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Matouk Bassiouny promotes arbitration and competition lawyer Mohamed Samy to partner
Leading Middle Eastern and North African firm Matouk Bassiouny has announced the promotion to partner of Mohamed Samy, a key figure in their Arbitration group
Specialising in managing complex, cross-border, and high-stakes commercial and investor-state arbitrations, new Matouk Bassiouny partner Mohamed Samy has over a decade of experience and has advised and represented regional and international clients in disputes spanning various legal systems and sectors, including Egyptian, Gulf, and international law, under the auspices of numerous arbitration institutions such as ICSID, ICC, LCIA, DIAC, CRCICA, UNCITRAL, and ad hoc tribunals.
Announcing Mohamed’s promotion from counsel to partner this week, leading MENA law firm Matouk Bassiouny called him a “key figure” in their Arbitration group. “We are proud to welcome Mohamed to the partnership and look forward to his continued impact across the region and beyond,” says the firm.
Mohamed focuses his practice on resolving international and domestic disputes: oil and gas agreements, mergers and acquisitions, construction, distribution, telecommunications, international investment, private equity, hotel management, shareholders disputes, and various commercial and corporate conflicts.
He also works on annulment and enforcement proceedings of domestic and foreign arbitral awards before Egyptian courts.
In addition to his arbitration practice, Mohamed regularly handles competition law investigations before the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA), represents major clients in all aspects of these proceedings, and assists Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ competition authorities in reforming their competition laws.
Mohamed’s growing reputation has been recognized by Legal 500 EMEA naming him a leading lawyer. Beyond his client work, he teaches International Economic Law at Cairo University, further enriching his practice with academic depth, and holds a PhD in International Investment Law from Queen Mary University of London.
Matouk Bassiouny’s team of 250 lawyers specialises in advising multinationals, corporations, financial institutions and governmental entities on all legal aspects of investing and doing business in the MENA region. Trained both locally and internationally in civil and common law systems, its lawyers are fully conversant in English, Arabic and French.