Our lawyers worked and represented clients in civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings before Courts of all degrees as well as before special dispute settlement forums such as the Ministerial Committee for the Settlement of Investment Contracts’ Disputes.
A representative list of our experience includes:
- Acting for the biggest Middle Eastern manufacturer and supplier of hygienic and paper products in over one hundred litigation cases in respect of employment, supply, distribution, consumer protection, competition, breach of payment obligations and tax claims.
- Acting for an Egyptian bank against a group of borrowers involved in the sugar production industry in claims of EGP 350 million related to breach of finance agreements.
- Acting for an Egyptian pipeline’s subcontractor against the employer in claims nearing USD 35 million related to the construction of a refinery project in Egypt.
- Acting for an Egyptian mining company in a USD 20 million case before Administrative Courts for wrongful termination of a concession agreement.
- Defending a Chairman and a CEO of a joint-stock company concerning criminal charges of embezzlement and forgery of the company’s funds.
- Defending a textile manufacturer concerning criminal charges of tax evasion.
- Acting for an Egyptian real estate developer before GAFI’s Ministerial Committee for Settlement of Investment Disputes concerning disputes with the New Urban Committees Authority arising out of a sale and development agreement for a compound in Sixth of October city in Egypt.
- Acting against a government body before Administrative Courts for refusing to grant a license for a company.
- Acting for Egyptian football players before the Egyptian Football Association concerning termination of their agreements with an Egyptian club, transfer as free agents, and payment of outstanding monetary obligations.
- Advising a major French telecom operator on the enforcement of a USD 800 million ICC arbitration award related to the acquisition of a local mobile operator.
- Acting for a major Egyptian importer and UAE exporter of grain and feed in criminal matters related to importation to Egypt of infested wheat.
- Acting for a major bank with international operations against Egyptian, Swiss, and UAE traders in criminal cases for misappropriation of grain and feed on customs’ areas in Egyptian ports.
- Acting for a Maltese bank for settlement of a dispute over, and release of, clearing grain and feed imported into Egypt. Acting for a European group for manufacturing of infrastructure products in an investment dispute concerning a breach of a supply contract before the Ministerial Committee for the Settlement of Investment Contracts’ Disputes.
- Acting for a hotel owner in court proceedings ancillary to a Cairo Regional Centre arbitration over ownership of a hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh.
- Acting for a hotel owner on the enforcement of an arbitration award involving the transfer of shares and surrendering of hotels. Acting for a regional real estate developer on the annulment of an arbitration award in a dispute with large financial institutions.
- Acting for a major British supplier of energy products in a challenge before the Administrative Court against an administrative decision regarding sales tax.
- Acting for a giant German manufacturer in a set of civil and criminal lawsuits and interim measures before Economic Courts relating to trademark infringements.
- Acting for a major mobile operator in a set of lawsuits before Economic and Administrative Courts concerning capital market disputes.
- Acting for a major Egyptian marine services provider in a lawsuit relating to a saturation diving contract.
- Acting for a European group for the manufacturing of Oil and Gas tools in a dispute relating to a breach of an agency agreement against a local company for oil and gas services in Egypt under the ICC Rules.
- Advising a major international mobile manufacturer concerning a dispute arising out of a distribution agreement against an Egyptian non-exclusive distributor.