{"id":21255,"date":"2020-04-29T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=21255"},"modified":"2022-01-04T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:50:21","slug":"egypt-treading-uncharted-waters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/webinars-home\/egypt-treading-uncharted-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: treading uncharted waters, crisis management and planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 May, The Legal 500 and Eldib Advocates hosted a webinar to explore the impact of the coronavirus on investments in Egypt, and the opportunities it is generating for potential investors.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The outbreak of Covid-19 and the various responses taken by national governments raises several challenges for investors (and, by extension, their legal advisers). This webinar examined the latest legal developments and suggest how Covid-19 can serve as a useful lesson for pre-empting future risks and crisis scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>It also featured reflections on how to respond to the crisis, how to plan for the next Black Swan event, and what new opportunities will arise in the post-Covid-19 world.<\/p>\n<p>Topics for discussion included:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The impact of Covid-19 on the Egyptian economy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The effect of Covid-19 on the performance of the Egyptian government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The banking system and its stability during the Covid-19 restrictive measures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Actions taken by the Egyptian government in its fight against Covid-19 and the current &#8216;co-exist&#8217; plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The contractual and legal implications of COVID-19<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The effect of Covid-19 on contractual obligations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Force majeure<\/em> or hardship &#8211; the Egyptian legislation perspective.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arbitration in Egypt &#8211; is it really affected by Covid-19?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The future<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The role of e-commerce and the legal frameworks governing it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The future and how to be legally prepared.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Speakers<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21257\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Mohamed-Abdel-Rehim-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Mohamed-Abdel-Rehim-crop.jpg 150w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Mohamed-Abdel-Rehim-crop-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Abdel Rehim, junior partner, Eldib Advocates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21259\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21259 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Richard-Tibichrani-crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Richard-Tibichrani-crop.jpg 150w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Richard-Tibichrani-crop-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Tibichrani, junior partner, Eldib Advocates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 May, The Legal 500 and Eldib Advocates hosted a webinar to explore the impact of the coronavirus on investments in Egypt, and the opportunities it is generating for potential investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":22435,"parent":20789,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21255","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31320,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21255\/revisions\/31320"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}