Prof Dr Fatma Salah > Riad & Riad > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile

Riad & Riad’s corporate and M&A team consists of specialists across a broad spectrum of areas, with high-value M&A, joint ventures, regulatory affairs, corporate governance, and commercial contracts considered to be key strengths. Fatma Salah brings strong private equity experience, while Eman Riad and Mohamed Riad have been involved in numerous cross-border M&A transactions. The practice is active in a wide variety of high-growth sectors, including life sciences, pharmaceuticals and TMT.

The ‘dedicated and experienced’ energy and project finance team at Riad & Riad is ‘highly knowledgeable’ in both local and cross-border finance transactions, having regularly acted for various clients across the renewable, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors. Fatma Salah and Mohamed Riad are leading figures within the practice and offer extensive experience resolving energy-related disputes for local and international corporations. The team has also established a strong reputation for advising developers on solar and waste-to-energy projects.

Riad & Riad has an excellent reputation for advising on project and infrastructure work in Egypt, with a particular focus on handling corporate structuring, authorisation, development and financing issues relating to major projects. Mohamed Riad co-heads the practice with Fatma Salah, who regularly advises on major projects in the energy and construction sectors.

With established strength in handling labour-related arbitration proceedings, Riad & Riad’s dispute resolution team is also recognised for its capabilities in advising on arbitration proceedings under ICC, ICSID, DIAC and CRCIRA rules. Practice co-head Fatma Salah represents clients in the construction, energy and pharmaceutical sectors, and practice co-head Eman Riad has a strong track record in assisting with employment disputes.

The dispute resolution team at Riad & Riad is well known for appearing before all levels of the Egyptian courts in a wide range of contentious matters. Mohamed Riad is highly regarded for his expertise in IP disputes, while Eman Riad is sought after to advise on labour and employment issues and Fatma Salah handles construction, corporate and pharmaceutical disputes.