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Type of Work Handled: International commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration, and complex litigation, with a strong focus on oil & gas, mineral resources, infrastructure, and construction disputes. The team handles concession and production-sharing disputes, EPC and FIDIC claims, gas sale and purchase agreements, joint operating agreements, shareholder disputes, enforcement actions, and regulatory challenges under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, CRCICA and DIAC rules.
Categories of Clients: International oil & gas and petrochemical companies, exploration and production operators, engineering and construction firms, global inspection companies, infrastructure developers, ministries and state entities, donor agencies, multinational investors, financial services groups, and private shareholders.
Recent Work Highlights: Representing a Malaysian oil & gas multinational in a multi-billion USD ICSID claim; acting in the “Peace Pipeline” cases; advising on ICC and CRCICA arbitrations involving gas supply and FIDIC contracts; representing Heidelberg Cement in an ICSID arbitration; handling major port and infrastructure disputes; and conducting multi-million USD shareholder and cross-border commercial arbitrations.
Specialisations: High-value energy disputes, investor-state arbitration, cross-border commercial arbitration, complex construction claims, treaty protection claims, and enforcement of arbitral awards.
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Shahid Law Firm represented Highways International Offshore in a CRCICA arbitration against two Egyptian companies relating to alleged contractual breaches during production of a well-known Egyptian television programme.
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Shahid Law Firm knows the Egyptian market like the back of its hand and is able to give practical advice for strategic goals.
Shahid Law Firm knows the Egyptian market like the back of its hand and is able to give practical advice for strategic goals.
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Girgis Abd El-Shahid is managing partner and is highly regarded for both commercial and investment treaty arbitration. He has considerable experience handling cases on behalf of clients operating in a wide variety of industries, and is also well known for his enduring good relationships with several international law firms.
He is a great lawyer and arbitrator. He is very knowledgeable, very well rounded in his abilities and takes his work very seriously.