Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy provides ‘clear and succinct employment advice’, with a particular strength for contentious and non-contentious labour law matters related to restructuring and M&A. The practice is jointly led by the experienced team of Tamer Fawki and senior associate Susan Romana, both of whom cover the spectrum of day-to-day employment matters, spanning employee contracts, social insurance, HR policy, personal investigations and redundancies.

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  • ‘Individuals are quite available and supportive in our business needs.’

  • ‘Prompt assistance and efficient guidance.’

  • ‘Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy provide clear, concise and commercial advice. They are true commercial partners rather than simply providers of legal services.’

  • ‘Susan Romana has a clear and detailed understanding of local law and gets right to the heart of employment law issues.’

  • ‘The team provides clear and succinct advice, that is helpful and timely.’

  • ‘Susan Romana supported on a transaction and was responsive whilst providing legally sound advice.’

  • ‘A well-versed and experienced team.’

Key clients

  • Remote
  • Snap Inc.
  • Allyant
  • Tabuk
  • Total Eren
  • VFS Global
  • Wabtec
  • Xylem
  • Ziwo
  • Capgemini
  • China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Limited (C-Sail)

Work highlights

  • Advised Remote on employment related legal compliance matters and assisted the client with setting up operations in Egypt, including on the social insurance registration of the entity.
  • Advised Snap Inc. on employment related legal compliance matters in relation to the outsourcing of employees.
  • Advised Allyant on employment related legal compliance matters, including work authorisation of expats, and assisting with the work stream of social insurance registration of company directors.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tamer Fawki, Susan Romana