Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

Corporate and M&A

Partner

May El Shaarawy is a Partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy and a member of the Corporate and M&A practice group and heads the firm’s non-banking financial institutions sector and is a Law Professor at Cairo University. May joined the firm in November 2018 after finishing her LL.M. at Harvard Law School. Her legal practice started in 2007 when she graduated top of her class at Cairo University, Faculty of Law. She worked at reputable law firms in Egypt during her career and has worked on some of the most notable transactions in the areas of her expertise. She provides MBH’s clients with the capability and resources to realize their legal obligations and address their concerns promptly, before the appropriate authorities.

Arabic, English

• Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University (2008–Present)

2025     Cairo University, Faculty of Law – PhD in Law.

2018     Harvard Law School: LL.M, Corporations and Securities Regulations.

2011     Indiana University Robert H. McKenney School of Law: LL.M, International and Comparative Law.

2009     Cairo University Faculty of Law: D.E.S., Criminal Law.

2007     Cairo University, Faculty of Law (English Section), LL.B. honours.