1. OUR
PROFILE

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WHO WE ARE
Riad & Riad is a full-service law firm that is led by knowledgeable and skilled lawyers with
accumulated wealth of experience. Our founding lawyers have extensive practical experience
coupled with international academic backgrounds at prestigious universities in USA, UK and
France.
Our core business culture is centred on integrity, dedication to clients’ needs, and excellence
of advice and services. We operate pro-actively to deliver practical, cost effective and
relationship-driven client service.
We distinguish ourselves on the accessibility of our partners. Our partners have hands-on
involvement which means that clients can always benefit from their experience. Our
approach is constructive and commercially orientated. We assign work to lawyers who have
the appropriate level of experience so that the legal fees are commensurate with the
complexity of the assignment.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Riad & Riad offers its services on a wide variety of areas with specific focus on corporate, M&A,
labor & employment, banking, energy, infrastructure, project finance, litigation and dispute
resolution.
Corporate and Merger & Acquisition
We provide legal advice to leading global and domestic corporations, investment banks,
private equity providers and state entities from all sectors, in relation to their corporate
activity in Egypt. Our services cover:
 Mergers & Acquisitions – public & private.
 Strategic investments.
 Restructurings.
 Private equity and venture capital.
 Shareholders agreements, joint ventures and partnerships.
 Company law, listing rules, takeover rules stock exchange rules.
 Liquidations and exit plans. Shareholders rights.
 Directors’ liabilities and obligations.
 Corporate establishing.
 Compliance, disclosures and corporate governance.

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Commercial Contracts
We advise on a wide variety of commercial contracts including:
 Sale and purchase agreements.
 Transfer of technology agreements.
 Distribution and agency agreements.
 Franchise agreements.
 Manufacturing and supply agreements.
 Projects and constructions related agreements.
 Service provision agreements.
 Outsourcing agreements.
Template agreements drafted by R&R are readily available to our clients. Meanwhile, given
our clients' needs those templates can always be trimmed to fit into the conditions of every
single case. By the same token we review and adjust our clients’ global standard agreements
to ensure compliance with local laws.
Banking, Projects and Construction
Our banking and finance team have extensive experience in both domestic and cross-border
finance transactions. It advises significant domestic Egyptian and international banks as well
as several international financial institutions. We act on behalf of both lenders and borrowers
across major industries including renewable energy, oil & gas, and infrastructure projects.
Our experience includes:
 Secured and unsecured facilities.
 Project and infrastructure finance.
 Regulation and compliance.
 Enforcement.
 Asset finance.
 Syndicated and bilateral facilities.
 Working capital facilities.
 Property finance.
 Subordinated debt.
Our team has a wealth of experience working in the power and construction sector. We
advise developers, procuring authorities, investors, contractors and regulators on a diverse
range of transactions in Egypt. A sample of our recent representations in the power and
projects area is:
 Representing one of the developers in a 50MW solar project in Upper Egypt.

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 Advising the sponsor in the tender the 200MW solar power plant in a build-own-
operate (BOO) project proposed by the Egyptian Government.
 Advising the developer on the EPC and O&M agreements in a 50MW solar project
in Upper Egypt.
 Acting as the legal counsel for the banks on long term facilities granted to major
cement production companies to enable their plants to operate with alternative fuel
and coal.
 Representing an international company supplier of smart metering in the AMI
Procurement announced by the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company.
Employment & Labour
We have outstanding experience in handling employment, labour and social
insurance law matters. Our employment team has academic and professional
credentials, as well as intensive practical experience.
Our employment team provides a wide variety of legal services, including:
 Advising on a full range of employment, labour and social insurance matters.
 Drafting and reviewing HR handbooks.
 Drafting and reviewing employment agreements, consultancy and management
agreements, and executive contracts.
 Drafting other recruitment and end of service documents.
 Advising companies on matters relating to employees transfer and/or termination in
events of business transfer, sale, merger, liquidation, bankruptcy and closure.
 Drafting and reviewing collective bargaining agreements and attending negotiation
meetings, and liaising with Social Insurance Authorities in Egypt.
 Handling and resolving employees’ strikes/sit-in.
 Conducting internal investigations/interrogations with employees and preparing
disciplinary reports in relation to employees’ incompetence and/or misbehaviour.
 Conducting redundancies and negotiating end-of- service/severance packages with
employees.
 Conducting legal due diligence reports on employment and social insurance
matters.
 Reviewing outsourcing and service provision agreements, and advising leading
companies on other corporate secretarial and regulatory compliance matters.
International Trade Law
Anti-Dumping and Safeguards

