Youssef & Partners Attorneys > Giza, Egypt > Firm Profile
Youssef & Partners Attorneys Offices
3 YEMEN STREET, OFF NILE ST.
12511 GIZA
Egypt
Youssef & Partners Attorneys > The Legal 500 Rankings
Egypt > Dispute resolution: arbitration Tier 1
Youssef & Partners Attorneys‘ dispute resolution group regularly handles multibillion dollar arbitrations on an international scale. The team assists major domestic and international clients on the whole range of arbitration matters, including commercial and investment treaty arbitration. Karim A. Youssef leads the team, focusing on complex, high value commercial arbitrations across the MENA region. He is supported by César Ternieden, who advises clients on international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, particularly within the construction, automobile and hotel management sectors.Practice head(s):
Karim A. Youssef
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Dr Karim Youssef is intelligent and articulate, and extremely knowledgeable.’
Key clients
Cementos La Union SA (and Aridos Jativa) (CLU)
Al-Kholoud for Touristic and Real Estate Development S.A.E.
DIPCO (Damietta International Ports Company)
CTIP Oil & Gas Ltd (CTIP)
British Columbia Canadian International School (BCCIS)
VEOLIA Proprete’ Group
Egypt Kuwait Holding Company (EKH)
INCOME – International Company for Petroleum & Industrial Services
KGL Supply Management Group
Adenium Energy Capital
El-Alfy Family
Triangle Group and GAMA Construction S.A.E.
Orascom Construction (OC) Group
Dulam EFZ
Duro Felguera S.A.
Work highlights
- Represented and secured the dismissal of $250 million claims in ICC proceedings involving high-net-wroth individuals.
- Represented foreign investors (through an Egyptian JV) in the second-largest commercial claim historically against the Egyptian state or any state entity involving claims and counterclaims in excess of USD 2.3 billion, in relation to the termination of a 40-year concession agreement between the Damietta Port Authority and a consortium of some of the world’s largest shipping, port logistics, and supply-chain management companies.
- Represent a major Spanish conglomerate in court and arbitration proceedings in the UAE against a government entity.
Egypt > Dispute resolution: litigation Tier 2
Youssef & Partners Attorneys is known for its high-stakes disputes practice that takes on business critical disputes in the full range of litigation services. Key areas of expertise for the firm are civil and commercial, administrative courts and constitutional courts litigation. Karim Youssef is highly experienced in complex commercial claims, government contract and state entity disputes, while Mohamed Farouk focuses on litigation court proceedings.Practice head(s):
Karim Youssef; Mohamed Farouk
Key clients
Arabian Cement Company (ACC)
National Telecommunications Corporation (NIC)
SMG Group
Arab African International Bank (AAIB)
EgyptAir
Credendo
Triangle Management Company
CIT Global
Adenium Energy Capital
Tolba Group
Work highlights
- Supported client in a high profile dispute pertaining to the broader regulation of cement licenses. The client has filed a lawsuit challenging the decision to pay the amount of EGP 950 million entry fees to obtain a cement license that was already pre-approved.
- Represents National Telecommunications Holding Company (NTC) and other former shareholders of Egynet, in numerous guerrilla claims and complex litigations aiming at challenging an arbitral award and resisting its enforcement and unwinding pre-arbitration court actions. These claims include parallel claims brought in court over subject-matter covered by arbitration proceedings.
Youssef & Partners Attorneys > Firm Profile
Youssef & Partners is a full-service, GAR 100 firm with a cosmopolitan and international outlook, exercising regional influence and delivering client services to truly global standards. The firm’s renowned flagship practice is international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, focusing on high-value claims. The firm is famous for its unparalleled multinational expertise, strong business sense, superior strategy, and remarkable track record of maximizing clients’ results. The firm also provides high-end transactional and corporate services to its clients across various critical industries, including construction, mega-projects, fin-tech, and structuring and restructuring transactions.
As Egypt and the MENA region’s premier international arbitration practice, the firm represents local and foreign investors in unquestionably some of the largest and most significant investment treaty cases and commercial claims involving Egyptian or MENA parties. We handle major local and international disputes and advise some of the world’s leading corporations and high-net worth families across the MENA region.
The firm’s global outreach is second to none in the region. We represent our clients in arbitral proceedings and disputes in four continents. Geographical boundaries are less relevant by the day. Clients should not have to suffer less than state-of-the-art lawyering and counsel services simply because they do business in emerging or foreign markets. The firm focuses on what matters most to clients: winning, and our reputation in the local and international markets is that we do.
Main areas of practice:
Youssef & Partners practice in the following areas:
- African practice
- Airports and airlines
- Arbitration
- Banking and finance
- Cement and steel
- City planning and master development
- Construction, real estate and development
- Corporate and M&A
- Dealership and distribution
- Energy and renewable energy
- Government contracts and disputes
- High-worth individuals
- Hotel management and hospitality
- Infrastructure, transport and road networks
- Litigation
- Logistics and supply train management
- Media and entertainment
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Pharma and biotechnology
- Ports and sea ports
- Structuring and restructuring
- Technology and robotics
- Telecommunications
- Textiles and paper
International Capabilities
Youssef & Partners prides itself on having a completely cosmopolitan practice. The firm represents Egyptian and regional clients, and some of the World’s most significant global corporations in high-profile local, regional and purely international disputes, and large-value and complex claims. We represent regional and international parties in arbitration proceedings that are completely unrelated to our home jurisdiction, including in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Istanbul, French-speaking Africa, Amman, and other regional arbitration hotspots, Rome, Paris, London, Washington.
OUR REACH
- 4 – Continents we work across
- 4 – Language we work in
- 21 – Nationalities we represent
- 23 – Nationalities of arbitrators & experts we work with
OUR WORK
- 5.42 billion USD – Value of our current docket
- 16 current pending cases as counsel
- 116 – total cases in which our team has acted
- 94% – Success rate
- 6 – Current investment treaty claims
International capabilities
Youssef & Partners prides itself on having a completely cosmopolitan practice. The firm represents Egyptian and regional clients, and some of the World’s most significant global corporations in high-profile local, regional and purely international disputes, and large-value and complex claims. We represent regional and international parties in arbitration proceedings that are completely unrelated to our home jurisdiction, including in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Geneva, Doha, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Rome, Paris, London, New York, and Washington.
OUR REACH
- 4 – Continents we work across
- 4 – Language we work in
- 23 – Nationalities we represent
- 22 – Nationalities of arbitrators & experts we work with
OUR WORK
- 4 billion USD – Value of our current docket
- 18 – current pending cases as counsel
- 134 – total cases in which our team has acted
- 94% – Success rate
- 6 – Current investment treaty claims
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: litigation