Chambers names Egypt’s top arbitration litigators for 2024: Chambers and Partnershas released its 2024 list of top Egyptian arbitration firms and lawyers.

  • Shahid Law Firm, Youssef + Partners, and Zulficar & Partners made the researchfirm’s top-ranked band.
  • Matouk Bassiouny and Shalakany Law made Band 2.
  • ALC Alieldean Weshahi & Partners, Khodeir & Partners, Rizkana & Partners, andZaki Hashem & Partners made Band 3.

Star Individuals: Youssef + Partner’s Karim Youssef and Zulficar’s Mohamed Abdel Wahab wereawarded the top title of “star individuals.”

In Band 1: Shahid’s Girgis Abd El Shahid and Shalakany’s Khaled El Shalakany.

In Band 2: Matouk Bassiouny’s Amr Abbas, Rizkana & Partner’s Hazim Rizkana, Meysan Partners’ Tarek Badawy, and Shehata Attorneys at Law’s Tewfik Shehata.

In Band 3: Khodeir & Partners’ Ahmed Kotb, Youssef + Partner’s César Ternieden, Jurisera’sAbdallah El Shehaby, Yehia Associates’ Ashraf Yehia, Ali & Co’s Haytham Ali, Al Tamimi & Company’s Khaled Attia, Shalakany’s Adam El Shalakany, ALC’s Yehia Shahine, and Karim Adel’s Hatem Darweesh.

Egypt’s most powerful businesswomen dominate Forbes list: Coming in with 17 entries, Egyptian women have worked their way up to become some of the most powerful businesswomen in the Middle East on Forbes’ 2024 list of 100 powerful MENA businesswomen. Egypt dominated the list with 17 entries, followed by the UAE with 14, then Saudi Arabia and Lebanon with nine entries each.

All of the Egyptian businesswomen recognized in the list:

  • Reem Asaad, Middle East and Africa vice president of Cisco. (#10)
  • Dalia El Baz, executive deputy chairman of National Bank of Egypt (#13)
  • Pakinam Kafafi, CEO of TAQA Arabia. (#24)
  • Marianne Ghali, managing director of Qalaa Holdings. (#34)
  • Hend El Sherbini, CEO of LSE-listed IDH. (#38)
  • Merette ElSayed, CCO of Hassan Allam Holding and CEO of Legacy. (#42)
  • Dalia Wahba, CEO of Hassan Allam Utilities. (#42)
  • Mona Zulficar, founder of Zulficar & Partners and chair of EFG Holding and Egyptian Microfinance Federation. (#43)
  • Hoda Mansour, IFS’ COO of Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East & Africa operations. (#45)
  • Elham Mahfouz, CEO of Commercial Bank of Kuwait. (#48)
  • Mirna Arif, country manager of Microsoft Egypt, Banque Misr board member and, independent non-executive director of Rameda. (#60)
  • Dalia Ibrahim, CEO of Nahdet Misr Publishing House and founder of EdVentures. (#69)
  • Omnia Kelig, deputy CEO of Naeem Holding. (#75)
  • Abir Leheta, CEO of Egytrans. (#78)
  • Ghada Abdelhadi Kandil, Egypt chief director at Bank of New York Mellon and former CBE assistant sub-governor. (#82)
  • Abeer Saleh, managing director of Misr Life Ins., Takaful. (#93)
  • Hilda Louca, founder of Mitcha. (#100)

Our friends at EFG Hermes were named the research house of the year 2023 byTadawul, the company said in a statement. This is the second year in a row that the award has been given to EFG Hermes.

What they said: “This prestigious award is a testament to all the hard work, dedication, and expertise of our team. As we celebrate this success, we remain focused on our goal of delivering new research insights and offering top-quality services for our clients, especially in the Saudi market where we have been established since 2007,” said EFG Hermes Managing Director and Head of Research Ahmed Shams.

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