Shahid Law Firm has considerable experience in disputes across a range of centres, specialising in proceedings related to tax, real estate, shareholders’ agreements and investment treaties. The team is helmed by Sarwat Abd El-Shahid, who brings over thirty years of arbitration experience, and Girgis Abd El-Shahid, a leading authority in arbitration, with clients praising him as ‘instrumental’ in their cases. Counsel Inji Fathalla showcases skill in energy, transportation, IP and construction arbitration. Salma Nasreldine is another key name, offering further expertise in oil, gas and renewables disputes.
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'The Shahid team was overall very professional and dedicated to supporting our case and pushing for the optimal outcome.’
‘The team was dedicated to learning the key details of the case and industry, thus ensuring the arbitrators were educated with the accurate and correct information. Girgis Abd El-Shahid was instrumental in structuring the arguments and responses and Georges Ghali was extremely diligent in ensuring our arguments were sound, thorough and complete.’
Clients clés
- Abbott Laboratories
- Arab Company for Touristic Project
- CTIP Oil & GAS UAE
- Doosan Enerbility Limited Company
- East Mediterranean Gas (EMG)
- Egyptian General Co. For Tourism and Hotels (EGOTH)
- El Naba Contracting Enterprises
- Gesenu S.p.A
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
- Global Consolidated Contractor (Egypt)
Points forts
- Representing a leading Saudi Investor in two USD 37 million arbitration cases filed before the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, against one of the major listed Egyptian conglomerates providing financial services in the region.
- Representing a major financing company and its owner, a renowned Egyptian Businessman (who is also the Managing Director and one of two shareholders of one of the major dairy production and distribution groups of companies in Europe and the Middle East) in a multi-billion USD ICC Arbitration Case involving a claim initiated by the other shareholder of the group of companies against him and his financing company.
- Representing an Egyptian family with a judgment against the Libyan State for damages exceeding USD 200 million, attempted to enforce this judgment against the assets of the Arab Company for Touristic Project (ACTP), arguing that ACTP is ultimately owned by the Libyan state.
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Inji Fathalla
Responsable de la pratique
Sarwat Abd El-Shahid; Girgis Abd El-Shahid
Autres avocats clés
Inji Fathalla; Salma Nasreldine; Georges Ghali