Al Tamimi & Company combines ‘local expertise’ with ’regional support’ to provide a comprehensive corporate and commercial offering, with M&A, corporate structuring, capital markets, venture capital and commercial advisory work coming within this remit. Egypt office head Ayman Nour is a ‘true leader’ and key contact within the practice, well regarded for his expertise in restructuring, governance and FDI-related matters. Senior counsel Amr Hamdy and senior associate Seifeldin Nour are also well regarded.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘This team brings local expertise and regional support as well as excellent relations with local authorities.’

  • ‘Ayman Nour is a true leader and has excellent relations with clients and local authorities.’

  • ‘They are very professional, helpful and always ready to help you with anything. Also, they keep us updated and finish the work on time. We are happy to work with them.’

  • ‘They are professional, helpful and up to date.’

Key clients

  • EFG Hermes
  • The Sovereign Fund of Egypt
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Gems Egypt for Education Services S.A.E
  • Al Futtaim
  • The British University in Egypt (BUE)
  • IBM
  • Mubadala Energy UAE
  • Misr Insurance Holding Company
  • Didi Global
  • Tanmeya Capital Ventures
  • The Intro Group
  • AluNile
  • Farfetch
  • Compass Capital
  • Hitachi Ltd.
  • DSV- UTI
  • Magrabi
  • Amlak Finance
  • Auf Egypt S.A.E
  • SPE Capital
  • Dell
  • Optasia
  • RedBull
  • Maersk

Work highlights

  • Advising the sellers/sponsors on the sale of approximately 30% of the share capital of the British University in Egypt to Africainvest Fund IV, a pan-African private equity fund manager.
  • Advising the Sovereign Fund of Egypt’s healthcare and pharma subfund on the investment in a minority stake in B Healthcare Investments.
  • Advising the selling shareholders of Selah El Telmeez on the sale of 56% of the share capital of the company to Egypt Education Platform S.A.E and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ayman Nour

Other key lawyers

Amr Hamdy, Seifeldin Nour