Arbitration & Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Egypt
Firm Profile
With over a century of experience and since its establishment in 1912, the Firm has achieved a record of success and growth that today makes it the longest established firm and one of the leading firms in Egypt and the Middle East. With over 82 attorneys, counselors and paralegals, including 18 partners, as well as 12 paralegals, and a support staff of over 80 qualified professionals, the Firm provides first-rate quality legal services to a broad base of multinational, regional and premium local clients through its offices in Cairo, Alexandria and Dubai. The Firm’s history and tradition have spurred on its ambition to remain the premier firm in the Egyptian market, as well as one of the top tier firms in the region. The Firm is the exclusive member firm of Lex Mundi in Egypt. The Firm is ranked as tier 1 in Chambers Global, the IFLR 1000 and the Legal 500. The Firm is proud to have recently won the IFLR Middle East Egypt Law Firm of the Year 2011 award. The Firm on average has around 800 on-going cases before all levels of the Egyptian Courts. The Firm on average handles around 10 new arbitration cases each year.
Dr. Khaled El Shalakany
Dr. Khaled El Shalakany, Senior and Managing Partner, holds degrees in engineering, management and law from a number of universities, including Cairo University, the University of Toronto and Cambridge University. He was also enrolled for five years as a graduate research student in law at London University (SOAS). As a computer systems engineer, he was awarded the IBM Professional Excellence award in 1982. He has been practicing law since 1985. Dr. Khaled El Shalakany has been practicing as a litigation lawyer for more than 25 years and has represented clients before all types
100 Notable Legal Work
of Egyptian courts. In the field of alternative dispute resolution, Dr. Khaled El Shalakany has acted as counsel, arbitrator and expert in over 60 commercial arbitrations in a number of jurisdictions and centers of arbitration including the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration, the Bahrain Center, the Dubai International Arbitration Center, the ICC Court of Arbitration, the LCIA, and ICSID.
Areas of Expertise
• Anti-dumping and Trade Disputes • Anti-Trust and Competition • Arbitration • Aviation • Banking and Financial Institutions • Capital Markets • Mergers and Acquisitions
• Construction, B.O.T. and PPP Projects
• Corporate, Commercial, Agency and Distribution
• Insurance • Intellectual Property • Labor and Employment • Litigation • Manufacturing • Oil and Gas • Privatization • Real Estate • Tax
• Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Tourism , Hotels, Travel and Services.
The Firm prides itself on having a very high success rate in both its litigation and arbitration work. Recently, the Firm has obtained favourable judgments in several high profile commercial arbitrations, including arbitration cases for Millennium Hotels, Key Trade AG, Unilever, Galaxy Energy Group, and Tecnicas Reunidas. In litigation, the Firm has also obtained favourable judgments in a number of important litigation cases, including cases for MAS International Company, Sonat, Galaxy, Mena House Oberoi Hotel, Tourah Portland Cement, The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil), and Misr Glass Manufacturing Company.
The Arbitration and Litigation Groups work in teams and believe in the importance of efficient and timely communication and coordination with the clients. Moreover, the Groups hold regular brain storming and deliberation sessions to review cases and set appropriate strategy and tactics for each case.
Contact
Dr. Khaled El Shalakany Senior and Managing Partner
Email:
kshalakany@shalakany.com Tel: 202.27288888 Fax: 202.27370661
www.shalakany.com
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011
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