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Welcome to Safwat & Partners
We are a law firm established by two partners Sherif Safwat and Hoda Etman. Accumulating the experience of more than fifteen years of practicing law in distinguished law firms in Egypt, we decided to establish our private practice law firm
We are focusing on mergers and acquisitions, capital market, debt financing, banking, tax, general corporate, labour matters, as well as trade and commerce.
Since quality is not our target but it is our life style, we are keen to provide our clients with the highest quality of legal services with very competitive rates.
Our Goal
We provide a focused legal service and treat each client as being "the one and only client".
Our inevitable goal is to meet our clients' satisfaction and business needs in the bureaucratic and complex Egyptian legal regime.
Business Partners
Our clients are our bussiness partners.
In order to meet our clients' full convenience, we are also always in direct contact and closely working with law firms in foreign jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, inter alia.
Location
We have selected our location with complete diligence as to meet our clients' satisfaction.
S&P is almost 20 minutes far away from Cairo International Airport, through Suez – Cairo Road.
Our Experience
Weighing on the wealthy and diversified experience of the members of the firm, we have succeeded since our inception to extend our legal services to multinational and local companies. We have also been selected to act as legal advisors on several transactions and corporate restructuring including the following:
In cooperation with a law firm in UK, recently provided full legal advices and assistance to a UK based holding company working in the medical and pharmaceutical fields throughout the acquisition of a majority stake of its capital including its fully owned subsidiary in Egypt.
Acted together with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as legal counsel to Bausch Health in its divestment of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company (“Amoun”), one of Egypt’s leading manufacturers, distributors and exporters of pharmaceutical and animal health products to ADQ Abu Dhabi’s holding company.
In cooperation with a law firm in UK, recently provided full legal advices and assistance to a UK based holding company working in the medical and pharmaceutical fields throughout the acquisition of a majority stake of its capital including its fully owned subsidiary in Egypt.
Conducted a vendor due diligence on a leading Egyptian manufacturing company.
In close cooperation with a UK law firm, played a key role in the corporate restructuring of a multinational group of companies working in the medical and pharmaceutical fields.
In close cooperation with a leading UAE firm, worked on several cross-border acquisitions for international clients.
Sherif Safwat
Founding Partner
A corporate lawyer with more than 22 years of experience. Previously a partner and a key player at an International Law Firm working in Egypt. Sherif has a broad experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital market, securities, banking law, general corporate, trade & commerce, labour & employment, and commercial transactions.
Sherif obtained his LL.B from School of Law, English Department, Cairo University, and he obtained LL.M with Merit in "International Business Law" in 2008 – 2009 from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, focusing on international banking and finance regulations as well as capital market law. He was ranked as the second of the International Business Law Department. He obtained a "distinction" on his LL.M dissertation titled as "Tender Offer Rules under Egyptian Law".
Sherif is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association since 2002, and he is currently admitted to appear before Egyptian Cassation courts. He is also a member of Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London Alumni since 2009.
Hoda Etman
Partner
Hoda was previously a partner, a team leader in a tier one international law firm in Egypt. Hoda has more than 22 years of experience focusing on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, debt financing, general corporate, banking law, tax law, and labour law.
Hoda holds a Maitrise in international Business Law from Paris I - Pantheon Sorbonne, a Bachelor of Law from Cairo University - Faculty of Law in May 2000.
Hoda is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association since 2001, and she is currently admitted to appear before Egyptian Cassation courts.
What we offer
We offer our clients with legal services in corporate and commercial matters with focus on certain practice areas.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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Capital Market
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Debt Financing
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Trade & Commerce
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Banking
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Taxes
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Labour & Employment
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General Corporate
Contact Us!
SAFWAT & PARTNERS
Legal Consultants
152 Al Orouba Axis, South Academy (A),
Next to Cairo Festival City (CFC),
Fifth Settlement, New Cairo, Cairo – Egypt
- +202 253 733 49
- info@safwatpartners.com