The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm is a first tier firm,

Zulficar & Partners Law Firm’s excellent practice advised a lender consortium on a E£1.1bn syndicated facility for Arab National Cement Company; and initial mandated lead arranger MobiNil on a E£2bn syndicated medium term facility agreement with National Bank of Egypt, NSGB and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) as lenders. The ‘experienced’ Mona Zulficar is ‘well equipped with strong legal knowledge and negotiation skills’. Head of banking Ashraf Ihab is also recommended.

Within Corporate and M&A, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm is a first tier firm,

Ingy Badawy heads Zulficar & Partners Law Firm’s practice, which advised Orascom Telecom on the de-merger of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology. It has also been active in the oil and gas sector, where Mohamed Abdel Wahab is leading advice on the multimillion-dollar merger of two oil and gas companies.

Within Dispute resolution, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm is a first tier firm,

Zulficar & Partners Law Firm is ‘extremely well informed’, and has ‘impressive strength-in-depth’. The team represented an Egyptian company in GAFTA proceedings against a Ukrainian counterparty, pertaining to a multimillion-dollar corn importation contract. Head of international arbitration Mohamed Abdel Wahab ‘distinguishes himself through his sharpness, highly professional input, and performance befitting of a world-class arbitration practitioner’. Head of litigation Mahmoud Shaltout is ‘always concerned with the tiniest details, never stops researching and has great perseverance’.

Within IT and telecoms, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Firas El Samad heads Zulficar & Partners Law Firm’s telecoms practice, which advised CIB on acquiring banking software and hardware from IBM. The team also advises MobiNil on licensing and regulatory issues.

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