About
### Firm Details - Baker McKenzie, Cairo - Emerald Business Center - Tower A - 4th floor, Plot no. B2210 - Smart Village, K28 Cairo-Alexandria Road - Giza, Egypt - Tel: +20 2 3537 9722 ### Firm Overview Welcome to Baker McKenzie, Cairo - Helmy, Hamza & Partners, an established international law firm in the Egyptian legal market since 1986. As the Cairo office of Baker McKenzie, we have been committed to developing the market and representing a diverse range of Egyptian and international clients. As a result, we have been involved in many "first of its kind" transactions in the market, leveraging our knowledge and extensive network to provide novel and strategic solutions for our clients. We pride ourselves on our local expertise and global thinking approach, which helps you seamlessly navigate Egypt's legal and business landscape and cross-borders. Our comprehensive legal capabilities span vital areas — including corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, and projects— and extensive experience in structuring, financing, and managing multijurisdictional deals. We orchestrate some of the most significant transactions every year, leaving an indelible mark on the business landscape. Our team is continuously involved in several multibillion-dollar global transactions. Thanks to our team of lawyers, who are proficient in handling transactions and documentation in English and Arabic. Our expertise transcends industry boundaries with a diverse client portfolio spanning Financial Services, Real Estate, TMT, Pharmaceuticals, Aviation, Construction, Education, Maritime, Renewable Energy, Mining, Chemicals, and Management and Consultancy. At the forefront of our team is Ghada El Ehwany, a seasoned professional with over 25 years of expertise in Corporate M&A, Dispute Resolutions, Employment and Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT). Joining her are exceptional partners from various prominent practice groups. - Lamyaa Gadelhak (Banking and Projects) - Hani Nassef (M&A, Private Equity and Funds) - Mohamed Elharmy (Banking and Projects) - Mostafa Lotayef (Banking and Projects) ### Languages - Arabic - English - French ### Memberships - Member of the United Nations Global Compact Initiative
Office locations
Giza
Giza
Baker McKenzie, Cairo Emerald Business Center - Tower A 4th Floor, Plot No. B2210 Smart Village, K28 Cairo-alexandria Road, Giza, Egypt Giza Egypt
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Ahmed Shehata
Ahmed Shehata is a senior associate at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. He practices in banking, finance and projects, with a special focus on various forms of debt finance, loan facilities and debt capital markets. He has experience in drafting facility agreements, security documents and other finance and project development documents (including offtake and grid arrangements). Ahmed has advises lenders, commercial banks, multilateral financial institutions and export credit agencies, as well as developers and sponsors, during all stages of the structuring, development and financing of major projects. · Banking and Finance
Ghada El Ehwany
Ghada El Ehwany is the managing partner of Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo, where she heads the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. · Corporate and Commercial
Ghada El Gharib
Ghada El Gharib is a Counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. She practice focuses on banking and finance, major projects, and energy. With over 13 years of experience, advising clients on high-value financing transactions, her work track-record has earned her well-deserved recognition IFLR1000 lauding her as a "Rising Star" in 2023 and 2024. She was seconded with the legal regional team of International Finance Corporation. · Banking and Finance
Hani Nassef
Hani Nassef is a Partner and Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Mergers and Acquisitions
Heba Samy
Corporate Law
Hesham Ragab
Hesham Ragab is Of Counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Banking and Finance
Lamyaa Gadelhak
Lamyaa Gadelhak is a Partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo, where she co-heads the Banking & Projects Practice Group. · Banking & Finance
Mohamed Abdelaleem
Mohamed Abdelaleem is a counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. He heads the Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he has more than 35 years of experience in judicial work, during which time he served in different court circuits, including the Administrative Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Legal Advisory Department, the General Assembly for Advice and Legislation, as well as the State Council's Legislation Department, where he headed the Technical Bureau of the General Assembly and participated in the review of many draft laws. He has also acted as an advisor to several ministries, authorities and governorates, including as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Legislation Department of the Council of Ministers in the State of Qatar, as an arbitrator in several important arbitrations and provided training for judges of the Board of Grievances in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. · Litigation
Mohamed El Harmy
Mohamed Elharmy is a Partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Banking and Finance
Mohamed Elfar
Mohamed El Far is a counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Antitrust
Mohamed Ghannam
Mohamed Ghannam is a senior counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. Mohamed heads the Banking and Projects Practice Group. · Banking and Finance
Mostafa Lotayef
Mostafa Lotayef is a partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Banking & Finance
Noor El Gohary
Noor El-Gohary is an associate at within Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution practice group. She has represented and advised a multitude of leading multinational companies, with a specific focus on civil, tax and commercial litigation, white collar defense and investigations, compliance and other complex commercial disputes with particular interest in telecom and tech. Noor is highly skilled in dispute project management, targeted discovery focused at securing key evidence required to resolve the most complex cases, efficient settlement and communication with key stakeholders. Noor received her LL.B. degree from German University in Cairo in 2020 after graduating with Honors and being ranked among the top five students. Over the course of her experience she has authored many legal publications. Noor focuses on civil, tax and commercial disputes, investigations, compliance and ethics, data and technology, media and telecommunications, commercial advisory and employment. · Civil Litigation
Peryhane Gawish
Peryhane is a Senior associate at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. · Corporate