Sherif El Saadani > MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwälte > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile

MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwälte
IMMOBILIA BUILDING, 26A SHERIF ST
OFFICE NO. 1029
CAIRO 11121
Egypt

Work Department

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Position

Partner, Head of Arbitration

Career

Sherif El Saadani is a partner in the Cairo office. He specializes in dispute resolution with a focus on commercial and investment arbitration. Sherif acts as counsel and arbitrator in a diverse array of commercial and investment sectors, including international sale of goods, agency, distributorship, joint ventures, infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisition, oil field services, construction and real estate development. He is featured in cases under the auspices of the CRCICA (Egypt), ICDR-AAA (United States), DIAC (UAE), ICC (France), and DIS (Germany).

Sherif has an interdisciplinary background that includes corporate and transactional work. In previous roles to joining AMERELLER, he acted as an associate member of law firms in Cairo and London, as well as VP/General Counsel in Dharan, Saudi Arabia.

Sherif regularly comments on legal developments, and has law articles published in Freiburg, Rome, Leipzig, and London. He read law at Cairo University, the American University in Cairo, and Harvard Law School. He was also a visiting scholar at Heidelberg University and UNIDROIT. 

Languages

Arabic, English, German

Education

Harvard Law School, Master of Laws, 2010

American University of Cairo, Master of Laws, 2008

Cairo University Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law, 2003

Lawyer Rankings

Egypt > Dispute resolution: arbitration

MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwälte provides support on arbitration proceedings arising from alleged breaches of commercial contracts, among other areas. Sherif El Saadani is very experienced in advising on complex cross-border disputes concerning M&A and joint ventures, construction and real estate development issues, and is well versed in handling award enforcement matters under ICSID, ICC and CRCICA rules.