The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, Al Kamel Law Office is a first tier firm,

At Al Kamel Law Office, Rasheed Kamel and Tamim Foda lead advice to clients including Barclays and Commercial International Bank on financings and facility agreements such as a $20m facility provided to Palm Hills Middle East; and $300m granted to Etisalat Misr. The firm also advised German development finance institution DEG on SIAG International’s €4m acquisition of shares in SIAG El Sewedy Towers. Mohamed Kamel is an expert in capital markets and international finance.

Within Corporate and M&A, Al Kamel Law Office is a first tier firm,

Al Kamel Law Office recently advised a global drinks brand on its potential acquisition of an Egyptian dairy concern. Rasheed Kamel, Mohamed Kamel and Mahmoud Wahba are the partners of choice for major players in the international food and beverages, hotel and leisure, and pharmaceuticals sectors.

Within Dispute resolution, Al Kamel Law Office is a first tier firm,

Al Kamel Law Office puts in a ‘strong, substantive performance’ across all areas of dispute resolution through its ‘extremely competent’ team of specialist litigators and arbitrators. The group is representing Boeing in a Boeing 737 crash compensation claim; and Northrop Grumman in arbitration. New department head Mohamed Kamel ‘clearly stands out for his academic and advisory excellence’, and new litigation team leader Joseph Morcous is ‘also very competent’. Tamim Foda is praised for his ‘timely responses and acute business sense’ in arbitrations.

Within IT and telecoms, Al Kamel Law Office is a second tier firm,

Al Kamel Law Office was instructed as local counsel to the lenders regarding a $300m loan to Etisalat Misr. The team also advised France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Orange and i2 on matters including licensing, compliance and corporate structuring. Mohamed Kamel and Mahmoud Wahba are the key contacts.

Within Intellectual property, Al Kamel Law Office is a first tier firm,

The ‘practical and commercial’ Mohamed Kamel leads Al Kamel Law Office’s team, which is adept at protecting and enforcing IP rights and managing IP rights transfers, such as the global acquisition of Pfizer products by Johnson & Johnson. IBM, Sun Microsoft and United Distillers are also clients. The group achieves ‘the best of results’.

Within Legal market overview,

Overall, the legal market is dominated by full-service firms such as Al Kamel Law Office, Shalakany Law Office, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) and Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law, although newer firms such as Ibrachy Law Firm and Zulficar & Partners Law Firm are emerging as strong challengers.

Within Oil and gas, Al Kamel Law Office is a first tier firm,

Al Kamel Law Office’s deep oil and gas experience runs from concession negotiations for Gaz de France to advising EFG Private Equity on acquisitions and Electricité de France on a BOOT project bid. Mohamed Kamel heads the four-partner team, which also acts as general counsel to Caltex.

Within Projects and infrastructure, Al Kamel Law Office is a third tier firm,

Al Kamel Law Office’s strength lies in financing, and it advises clients such as China Shipping and Standard Bank on participations in construction and development activities. It acted as local counsel to sponsor South Asian Petrochemical on the $100m project financing extended to Egyptian Polyester Company. The ‘excellent’ Mohamed Kamel heads the team, which also includes Tamim Foda, Rasheed Kamel and Moustafa Moustafa.

Within Shipping, Al Kamel Law Office is a third tier firm,

Recent instructions at Al Kamel Law Office have included acting for Danaos Shipping in litigation concerning seizure of vessels crossing the Suez Canal, and five cassation cases. Container shipping group CMA CGM and Baltica Insurance are also clients of Abul Fadl Hosny and Abdel Halim Abul Ela.