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Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy Offices
12 MOHAMED ALI GENAH STREET
GARDEN CITY
CAIRO
Egypt
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Dr Mohamed Shehata
Work Department
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Position
Partner and Head of Litigation.
Career
Dr. Mohamed Shehata is a partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy and heads the Litigation Department at the Dispute & Resolution practice group. He is an assistant professor and vice president of the Center for Criminal Research at Cairo University, Faculty of Law. Formerly a member of Egypt’s Conseil d’Etat and Public Prosecution and served as a member of the Technical Bureau of the Egyptian Supreme Committee for Legislative Reform.
With over 18 years specializing in the telecommunications sector and representing clients in other sectors such as: Etisalat Misr, Pfizer, Zoetis, Novartis, Eli Lilly, Danone Nutricia, Nestle, Egyptian Resorts Company, and the Suez Steel Company. Dr. Shehata handled major commercial disputes before Egyptian courts, arbitral tribunals, and regulatory bodies including arbitral disputes before ICC and CRCICA.
Languages
Arabic and English
Memberships
- Egyptian Bar Association – Member.
- International Association of Penal Law, Paris.
- Egyptian Association of Criminal Law – Board Member.
- Parliamentary Committee for the drafting of a Criminal Procedure Law in Egypt – Member.
- Anti-Crime Research and Studies and Dealing with Criminals Center at Cairo University – Assistant Professor and Vice President.
- Egypt’s Conseil d’Etat and Public Prosecution – Member.
- Technical Bureau of the Egyptian Supreme Committee for Legislative Reform – Member.
Education
2014 Cairo University, Faculty of Law: PhD – “Insider Trading: A Comparative study of the laws of the United States and Egypt” (summa cum laude – highest degree in Egyptian Universities).
2011 Oklahoma City University, USA: Visiting Scholar.
2006 Cairo University, Faculty of Law: Law Diploma (summa cum laude – ranked 2nd).
2005 Cairo University, Faculty of Law: Public Law Diploma (summa cum laude – ranked 1st).
2004 Cairo University, Faculty of Law: LL.B. English Section (summa cum laude – ranked 2nd).
Lawyer Rankings
Egypt > TMT
At Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, the TMT practice regularly acts for a number of prominent tech and telecoms companies on high-value transactions and day-to-day operations in the Egyptian market. Mohamed Shehata is well versed in handling contentious matters, and acts for clients in complex telecoms disputes before Egyptian courts, arbitral tribunals and regulatory bodies. Counsel and corporate specialist Mohamed Essam is a key name for fintech work.
Egypt > Dispute resolution: litigation
(Leading partners)Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy‘s ‘deep knowledge and expertise in Egyptian law and litigation procedures is outstanding‘. The litigation practice is regularly instructed by international and regional clients in a wide range of complex matters, including contentious corporate work, white collar criminal matters, and competition and antitrust issues. Founding partner John Matouk heads up the department and has extensive experience in handling cross-border disputes in local courts. Mohamed Shehata‘s workload includes telecoms, finance, energy, IP and employment disputes. Momen Rezk is singled out for his contributions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: litigation Egypt
- Leading partners Egypt > Dispute resolution: litigation
- TMT Egypt
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Energy
- Projects and infrastructure