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Matouk Bassiouny
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Matouk Bassiouny

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Overview

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  • Firm Overview

    Matouk Bassiouny is a leading full-service MENA law firm with over 270 lawyers operating out of its offices in Cairo, Egypt (Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy), Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Matouk Bassiouny), Khartoum, Sudan (Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm), and Algiers, Algeria (Matouk Bassiouny).

    Matouk Bassiouny’s MENA offices are supplemented by a New York satellite office dedicated to enhancing the firm’s international Dispute Resolution services in addition to two country desks covering Libya and South Korea.

    Trained locally and internationally in both civil and common law systems, the firm's attorneys are fully conversant in English, Arabic, French, and Korean. Matouk Bassiouny is ideally placed to advise multinationals, corporations, financial institutions, and governmental entities on all legal aspects of investing and doing business in the region.

  • Practice Groups

    The firm's offerings extend to cover an array of legal services, which are provided through the firm's core practice groups:

    • Capital Markets
    • Corporate/M&A
    • Finance & Projects
    • Dispute Resolution
  • Key Contacts:

    Founding Partner and Group Head of Corporate and M&A: Omar S. Bassiouny

    Email: [email protected]

    Founding Partner, Head of New York Office, and Group Head of Dispute Resolution:F. John Matouk

    Email: [email protected]

    Regional Managing Partner and Group Head of Finance & Projects:Mahmoud S. Bassiouny

    Email: [email protected]

    Partner and Co-head of Corporate and M&A and Capital Markets:Tamer El Hennawy

    Email: [email protected]

  • Offices & Jurisdictions

    Algeria:

    Address: 28 Boulevard Colonel Bougara, El Biar, Algiers, Algeria

    Telephone: +(213) 770 07 3774

    Email: [email protected]

    Egypt:

    Address: 12 Mohamed Ali Genah, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt

    Telephone: +(202) 2796 2042

    Fax: +(202) 2795 4221

    Email: [email protected]

    Sudan:

    Address: Khartoum South, Plot No. 3, Block No. 1/KH, Khartoum, Sudan

    Telephone: +(249) 183 483344

    Fax: +(249) 183 486090

    Email: [email protected]

    UAE:

    Dubai Address: Office 601, Maze Tower, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE

    Telephone: +(971) 4289 2159

    Email: [email protected]

    Abu Dhabi Address: 24th floor, Al Sila Tower, Regus, ADGM Square, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Telephone : +(971) 2694 8657

    Email: [email protected]

  • Practice Areas & Sectors

    The firm's sector capability in the MENA region combines its in-depth knowledge of local markets with an understanding of its clients' businesses. The firm takes a proactive and commercial approach by assembling teams from its practice groups with robust experience in the following sectors:

    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Consumer Goods & Retail
    • Education
    • Energy & Water
    • Fintech, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
    • Healthcare
    • Heavy Industries
    • Hospitality
    • Insurance
    • Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
    • Non-Banking Financial Institutions
    • Private Equity
    • Public Procurement
    • Real Estate
    • Sports
    • Technology, Media& Telecommunication
    • Transport & Logistics

Ranked Offices at Matouk Bassiouny

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Egypt - Head office

Cairo

12 Mohamed Ali Genah Garden City, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo

Algeria

Algiers Province

28 Boulevard Colonel Bougara El Biar, Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria, Algiers

Sudan

Khartoum

Khartoum South, Plot No. 3, Block No. 1/KH, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Khartoum

Ranked Departments at Matouk Bassiouny (10)

Algeria

Egypt

North Africa-wide

Sudan

Ranked Individuals at Matouk Bassiouny (15)

Algeria

Egypt

Sudan

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