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Dentons Egypt LLC - Ibrachy Legal Consultancy
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- Yasir Elakhdar - Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
- Ziad Gadalla - Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
- Ahmed Omar - Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
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Mohamed Kamel and Rasheed Kamel at Al Kamel Law Office are specialists in energy infrastructure finance and development. They advised Bayerische Landesbank on a $200m 50MW solar power plant under Egyptâs feed-in-tariff (FiT) programme.
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International) advises a broad spectrum of project finance clients including sponsors, commercial banks, funds, export credit agencies and development finance institutions. âProject finance expertâ Mohamed Ghannam advised Ethydco on a $75m loan from Afreximbank. Ziad Gadalla and Ahmed Omar are ones to watch.
Shahid Law Firmâs team is âone of the bestâ in the market. Girgis Abd El-Shahid âstands out in every way for his competence and experienceâ and âtalented partnerâ Donia El-Mazghouny is âhighly knowledgeableâ. Clients include Edison International and Scatec Solar.
At Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law, head of projects Mohammed Gomaa and litigator Shaaban Gaballa are highly regarded. Yasir Elakhdar is one to watch. The team advised China Fortune Land Development Co on establishing a new administrative capital in New Cairo.
At MHR & Partners in association with White & Case, Sherief Rashed and Tarek Mohanna are active in major energy and infrastructure projects. Highlights included acting for Al Nowais Investments on a 2,640MW power plant development.
Matouk Bassiounyâs Mahmoud Bassiouny is a project finance specialist who advises local and foreign lenders and sponsors on energy and transportation projects. He advised Aqualia Infraestructuras on the construction of a water desalination plant in Al Alamein.
Shalakany Law Officeâs team âprovides an excellent service and can hold its own against firms operating in Europeâ. Aly El Shalakany assisted the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company with its transition into an independent system operator.
Michael Lacey heads the team at Dentons Egypt LLC, which counts Sany and First Solar Electric among its clients. FrĂŠdĂŠrique LĂŠger has considerable project finance expertise.
At Ibrachy Legal Consultancy, banking and projects expert Sara Hinton worked with an international law firm to facilitate sovereign borrowing for the new capital project in Cairo. The team is also a leading name for energy projects.
Fatma Salah and Heba El Kady at Riad & Riad are highly active in energy projects and routinely act for developers on the fiT programme. Salah also assisted a gold mining company with concession rights and exploration agreements.
Sharkawy & Sarhanâs Ahmed El Sharkawy advised numerous international financial institutions on the development of 30 power projects as part of a first-of-its-kind solar energy park in Upper Egypt. Mohamed Nabil Hazzaa and Karim Sarhan are also noted.
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EGYPT'S NEW LABOR UNION LAW
A new labor union organizations law was issued last December under Law No. 213/2017 (the âLawâ) replacing previous labor union organizations law No. 35/1976. The Law explicitly provides for the prohibition of establishing labor unions based on religious or political grounds or incorporating discriminative rules in the articles of association of such organizations. -
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