Firm PROFILE

Matouk Bassiouny

Global 2026

Rankings

Leading firm in Global 2026

Ranked Departments

Ranked Individuals

Top figures

270

Lawyers

7

Jurisdictions

38

Partners

Content provided by Matouk Bassiouny

Contributions and articles

8 Global Practice Guides

2 Articles, Press releases, highlights

Overview

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Matouk Bassiouny is a leading full-service MENA law firm with over 270 lawyers operating out of its offices in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Khartoum and Algiers, supplemented by a New York satellite office dedicated to enhancing the firm's international Dispute Resolution services and two country desks covering Libya and South Korea. Trained locally and internationally in both civil and common law systems, our attorneys advise multinationals, corporations, financial institutions and governmental entities.

Industry sectors (15)

Healthcare
Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate
Banking and Non-Banking Financial Institutions
Aviation
Insurance
Private Equity
TMT, FinTech, ECVC
Sports
Consumer Goods & Retail
Energy & Water
Hospitality
Education
Heavy Industries
Transport & Logistics

Capabilities (15)

Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
Projects & Infrastructure — project structuring, development, and project and infrastructure finance
Banking, Asset & Acquisition Finance — corporate and investment grade lending, asset finance, leveraged and acquisition finance
General Corporate Advisory — corporate establishments, company secretarial, corporate restructurings
Restructuring & Insolvency
Venture Capital, Start-Ups & Financial Technology
Dispute Resolution
Debt Capital Markets & Securitization — bond issuance, securitization, derivatives and structured finance
Competition & Antitrust — including regulatory investigations
Islamic Finance
Employment & Labour — including collective bargaining
Capital Markets & Funds — IPOs, listings, dual securities listings, secondary offerings, capital increases, privatizations, funds management
Tax & Customs
Intellectual Property — advisory and litigation
Data Privacy, ICT & Media

Clients (15)

Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company PJSC (ADQ)
Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
British International Investment (BII)
Noatum Maritime (AD Ports Group)
Hilton
Marriott
MNT-Halan
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
IFC — International Finance Corporation
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Banque Misr
Deutsche Bahn International Operations GmbH
Elsewedy Electric
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Key people

Provided by Matouk Bassiouny

Omar S. Bassiouny
Founding Partner, Group Head of Corporate and M&A
F. John Matouk
Founding Partner, Head of New York Office Group, Head of Dispute Resolution
Tamer El Hennawy
Partner, Co-head of Corporate and M&A and Capital Markets
Mahmoud Bassiouny
Regional Managing Partner, Group Head of Finance and Projects

Work & experience

Provided by Matouk Bassiouny

A leading full-service MENA firm, Matouk Bassiouny combines regional reach across Egypt, the UAE, Sudan and Algeria with deep local insight. Its Corporate/M&A, Finance & Projects, Capital Markets and Dispute Resolution groups act on the region's largest and most novel mandates — sovereign-scale investment, first-of-their-kind listings and precedent-setting judgments — across energy, financial services, TMT, healthcare and real estate. Over 270 lawyers deliver commercial, solutions-led counsel.