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Riad & Riad has rich practical experience in trade remedies and customs regulations. Our
partners established and maintained positive communication with the Egyptian foreign trade
authorities, antidumping investigation authorities, the Customs Authority, chambers of
import and export and the Industrial Association.
We help our clients by conducting and providing complete and accurate advice on how to
prepare their responses to questionnaires and other necessary documents required by
Egyptian investigation authorities.
We can provide our clients with the following:
 Monitoring relevant Egyptian industries and reminding clients of potential
Egyptian anti-dumping or safeguard investigations.
 Advising on Egyptian anti-dumping and safeguard laws and regulations and
assisting clients to determine their strategy in specific cases.
 Participating in Egyptian safeguard investigations on behalf of clients and
providing relevant legal services.
 Assisting clients in negotiations with both Egyptian authorities and industries, and
applying for product-specific exclusion and negotiate settlements.
 Prepare non-injury briefs and reply memoranda on reports issued by the
Government setting forth its findings and conclusions.
 Handling challenges against any decisions by governmental authorities before the
Administrative Courts.
 Selected experience of our partners includes:
 Advising a multinational petroleum exporter of Polyethylene from Saudi Arabia to
Egypt in an anti-dumping investigation.
 Advising a multinational petroleum exporter of Polyester Fibres from Saudi Arabia
to Egypt in an anti-dumping investigation.
 Representing a Turkish exporter in the anti-dumping investigation against alleged
dumping of cosmetics. No anti-dumping duties were imposed.
Customs Law
We provide legal advice on Egypt’s Customs Law, including customs classification, customs
valuation, pre-shipment inspection, disputes on rules of origins, import and export licensing,
customs tariffs, and trade in services.
Selected experience of our partners include representing one of the multinational food
processing companies on customs value rules throughout highly complex investigations by
local authorities under the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII (Customs Valuation).

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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Riad & Riad has a specialized Arbitration and Dispute Resolution team. Team members have
extensive experience in handling high-value ad hoc as well as institutional arbitrations
observing rules applicable at major arbitration institutes including, ICC, ICSID, DIAC and
CRCIRA.
Our litigation department is equipped with more than 20 licensed lawyers. The head of our
litigation team has an experience of 35 years in commercial and administrative litigation and
advocacy practice. We have handled and continue to handle significant numbers of cases
before Egyptian Courts; including the Supreme Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation
and the State Council courts. Our litigation team has unique knowledge of local culture and
practices of Egyptian judicial system.
We handle complex litigation with high value and high profile disputes involving high
strategic advice, multiple practice specialties and cross border proceedings. Our litigation
team has strong capabilities to provide wide variety of services, including:
 Prepare pre-trial succinct and meticulous assessment of the value and merits of a
dispute to advice the client on the strengths and weaknesses of each side and the
proper strategy to deploy.
 Assist in the settlement negotiations and arrangements for certain lawsuits/disputes.
 Handle lawsuits during the trial stage up until the issuance of final/enforceable
judgments. This will include preparing statement of claims, all memoranda and
briefs, attending court hearings, attending before court appointed experts, and
preparing expert opinions.
 Provide oversight, direction and tactical planning by lead experienced trial lawyers,
while delegating relevant tasks to the team in a cost effective way.
 Provide timely and precise communication about upcoming events, deadlines,
needed documents/information and allowing for enough time to juggle the
schedules, all in light of the pace of each lawsuit.
 Provide regular litigation update reports.

