About

Provided by Zulficar & Partners

The Corporate, M&A practice is handled by two groups within our Firm: The Mergers and Acquisitions Group headed by Dr. Ingy Badawy and the Capital Markets Group headed by Mr. Anwar Zeidan. Dr. Firas El Samad is a prominent and active member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group in addition to being the head of the Competition Law and Information Technology Group. Ms. Mona Zulficar also provides the Group with valuable support when required.

The Group has established and maintained an exceptional track record, and is recognized and singled out for establishing precedents, introducing innovative structures and solutions through its creative and proactive problem solving approach.

The Group provides clients with individualized services catering to their specific needs and business requirements. In-depth knowledge, timely response, availability and ability to work and deliver under time restraints without affecting the quality of the services are but a few of the qualities that the M&A Group has been praised for.

The Group represents clients in major acquisition transactions in various sectors including healthcare, banking, education, e-payment solutions, renewable energy, oil and gas, real estate, FMCG and other diverse industrial sectors.

The Group provides its clients, listed or closed companies, with general corporate advice.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Corporate/M&A - Egypt

1
Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Zulficar & Partners maintains a prominent Cairo-based corporate team with strengths in cross-border as well as domestic transactions. The firm's lawyers are recognised for their adept handling of significant joint venture projects, corporate restructurings and M&A. The team is regularly involved in transactions arising in the real estate, energy, education and pharmaceutical sectors, among others.

Work Highlights

Provided by Zulficar & Partners

  • Zulficar & Partners acted for The Sovereign Fund of Egypt on the restructuring and privatisation of a portfolio of hotels through a capital increase in a new joint venture entity owned jointly by the Sovereign Fund and the Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Mona Zulficar
E
Mona Zulficar
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Eminent Practitioners
Founding partner Mona Zulficar is a distinguished lawyer who is well known for the depth of her transactional and regulatory experience, which spans more than three decades. She is particularly noted for her work on behalf of financial services clients.

Mona has an unmatched network and command of local dynamics.

Mona possesses a brilliant legal mind. She is a highly trusted adviser and is genuinely dedicated to the success of the transactions at hand.

Anwar Zeidan
2
Anwar Zeidan
2
Band 2
Anwar Zeidan is an accomplished lawyer who acts for public and private companies on various corporate matters. These include M&A transactions, as well as company restructurings and joint ventures.

To my mind, he is the most knowledgeable corporate legal counsel in Egypt by far.

Anwar Zeidan has an excellent command of local legislation.

Ingy Badawy
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Ingy Badawy
2
Band 2
Head of the firm's corporate and M&A department, Ingy Badawy is a highly experienced transactional lawyer. She draws considerable praise for her deep knowledge of the issues relating to acquisitions and joint ventures. Furthermore, she represents an impressive list of clients active in the sectors of tech and finance as well as food and beverages.

Ingy Badawy has a super eye for detail and a deep understanding of complex structures.

Ingy is extremely committed and hard-working.

Mariam El Masry
4
Mariam El Masry
4
Band 4
Mariam El Masry is an accomplished partner with considerable expertise in M&A mandates. She represents domestic and international clients in a variety of corporate matters arising in active sectors such as pharma, real estate, agriculture and energy, but with a particular emphasis on oil and gas.

Miriam is commercial, responsive and understands the lay of the land well. She's active in the market and can give relevant advice.

Mariam El Masry works closely with us on everything. She is attentive to details and understands the different steps which are necessary to execute a transaction.

Mariam is very knowledgeable of the oil and gas space in Egypt.

Ranked Lawyers at
Zulficar & Partners

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Egypt

Corporate/M&A

Mona Zulficar
E
Mona Zulficar
E
Eminent Practitioners
Anwar Zeidan
2
Anwar Zeidan
2
Band 2
Ingy Badawy
2
Ingy Badawy
2
Band 2
Mariam El Masry
4
Mariam El Masry
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Zulficar & Partners

Clients

Provided by Zulficar & Partners

ACE Moharram Bakhoum

Abou Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)

Abraaj Capital

Abu Qir Petroleum Company

African Export-Import Bank - Egypt

Ahli United Bank, Egypt, SAE

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK)

Al Ahly Capital Holding, SAE

Al Arabia Company for Production and Distribution, SAE

Al Dahra Agricultural Company

Al Watani Bank of Egypt, SAE

Alfa Telecom International Mobile (“ALTIMO”)

Amoun Holding

Apache Corporation

Arab African International Bank, SAE

Arab Banking Corporation (ABC), SAE

Arab Petroleum Pipelines Company (SUMED), SAE

B.TECH

BOSTIK Egypt

Bank Audi Egypt, SAE

Banking, Financial Services and Capital Markets

Banque Misr, SAE

Barclays Bank Egypt, SAE

Blom Bank Egypt, SAE

British American Tobacco, SAE

CIRA (Cairo Investment & Real Estate Development)

Cemex

Cleopatra hospital Company

Commercial International Bank (Egypt), SAE

Credit Agricole Egypt, SAE

Dragon Oil (Holdings) Ltd

EFG Hermes Holding

EGPC

EMethanex, SAE

ERJET

Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC)

Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (“EGAS”)

Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding (“ECHEM”)

Emaar Industries Company

Five Star Flower Mills

General Cable Egypt, SAE

General Motors Egypt, SAE

Ghabbour Auto

Guardian Industries

HSBC Egypt, SAE

IBM

Kellogg’s

Koch Companies

MOPCO, SAE

Marakez

Mashreq Bank

Merrill Lynch

MobiNil, SAE

National Bank of Abu Dhabi

National Bank of Development, SAE

National Fertilizers Company, SAE

National Holdings/Scope Invest

Orascom Construction Industries, SAE

Paradise Capital, SAE

Port Said East Power Generating Company, SAE

Qatar National Bank Al Ahly (QNB) SAE

Raya Holdings

SODIC, SAE

Sidi Krir Generating Company, SAE

Sodic

Soprema Egypt

Suez Canal Container Terminals, SAE

Suez Cement Company

Suez Gulf Power Generating Company, SAE

TAQA Arabia and all its subsidiaries

The Bank of New York Mellon

Titan Cement Egypt, SAE

Torah Portland Cement Company, SAE

Total E&P Egypte

Tri-Ocean Energy

Unilever

Vimpelcom

 Nissan

Industries

Provided by Zulficar & Partners

Employment, Social Security and Benefits

General Corporate and Capital Market Transactions

Intellectual Property

Project Finance and Public Private Partnership

Acquisitions

Automotive and Aviation

Cement Industry

Energy and Utilities

Engineering and project management

Fertilizers and Glass Industry

Government and Public Sector

Healthcare Services

IPOs and Capital Market transactions

Import and Export

Information Technology

Insurance

Investment Banking

Joint Ventures

Manufacturing

Oil & Gas

Petrochemicals and Chemical Industries

Pharmaceuticals

Real Estate and Construction

Renewable Energy

Restructuring, Mergers and Demergers

Sanitary Products

Securities and Asset Management

Shipping and Maritime

Steel Industry

Telecommunications

Tourism, Travel and Leisure

Wastewater Treatment

Water Desalination

Waterproofing

 Cinema and Film Production

 Construction, supply and erection