Zulficar & Partners Law Firm

Competition and Technology

Founding and Managing Partner

Head of Competition and Technology Groups

Dr. El Samad is specialized in telecommunications and information technology. During his past experience, Dr. El Samad has assisted in the drafting and reviewing of software, telecommunications and related services contracts and license agreements, negotiating with the Egyptian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and with other entities/authorities on behalf of a number of his clients and has worked to localize international model agreements for implementation in Egypt.

Dr. El Samad also handles Anti-Trust matters and provides clients with advice on the various aspects of Economic Law including the advising on landmark anti-trust litigation in the fields of cement, insurance and media production.

Arabic, English and French

Dr. El Samad has been a lecturer in the field of arbitration at the Lebanese University of Beirut from 2000 until 2007.

Dr. Firas El Samad obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Beirut in 1994 and a simultaneously pursued LL.B. from the Lebanese University in 1995. He then obtained a Masters’ Degree (DEA) from the University of Montpellier I in Economic Law in 1997, a Ph.D. (Doctorat en Droit) from the University of Montpellier I, France in Comparative Private Law/Economic Law in 2000, and a Ph.D. from the Lebanese University of Beirut for the same research in the same year.