Mr Samer Sultan > Sultans Law > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile
Sultans Law Offices
Vill 2, Al Banafseg 9, First Settlement
NEW CAIRO
CAIRO
Egypt
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Mr Samer Sultan
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial Law
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
International Arbitration
Employment
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Practicing lawyer since 1994 with cumulative practice and teaching experience of over fifteen years.
Experience of advising both national and international clients on investments, corporate and contract negotiation in Egypt and Syria.
Experience of advising both national and international clients on investments and contract negotiation.
- Managing partner of Sultans Law in Syria with one partner and two associates
- Managing partner of Sultans Law in Egypt with two partners and 6 associates.
- Studied law in the UK and has 20 years of experience in corporate and commercial work.
- As part of the development of his firm’s commercial practice Samer has been seconded to a number of international law firms.
- Sultans Law, Syria has used to have a formal association with an international law firm, Trowers and Hamlins LLP.
Recent advisory projects include:
- Advising Tiryaki Agro (Turkey’s leading agro-business company) on a multimillion USD enforcement of arbitration disputes.
- Advised Coca Cola Export Corporation on a multimillion USD acquisition of a substantial equity in a Middle Eastern beverage corporation.
- Advised Kuwait Financial House on a multimillion USD acquisition of a large development project in Damascus.
- Advised Al Furkan Company on structuring a multimillion USD acquisition of a four star hotel in Aleppo.
- Advised the Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade, through the EU, on setting up a Companies House.
- Advised the Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade, through the EU, on enhancing legislative drafting and taking the Syrian Company Law as a case study.
- Advised Oversees Food Trading Ltd on structuring a multimillion USD acquisition of food processing plant.
- Advised Cargill (one of the world’s largest food and agricultural products companies) on first major project finance deal in Syria.
- Advised Italferr (worldwide railway, infrastructure and technological system provider) on three multimillion contracts with the Syrian Government.
- Advised Nokia Siemens on setting up branch office in Syria.
- Advised Ssangyong Corporations (one of South Korea’s largest trading companies) on tax issues debt recovery related to a letter or credit.
- Advised Picanol (the Belgian-based worldwide supplier of textile solutions) on major debt recovery, taxes and security for credit in Syria.
Languages
English
Arabic
Memberships
International Division of Law Society of England and Wales
Syrian Bar Association
International Bar Association, Vice Chair of the Arab Regional Forum.
Education
Diploma International Law, London GuildHall University, London, 2002
LL.M International Business Law, Hull University, Hull, 1998
LL.B Aleppo University, Aleppo, 1994
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Training programs completed include:
International law training program held by EU, Damascus 2003
Team work, Syrian European Business Center (SEBC), Aleppo, 2003
Marketing Skills and Business Start Up, SEBC, Aleppo, 2002
Teaching English for Business, EUROCENTRES, 2000
Certified Translator
Lawyer Rankings
Egypt > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Firms to watch)Syria-based Sultans Law has expanded into the Egyptian market, with Samer Sultan and Mohammed Abdulkuddus assisting international clients with their entry into Egypt.