NILE CITY BUILDING, NORTH TOWER, 21ST FLOOR, CORNICH EL NIL, RAMLET BEAULAC, CAIRO, EGYPT
Egypt : Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) recently advised the IFC on loans of $200m and $125m to an Orascom Construction Industries subsidiary; and Proparco on a financing of Wadi Holding. It also advised Citibank, as escrow agent, on Citadel Group’s $300m refinancing. Mohamed Ghannam, Mohamad Talaat, Hazim Rizkana and Hatem Soliman are the key figures.
Egypt : Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) provides ‘excellent service’, and is ‘comparable with top US firms’. It recently advised The Savola Group on its E£713.5m acquisition of Al Maleka and Al Farasha Food Industries; and Amwaj International on its purchase of a 49% stake in a tourism company. Mohamed Ghannam, Hatem Soliman, Mohamad Talaat, Hazim Rizkana and Suzan Farid are recommended.
Egypt : Dispute resolution
Within Dispute resolution, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
The nine-partner team at Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is ‘extremely professional’, and has ‘excellent industry knowledge’. It is representing a manufacturer in a $300m court case over the validity of production licences. Other clients include Sanyo Electric and Lundbeck. Mohamad Talaat and Hazim Rizkana are highly experienced litigators.
Egypt : IT and telecoms
Within IT and telecoms, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie)’s respected telecoms practice advised IBM on importation controls for encryption devices and software, and assisted Invensys with gaining approval for the importation of encryption devices. It also advised Equant France on data privacy issues pertaining to web-filtering tools. Suzan Farid and Hazim Rizkana are recommended.
Egypt : Intellectual property
Within Intellectual property, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie)’s IP practice works closely with ICT, competition and commercial colleagues. It advises on anti-piracy, anti-counterfeiting, commercial, contentious and non-contentious IP relating to copyrights, patents and trade marks. The firm successfully represented Sanyo Electric in a trade mark infringement case against Sanyo Misr, and is acting for Makro in six separate trade mark infringement cases. Hazim Rizkana and Mohamad Talaat are recommended.
Egypt : Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview Leading individuals
Egypt : Oil and gas
Within Oil and gas, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) advises clients on contract reviews and financing needs. It acted for BNP Paribas and HSBC on providing a $50m reserve-based credit facility for Sea Dragon Energy, and assisted the IFC with its investment in Galaxy Chemicals. Mohamed Ghannam and Hatem Soliman jointly head the natural resources group.
Egypt : Projects and infrastructure
Within Projects and infrastructure, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) is a first tier firm,
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie) recently advised the IFC on loans of $200m and $125m to the Egyptian Fertilizer Company. Mohamed Ghannam is recommended.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Abu Dhabi
Argentina
Offices in Buenos Aires
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources: mining : Energy and natural resources: mining
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- International trade and customs : International trade and customs
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Tax : Tax
Australia
Offices in Sydney and Melbourne
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition and trade : Competition and trade
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and resources : Energy and resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Central and Eastern Europe : Central and Eastern Europe
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Tax : Tax
Azerbaijan
Offices in Baku
Belgium
Offices in Brussels, Antwerp, and Brussels
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Environment : Environment
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Islamic finance : Islamic finance
- Project finance : Project finance
Brazil
Offices in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring : Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust : Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources: electricity : Energy and natural resources: electricity
- Energy and natural resources: mining : Energy and natural resources: mining
- Energy and natural resources: oil and gas : Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
- Environment : Environment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- International trade and customs : International trade and customs
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Public law : Public law
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
Chile
Offices in Santiago and Santiago
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust : Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources: mining : Energy and natural resources: mining
- Energy and natural resources: oil and gas/power generation : Energy and natural resources: oil and gas/power generation
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Colombia
- Competition and antitrust : Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Germany
Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich
- Banking and finance : Bank lending
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring : Restructuring
- IP: patents : Litigation
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Oil and gas : Oil and gas
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Health and life sciences : Health and life sciences
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Full-service firms
- Media and entertainment : Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and energy : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
- Tax and trusts : Tax and trusts
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
India
Italy
Offices in Rome, Milan, and Bologna
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Other leading firms : Bologna: Leading firms
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition law : Independent local firms
- Antitrust and competition law : International firms and joint ventures
- Banking and finance : Independent local firms
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : Independent local firms
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Construction, projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Independent local firms
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : Independent local firms
- Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
- Labour and employment : Independent local firms
- Labour and employment : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : Independent local firms
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : International firms and joint ventures
Kazakhstan
Offices in Almaty
London
Offices in London EC4V and London EC4V
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs and Excise
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Employment: employees/unions
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Product liability: claimant
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : PFI and PPP
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Data protection
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Insurance : Insurance
- IP and IT : IP and IT
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Mexico
Offices in Juarez, Cancun, Tijuana, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara
- Competition and antitrust : Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- International trade and customs : International trade and customs
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Malaysia
Offices in Kuala Lumpur
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Islamic finance : Islamic finance
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Philippines
Offices in Makati
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
- Immigration : Immigration
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt : Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity : Capital markets: Equity
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Corporate and M&A : St Petersburg
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Mining : Mining
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Local firms
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Local firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Local firms
- Employment : Local firms
- Intellectual property : Local firms
- Projects and energy : Local firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
- TMT : Local firms
- Tax : Local firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Switzerland
- Banking and finance : Geneva
- Banking and finance : Zurich
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, competition and WTO : EU, competition and WTO
- Insolvency and corporate recovery : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private banking : Private banking
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Leading firms : Geneva
- Leading firms : Zurich
Taiwan
Offices in Taipei
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Shipping : Shipping
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets) : Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul and Istanbul
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
- Privatisation : Privatisation
- Project finance/projects : Project finance/projects
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston
- Finance : Project finance
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Labor and employment : Immigration
- Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : International trade
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : Tax controversy
Venezuela
Offices in Valencia and Caracas
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust : Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Public law : Public law
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Vietnam
Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property: International firms : Intellectual property: International firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms : Intellectual property: Local firms
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax