Matouk Bassiouny has opened an office in Algeria in association with Algerian law firm SH-Avocats, it said in a statement (pdf). Part of the firm’s regional expansion efforts, the new outpost will join a team of 170 lawyers based in Egypt (Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy), the UAE (Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim), and Sudan (Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm). The firm in Algeria is led by Houda Sahri, founding and managing partner of SH-Avocats, and Jean-Jérôme Khodara, partner with Matouk Bassiouny’s corporate / M&A practice group and head of Matouk Bassiouny’s Algeria practice.