Category: News Updates

Shehata & Partners is honored to announce that it has been shortlisted for ten (10) prestigious awards at the 5th Annual Legal Era Middle East Law Awards 2024. The Law Firm's nominations include categories such as Arbitration, Infrastructure & Energy Projects, Construction, Labour & Employment, Corporate & M&A, and Rising...

S&P recently contributed to Chambers & Partners: Cloud Computing Global Practice Guide, providing the latest information on data privacy regulation in relation to cloud computing and cross-border data transfers, penalties for non-compliance with such regulation, data security in the cloud, data ownership and portability, due diligence and vendor management in cloud...

Cairo, Egypt – 6 October 2024 – S&P successfully appealed a decision by the Cairo Court of Appeal to enforce an arbitral award in Egypt. The award was issued by the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration in favor of a Bulgarian client against an Egyptian company. The original...

Thomson Reuters sponsored the 4th ALB Middle East Law Awards 2024, to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of private practitioners and in-house counsel in the Middle East. In this regard, Shehata & Partners is ecstatic to announce that we have been nominated as a Finalist in five (5) Law Firm categories:...

S&P recently contributed to Chambers & Partners: Employment Global Practice Guide, which covers over 50 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on terms of employment, non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, data privacy law, foreign workers, the role of unions and employee representative bodies, termination of employment, employment disputes and...

Shehata& Partners has been instrumental in analyzing and undersatanding the regulations and guidelines established by the the Egyptian Electric Utility & Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (EgyptEra) for the initial phase of Peer-to-Peer projects (P2P Projects). The article gives a comprehensive insights on the requirements and criteria that both the producer...

Ibrahim Sheahta spoke about doing business in Egypt, emphasizing the importance of understanding the legal and regulatory framework for businesses operating in Egypt. He discussed key laws and regulations that investors should be aware of, as well as potential legal risks and effective strategies to mitigate them. This information is...

Ibrahim Shehata spoke about the evolving landscape of digital banking in Egypt. As Egypt embraces the digital age, the traditional banking laws are proving inadequate to keep pace with the rapid advancements in fintech. Ibrahim Shehata delved into the key trends shaping the industry, including: Financial Inclusion: How fintech startups are...

Cairo, Egypt – 20 June 2024 – Shehata & Partners, as one of the few Egyptian law firms with expertise in the country's renewable energy sector, had a successful collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to develop a series of short-form contract templates for Energy Services Agreements...

The Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) standards in Egyptian companies were not introduced until recently, in 2021. It was predicted that, by 2023, maintaining high ESG scores would be mandatory and the majority of Egyptian companies would utilise their high scores to incentivise investors and improve Egypt’s overall foreign investments.