Dr Michael Boutros > Shahid Law Firm > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile
Shahid Law Firm Offices
Shahid Law Firm
20B, ADLY STREET
DOWNTOWN
CAIRO 11511
Egypt
20B, ADLY STREET
DOWNTOWN
CAIRO 11511
Egypt
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Dr Michael Boutros
Work Department
- Anti-trust
- Corporate/Commercial
- E-commerce
- Employment and Labor
- Liquidations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Securities & Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
- Michael is a partner in Shahid Law Firm leading the corporate practice group and is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association.
- Michael possesses 14 years of experience in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, employment and liquidations.
- He also concentrates on anti-trust, intellectual property, commercial, tax, and capital markets. His transactional work focuses on initial public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and major projects. He regularly acts as the lead lawyer in deals he is involved in and has experience advising leading multinational companies to execute large cross-border transactions.
- Michael was described as being ‘a responsive and practical lawyer’ in the Legal 500 firm rankings 2017.
- Additionally, Michael published serval articles in specialized legal magazines in topics related to mergers and acquisitions, generate corporate and corporate restructuring scenarios. Also, he is a regular panelist and speaker in many major legal conferences and events.
Languages
- Arabic (native)
- English (fluent)
- French (fluent)
Memberships
- Member of the Egyptian Bar Association
- Member of an organizational committee for workshops on trademark protection in Egypt organized by the Egyptian Association for protection of Intellectual Property (AEPPI)
- Member of the Egyptian Private Equity Association (EPEA)
- Member of American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)
Education
- Savoie University, Grenoble, France (2014):
D. in “E-commerce and consumer protection” granted by the Grenoble Ecole Doctoral - University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne (2007):
Master of International and European Business Law Degrees (L.L.M) - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (2005):
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Maîtrise in Business Law from the University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne and the Cairo University
Lawyer Rankings
Egypt > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Shahid Law Firm is commended by clients for its ‘attentiveness and foresight’, offering a wide array of corporate services for domestic and regional clients. Areas of expertise include acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, competition law, and inter-company agreements. The team is led by three specialists: Jacqueline Saad, who offers expertise in the pharmaceutical, TMT and transport sectors; Michael Boutros, who is a reference in the market for large cross-border corporate transactions, particularly high-value acquisitions; and Rehan El-Bashary, a specialist in joint ventures, M&A and the vetting of corporate structures. Elsewhere, Mehiar Joulji is singled out for his ‘commitment to thoroughness’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- TMT