Shahid Law Firm

Firm Details:

Chairman & Founding Partner: Sarwat Abd El-Shahid

Number of partners: 6

Number of counsels: 5

Total Number of lawyers & fee earners: more than 100

Languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

Firm Overview:

Shahid Law Firm (“SLF”)'s practices have been building on the Firm’s 35+ years of expertise. The Firm’s strength lies in understanding our clients’ commercial and business needs, coupled with our detailed knowledge of the legal systems, longstanding experience in transactional operations, as well as close ties to other leading firms in the region and beyond, ensures that our clients can obtain the best commercially-oriented services they need. In each case, a hand-picked, tailor-made team with the required expertise and understanding ensures delivery of the highest quality of work aiming our clients’ objectives. This is recognized by the consistent Tier 1 ranking of our Firm’s Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Litigation), Corporate, Commercial, and M&A, Capital Markets, Employment, Oil & Gas, Energy, and TMT practices and attorneys by leading legal global directories.

What is our practice area best known for?

• Counselor Sarwat Abd El-Shahid established Shahid Law Firm in 1987, after serving as judge and State Counselor for nearly two decades. Since its inception, the Firm has rapidly grown to become one of the leading law firms operating in Egypt and the region. Shahid Law Firm currently boasts over 105 lawyers and fee earners, all of whom have an outstanding knowledge of local legal, business, social and cultural environment, making Shahid Law Firm one of the leading legal firms operating in the MENA region.
• Our Firm’s strength lies in our understanding of our clients’ commercial needs which, coupled with our detailed knowledge of the Egyptian legal system, longstanding experience in transactional operations and dispute resolution, as well as our close ties to other leading firms in the region and beyond, ensures that our clients can obtain the best commercially oriented service required.
• Shahid Law Firm’s portfolio of clients includes top tier large international corporations, industrial conglomerates, banks, insurance companies, high-net-worth individuals and families, diplomatic representations and governments; and our experience spans various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, energy and power, oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, leisure and hotels, consumer products, food and beverages, aviation, banking and finance, information technology and telecommunications.
• Our expertise is also based on solid ties to both the academic and the business communities, as some of the members of our Firm are lecturers in academic institutions and hold board positions in various chambers of commerce and business councils active in the region.
• The Firm’s members are often invited as speakers in key events and conferences around the world. This is recognized by the consistent top tier ranking of our Firm and attorneys by global legal directories.

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