Sharkawy & Sarhan Law Firm

Ahmed started his career as a junior associate with Sharkawy & Sarhan in 2007 and became a partner on 1 January 2015. He was seconded to Clifford Chance Dubai for a period of six months during 2011. Ahmed’s Practice focuses on project finance, M&A and oil & gas. Ahmed was also selected by Chambers Global 2018 for his experience in Banking & Finance and by the IFLR1000 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a leading/highly regarded lawyer.

Ahmed is the head of Sharkawy & Sarhan’s TMT and Retail & Consumer Goods sectors. Ahmed advises companies on complex commercial and regulatory projects, data protection, e-commerce, digital payments, cloud computing, ride hailing, data privacy and security, artificial intelligence, e-signature and consumer protection law. He advises major financial institutions, technology companies and numerous retail clients in various sectors including food and beverage, health and beauty, retail and fashion and automotive. Prior to co-founding Sharkawy & Sarhan, Ahmed worked as an in-house counsel first with a major industrial group and subsequently as the Country Legal Counsel for Citigroup in Egypt. He has LL.M in International Banking and Financial Laws from Boston University. He was selected by the IFLR1000 as a leading lawyer for the last 10 years. He has more than 20 years of experience in various fields.

Lamiaa has more than 20 years of experience in various fields and roles in the legal industry. Lamiaa is both the head of Sharkawy & Sarhan’s Employment & Social Insurance practice and the Leading Partner of our growing Fintech & Payments practice. She is also an active member of our general corporate team. Lamiaa handles client matters pertaining to digital regulation, e-signature, doing business online and in brick and mortar, as well as all matters relating to managing the workforce including in the context of M&As. She works with major corporate institutions and technology companies on various commercial and regulatory projects and legal issues. She has a diversified practice in various areas of the law, which spans corporate law, employment law, M&As, dispute settlement, NGOs, knowledge management and legal automation. Lamiaa also spearheads the firm’s digital transformation and innovation efforts. She manages our document automation initiatives as well our transition to becoming a more secure environment.

Mohamed Nabil Hazzaa is a partner at Sharkawy & Sarhan Law Firm. Mohamed’s Practice focuses on capital market, M&A and infrastructure projects. Mohamed is leading Sharkawy & Sarhan’s M&A practice as well as its prolific power and utilities practice and regularly regarded in directories of law firms. Mohamed was also selected by IFLR1000 Chambers & Partners as a leading/highly regarded lawyer. Mohamed Started his career as a junior associate with Sharkawy & Sarhan and was seconded to the magic circle law firm Allen & Overy LLP in the Dubai office during 2014. Throughout his career, he has been the legal advisor on some of ground-breaking M&A transactions including advising on the sale of majority stakes in two major Egyptian banking units (BNP Paribas and NSGB) and purchase of majority stake in Barclays Bank Egypt, in addition to advising on potential purchase of Piraeus Bank Egypt by Standard Chartered Bank and the acquisition by Fairfax of a minority stake in CIB from Actis. He has also advised several financial institutions and regulatory bodies in connection with wide spectrum of capital market aspects, including Fairfax, Blakeney, Morgan Stanley and Goldmansachs. In addition, Mohamed regularly advises EFG Hermes and its assets management, investment banking, private equity and stock-brokerage arms on a wide variety of capital market issues relating to assets management, custody, stock-brokerage and general regulatory and compliance aspects relating to financial services activities. Mohamed has also in-depth focus on power & renewables and utilities advising clients on all regulatory aspects relating to power and utilities projects. In particular, he has advised CGN on acquisition of of 1Malaysia Development Berhad involving the only three IPPs in the Egyptian market. In addition, he has an outstanding footprint in the Egyptian renewable energy sector having advised all financial institutions involved in the second round of the feed-in tariff program program as well as advising on several utility scale BOO projects and the first ever distributed generation projects to be financed by DFIs.