Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Client SatisfactionZulficar & Partners Law Firm houses an 'excellent' team, which stands out for providing 'succinct and crisp advice on the most complex commercial and technical matters'. The group is well versed in handling CRCICA, DIAC, ICC, LCIA and SIAC arbitration proceedings, and has specialist expertise in international commercial and investment arbitrations. The ‘highly insightful and imaginative’ Mohamed Abdel Wahab heads up the practice. Youssef Al Saman acts for public and private sector clients on cross-border commercial disputes, and investment arbitration expert Moustafa Alameldin has been kept busy representing foreign clients in ICC and ICSID proceedings.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘It is a committed, hard working practice with dedicated leadership and staff able successfully through detailed investigation, testing, and analysis to identify and coordinate the legal theory of the case with the factual and expert evidence.’
‘They take individual dedicated responsibility in the formulation of the case, understanding, assembly, and presentation of the evidence including, crucially, and together with the experts the special areas of focus including preparation for and conduct of the hearing and the assembly of focused and effective post-hearing briefs.’
‘Excellent disputes team who manage to provide succinct, crisp advice on the most complex commercial and technical matters. Highly approachable and responsive. Great to work with.’
‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a true expert in every aspect of commercial disputes, highly insightful and imaginative and extremely personable to work with.’
‘Responsiveness, depth of knowledge and an edge on strategic planning.’
‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab is very highly regarded by peers in the international arbitration community. He knows arbitration inside and out. He is smart, experienced, has great communication skills. His professionalism, integrity, moral values and work ethics are exceptional.’
‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab leads a large team of dispute resolution lawyers; and they are quite the force to be reckoned with. It is clear that he invests time in nurturing younger talent, and he gives them space to lead aspects of the transaction.’
Key clients
- Amer Group
- Apache
- APM Terminals (Suez Canal Container Terminal)
- Bawabet Al Kuwait Holding Co.
- Cheiron Zaafarana petroleum company limited
- Egyptian Fertilizers Company (EFC)/ Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
- E-Methanex
- HZPC
- Nile Douma Holding
- Orange
- Pico Petroleum
- Sixth October development and investment company s.a.e. (Sodic)
- Taqa
- Total S.A
Work highlights
- Represented a leading engineering company in a CRCICA dispute against a cement company in relation to a maintenance, operation and supply agreement.
- Represented the client, an Egyptian state-owned entity, in a multi-million dollar ICC arbitration dispute involving a Slovenian pharmaceutical company.
- Represented the client in CRCICA arbitration proceedings brought by the selling shareholder of Nile Badrawi Hospital S.A.E. against the Commercial International Bank S.A.E. and the client in relation to an escrow agreement.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mohamed Abdel Wahab