Mr Tamer El Hennawy > Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile

Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
12 MOHAMED ALI GENAH STREET
GARDEN CITY
CAIRO
Egypt

Work Department

Corporate and M&A and Capital Markets

Position

Partner and Co-Head of Capital Markets and Corporate and M&A.

Career

Tamer is a Partner in Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy and the Co-Head of the Corporate and M&A and Capital Markets practice groups. He represents leading Egyptian corporations and has been working on most of the public offerings that occurred in the country in the past six years.

He has helped execute high-value acquisitions, restructurings, and divestitures in Egypt for companies in the natural resources, manufacturing, construction, real estate, pharmaceutical, and tourism industries. while also working on the sale of operating fields that were carried out by the Egyptian Petroleum Corporation.

Languages

Arabic and English

Memberships

  • Egyptian Bar Association – Member.
  • American Chamber of Commerce – Member.

Education

2000    University of London: LL.M.

1999    Cairo University, Faculty of Law: LL.B.

Lawyer Rankings

Egypt > Intellectual property

With extensive expertise across both contentious and transactional areas of IP law, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy is known for its strength in a number of key sectors of the Egyptian economy, spanning agriculture, software development, food and beverages, electronics and renewables. Legal director Menna Elsherif has a strong track record for IP prosecution, as well as experience of handling due diligence on trade mark, patent, copyright and industrial design matters. She co-heads the practice with Omar Bassiouny and Tamer El Hennawy.

Egypt > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Described by one client as ‘the best law firm in Egypt’, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy is consistently involved in high-value and complex corporate transactions across a broad range of sectors. Founding partner and practice co-head Omar Bassiouny is highly sought after by local and international clients to advise on public and private M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions. Co-head Tamer El Hennawy is a ‘first-class lawyer’ who regularly handles high-value acquisitions in the energy, manufacturing and real estate sectors.