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OUR PARTNERS
Dr. Fatma Salah – Partner
Fatma has more than 15 years of experience in corporate law, project finance, trade law,
cross-border transactions, and dispute resolution. She represents local and international
corporations and financial institutions from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and
Asia as well as governmental entities. She also provides legal advices and represents clients
in high profile litigation trade investigations in a broad spectrum of business sectors.
Fatma is a professor of law at the School of Law, Cairo University since 2010. She teaches
courses of business law, international commercial arbitration and evidence law.
Education
• Ph.D - Cairo University School of Law - 2009
• Masters of Laws (LL.M) - George Washington Law School, USA - 2008
• Visiting Scholar, George Washington Law School, USA - 2006
• Masters of Laws - Cairo University School of Law, Egypt - 2003
• Bachelor of Law, LL.B, Anglo-American Law Department, Cairo University - 2001.
Languages
Arabic and English.
Dr. Eman Riad – Partner
Eman has an extensive experience on labor & employment matters and social insurance law.
She advises clients on commercial law, corporate, and pharmaceuticals. During her work
experience, she has handled the day to day legal work for multiple multi-national and local
companies.
Eman has extensive experience in negotiating collective bargaining agreements and liaising
with relevant governmental bodies; i.e. the Ministry of Manpower and Social Insurance
Ministry, and handling and resolving major employees' strikes/sit-ins. She tactically handles
internal investigations and redundancy settlements with senior employees and employees in
managerial positions. Eman is also a labor and employment law professor at Cairo
University. She is a regular speaker at labor and employment seminars and events in Egypt.
Education
• PhD, Cairo University School of Law, Egypt - 2016
• Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University, Georgetown Law Centre, USA - 2010

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• Masters of Law, American University, Washington College of Law - 2008
• International Commerce and Investment Diploma, Cairo University - 2006
• Private Law Diploma, Cairo University, Egypt - 2005
• LL.B, Cairo University School of Law - 2004.
Languages
Arabic and English.
Mohamed Riad – Counsel
Mohamed focuses his practice on banking and finance. He has extensive experience in a wide
range of banking-related areas and has participated in all types of financing transactions
including secured and unsecured commercial lending, project finance and asset-based
lending.
Mohamed has more than 10 years of experience with reputable law firms in Egypt and the
GCC as well as significant international financial institutions. Throughout his years of
expertise, he had worked also on M&A and capital market matters. He represents a
significant number of local and international companies in high profile transactions.
Education
• Master of Laws (LLM) - International business and corporate law, Lancaster University
School of Law, UK – 2012.
• LL.B, Cairo University School of Law - 2005.
Languages
Arabic and English.
Sherif Mahmoud – Partner
Sherif is a senior litigation and dispute resolution lawyer with more than 35 years of
experience in representing a diverse range of major companies and state entities before all
levels of Egyptian courts including the Supreme Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation
and the State Council courts.
He specializes in anti-dumping litigation, civil, commercial and criminal proceedings and
white collar crimes. Sherif has wide experience using alternative dispute resolution methods
where appropriate to achieve the best results for his clients, including commercial mediation
and arbitration.
Education
LL.B, Cairo University School of Law (1975).

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Languages
Arabic.
Dr. Abdel Moneem Zamzam – Counsel
Abdel Moneem is an expert in international trade law, multijurisdictional transactions, and
public and regulatory law. He has more than 20 years of experience advising multinational
and local companies as well as governmental entities in high-profile international trade cases.
Abdel Moneem currently occupies the position of Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law, Cairo
University. He teaches nationality and immigration law, conflict of laws and jurisdictions, as
well as international trade law at Cairo University, and the Institute de Droit des Affaires
Internationales, Paris I – Sorbonne and The Arab Studies Institute affiliated to the Arab
league.
Education
• PhD 2003: Université de Dijon, Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique de, France
Université de Paris IX – Sorbonne, France Cours de civilisation Française de la Sorbonne.
• Private Law Diploma, Cairo University, Faculty of Law, Egypt – 1995.
• Public Law Diploma, Cairo University, Faculty of Law, Egypt – 1994.
• Bachelor of Law, Cairo University, Faculty of Law, Egypt – 1993.
Languages
Arabic, French and English.
Mai Sherif – Counsel
Mai has more than 10 years of experience in corporate law, export and import regulations,
and anti-trust laws. She advises multinational and local companies on incorporation, business
set-ups and corporate restructure. She drafts corporate and joint venture agreements, due
diligence reports, companies’ articles of incorporation, as well as providing legal opinions on
various aspects of civil commercial matters including sale, distribution, agency, supply, lease
and service agreements.
Education
• Masters Degree (LLM) in International Business and Corporate Law from the School of
Law, Lancaster University, UK.
• Bachelor of Law, LL.B, Anglo-American Law Department, Cairo University.
languages
Arabic and English.

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