Egypt and the region. |
| 03 | LNG & Gas Commercial Matters | Advising on LNG tolling arrangements, gas offtake agreements, pipeline access, and commercial risk management in Egypt’s gas hub strategy. |
| 04 | PPP & Infrastructure Mandates | Structuring public-private partnerships and infrastructure projects for energy clients, including financing structures and government interface. |
| 05 | Dispute Resolution & Arbitration | Representing energy companies before Egyptian courts, international arbitral tribunals, and regulatory bodies in sector-specific disputes. |
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
| CROSS-BORDER GAS INFRASTRUCTURE Advised a regional energy company on structuring cross-border gas infrastructure agreements, including regulatory approvals and cross-jurisdictional compliance across Egypt and the East Mediterranean. |
| UPSTREAM JV & FARM-IN TRANSACTION Acted for an international oil company on a complex farm-in transaction involving a concession area in the Western Desert, including negotiation with EGPC and coordination with foreign counsel. |
| REGULATORY DISPUTE — EGAS Represented an IOC in a regulatory dispute before EGAS concerning gas allocation and offtake pricing, securing a favorable commercial resolution without formal arbitration. |
| LNG TOLLING ADVISORY Provided regulatory and commercial advisory to a regional NOC on LNG tolling arrangements in Egypt, assessing applicable licensing requirements and contractual risk exposure. |
PRACTICE CONTACTS
| Dr. Heba Raslan Partner, Corporate Advisory E-mail: Hraslan@mkhodeir.com Tel: |
www.mkhodeir.com · Cairo, Egypt