The corporate and commercial team at Riad & Riad is engaged by international businesses, investment banks, private equity providers and Egyptian state entities. The team is particularly adept at advising clients on M&A transactions, the establishment of legal entities, joint ventures, corporate governances and commercial contracts. Dr Fatma Salah and Mohamed Riad bring extensive experience handling cross-border corporate transactions across a variety of sectors. Additionally, Eman Riad is a key practitioner for M&A, joint ventures and commercial contracts.

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Key clients

  • Kronospan
  • Ezdihar Medical
  • SaintGull Information andTechnology Co. Ltd.
  • Snibe
  • AMT Law Firm
  • HIKOKI Power Tools Asia
  • Cotecna Trade Support Company
  • Gro-Pro Corporation
  • GSK
  • Kellogg Toloram
  • Meizu
  • Tahweel
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Legal Solutions
  • NERIC
  • Sunshine Law Firm
  • China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC)
  • VFS Global Egypt
  • Syneos Health
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Dessert Technologies Industries
  • NORINCO International Cooperation Ltd
  • GOPA Infra
  • Sipterol
  • Paramount Bid
  • Maersk & RAED Ventures
  • Eni, S.P.A
  • Shenzhen Yantian Port Group Co.
  • Chenyee
  • Medtronic
  • G4S
  • SADA Pack
  • Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars
  • Nufarm
  • Marakez
  • China Railway Group Limited & AVIC International Holding Corporation
  • Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)
  • Itochu Corporation
  • Indo British Garments Egypt Co.

Work highlights

  • Assisting Kronospan, a leading Austrian-founded, international company that manufactures and distributes wood-based panels in acquiring a controlling majority of the share capital of one of the leading companies in the field of wood manufacturing in Egypt.
  • Advising the Chinese giant, CSCEC China State Construction Engineering Corporations Ltd (CSCEC) and providing a comprehensive report on corporate and compliance laws and regulations in Egypt including Investment Law, Corporate, Employment, Taxation, Environment, Procurement Laws, related to their project expansions in Egypt.
  • Assisting SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co. in advising its client China Power Investment Holding Ltd, to acquire shares in Abydos Solar Power Company in Egypt. Abydos Company undertakes a project consists of the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a 500MW solar PV power plant in Aswan Governate, Egypt, under the terms of a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with the Egypt Electricity Transmission Company, fully guaranteed by Egypt’s Ministry of Finance.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Fatma Salah, Eman Riad, Mohamed Riad