Category: News Updates

On 13 September 2022, the International Cooperation Department of the UAE Ministry of Justice issued a circular to the Dubai courts confirming the reciprocity of enforcing and executing judgments of the English courts in the UAE (the “Circular”). The Circular established that the reciprocity requirement provided for under Article 85...

“The future belongs to whoever designs it … and today, through the virtual assets law, we seek to participate in the design of this new and rapidly growing global sector.” Said H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. On 28 February 2022, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Ruler of Dubai,...

Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy’s arbitration team successfully hosted the Egyptian National Rounds of the FDI Moot for the second time. On the 20th & 21st of August 2021 teams from a range of Egyptian universities participated in the competition: Ain Shams University, Cairo University – English Section, Tanta University and...

We are pleased to share our contribution in the 2021 Edition of GAR’s Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review. MBH’s partners, Amr A. Abbas and John F. Matouk, co-authored this year’s Egypt’s Chapter. The chapter outlines the main features of Egypt’s arbitration legal framework along with shedding light on key...

This legal update provides a recap on the on-going material regulatory changes affecting importation activities in Algeria, with a focus on the Algerian automobile dealer industry.Importation activities subject to the 49/51 ruleIn a move to boost investments, the Algerian Finance Law for 2020 (promulgated on 30 December 2019) has lifted...

Matouk Bassiouny is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jirayr Habibian as the new Managing Partner of Matouk Bassiouny’s UAE office. Jirayr, one of the top lawyers in the fields of corporate finance, trade finance, M&A transactions and capital markets across multiple jurisdictions including the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt and...

It was with pleasure that our Partner and Head of the Arbitration Department, Dr. Amr A. Abbas, participated in a panel of experts discussing Virtual Examination of Experts and Witnesses at the Time of COVID-19. Dr. Abbas discussed actual experience of MBH in conducting virtual examinations in hearings held during...

Members of the arbitration team of Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, namely Moamen Elwan, Mohamed Samy, Maha Zain, Aliaa Emara, Malak Elmeshawy and Mohammed A. El Sherif, participated as arbitrators in the AlexU-CRCICA Vis Pre-Moot.

Today, 20 January 2021, the Egyptian Gazette has published two decrees, no. 237 and 238 of 2020 (“New MoE Decrees”) issued by the Ministry of Education (“MoE”), removing the restriction of 20% cap on foreign ownership in companies owning private schools in Egypt. Our Egypt office, Matouk Bassiouny and Hennawy (“MBH”), has prepared...

MBI has been coordinating with Dubai Economy (“DED“) as well as the Ministry of Economy (“MoE“) to obtain updates regarding the required disclosures and submission procedures (“Disclosures”) of the Ultimate Beneficial Owner and/or nominee director/controller (“UBO“).   We understand that these Disclosures for new entity registrations or amendments to existing...