Prof. Dr. Nour Shehata
Senior Partner
Prof. Dr. Nour Shehata
Dr. Nour Shehata has 40 years of experience spanning several parts of the MENA region and has been trained in civil law jurisdictions such as Egypt, France and the UAE.
Dr. Shehata has been teaching procedural law for the last 30 years in both Egyptian and Emirati universities while working for 6 years in an esteemed law firm in Dubai, and 3 years at Shalkany law office in Egypt. In 1996, Dr. Shehata founded Shehata & Partners law firm to fill a gap he perceived in the Egyptian market.
Capitalizing on his academic excellence and practical experience, Dr. Shehata developed a niche experience in high profile, complex disputes, leading several Egyptian and foreign entities in multimillion dollar disputes before Egyptian courts and arbitral tribunals.
Most notably, Dr. Shehata was the team leader in the Dream Land Group Banking Saga amongst many other major successes.
Arbitration, Litigation
Recent Experience
- Successfully representing Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition in a USD 4 million documentary collection case against three Egyptian banks. View Case Study
- Representing Credit Recovery Middle East on the collection of several debts owed by multinational companies in Egypt amounting to USD 1 Million.
- Successfully representing Dream Land Group in a complex Real Estate Development CRCICA Arbitration and following litigation lawsuits concerning a dispute of USD 300 million seated in Cairo. View Case Study
- Representing Metro Market in its trademark and IP litigation in Egypt.
- Successfully representing Antrados Syria in a complex Real Estate Development CRCICA Arbitration and following litigation lawsuits concerning a dispute of USD 250 million seated in Cairo. View Case Study
- Successfully representing El-Nahar TV in a multi-million-dollar arbitration case before CRCICA that is seated in Cairo.
- Successfully representing Omaz in securing its USD 1.5 Million debt vis-à-vis a local agricultural company in Egypt via an amicable settlement within a period of 6 months only.
- Advising Vinci Construction Group on the arbitration agreement validity in a potential high-profile construction project that is located in Egypt.
- Representing China Chemical Engineering Second Construction Corporation in assessing its legal status in a potential arbitration case concerning its construction projects in Egypt.
- Successfully Representing Progate for Hotel Developments in a dispute concerning the development of a touristic project in Hurghada.
- Assisting Mansour Group with some of their litigation cases concerning their businesses in Egypt.
- Successfully representing NOMAC in a labour dispute against one of Nomac’s former employees.
- Representing Midstar in its pre-contentious dispute with one of its partners in Egypt.
- Successfully representing 1Trolley in a multi-million-dollar arbitration case before CRCICA that is seated in Egypt.
- Successfully representing Tatweer Misr in several litigation cases concerning its B2C disputes in Egypt.
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