Matouk Bassiouny

Matouk Bassiouny is a full-service MENA law firm headquartered in Cairo, Egypt (Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy), with offices in Algiers, Algeria (Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats), Khartoum Sudan (Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm) and Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE (Matouk Bassiouny), as well as a country desk covering our Libya practice. Our team of 28 partners and 180+ lawyers are trained both locally and internationally and are fully conversant in English, Arabic, and French. Our offerings extend to cover an extensive range of legal services, which we provide through our four core practice areas across 17 sectors combining the firm’s in-depth knowledge of the local markets with an understanding of our client’s businesses. Matouk Bassiouny has been named Egypt’s National Firm of The Year for four years (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020) by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and UAE's Rising Star Law Firm of the Year in 2019. The firm has also been ranked as a Top Tier Firm for the year 2022, as well as in Tier 1 in M&A, Banking, and Capital Markets. Ranked as Tier 2 in Project Development and Project Finance by IFLR1000. Furthermore, six of the firm’s lawyers have been ranked as Leading Lawyers: Highly Regarded by IFLR1000. The firm also continues to be ranked in Tier 1 in Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Banking and Finance; Dispute Resolution (arbitration and litigation); Energy; Projects and Infrastructure; and TMT by Legal 500 EMEA for 2022. The firm has been named Egypt’s Corporate and Finance Law Firm of The Year in 2023 and is ranked in Band 1 in Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Projects and Energy by the Chambers Global Guide for 2023.