Dr. Mohamed Shehata
Dr. Mohamed Shehata
Partner, Head of Litigation
Dr. Mohamed Shehata is a partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy and heads the Litigation department at the Dispute & Resolution practice group and heads the firm’s telecommunications & media sector. He is an assistant professor and vice president of the Centre for Criminal Research at Cairo University, Faculty of Law. Formerly a member of Egypt’s Connseil d’Etat and Public Prosecution and served as a member of the Technical Bureau of the Egyptian Supreme Committee for Legislative Reform. With over 18 years specializing in the telecommunications sector and representing clients in other sectors such as: Etisalat Misr, Pfizer, Zoetis, Novartis, Eli Lilly, Danone Nutricia, Nestle, Egyptian Resorts Company, and the Suez Steel Company. Dr. Shehata handled major commercial disputes before Egyptian courts, arbitral tribunals and regulatory bodies including arbitral disputes before ICC and CRCICA.
Referring to Dr. Shehata , recent legal periodicals have stated:
Practice Focus
Mohamed’s practice is to effectively manage risk and resolve disputes pursuant to his clients’ strategic interests that involve: both plaintiff and defense work, with an industry focus on telecommunication, finance, energy, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, real estate, environment, commercial agency, investment and corporate disputes.
Recent Rankings
Selected Recent Experience
- Successful representation of a major Japanese automotive manufacturer in connection with blocking claims before the local courts exceeding USD 1 billion in complex litigation involving procedural and substantive arguments relating to the validity and enforceability of an arbitration clause within the context of commercial agency/distribution relationships in Egypt.
- Successful representation of an automotive manufacturer in connection with blocking claims before the local courts with litigation involving procedural and substantive arguments, relating to commercial agency/distribution relationship in Egypt. Claims were valued at USD 225 million
- Successful representation of a British international shoe manufacturer and retailer in connection with blocking claims before the local courts exceeding USD 45 million in complex litigation involving procedural and substantive arguments relating to commercial agency/distribution relationships in Egypt.
- Successful representation of a Swiss multinational science and chemicals company in connection with blocking claims before the local courts involving procedural and substantive arguments relating to technology transfer/distribution relationships in Egypt. Claims were valued at US$3 million
- Representation of a multinational biomedical technology company in connection with procedural and substantive arguments relating to commercial agency/distribution relationships in Egypt with claims pending before the local courts valued at USD 1 million
- Successful representation of an Emirati multinational company in agribusiness in connection with securing amicable settlement of a 3-year conflict exceeding USD 500 thousand.
- Successful representation of British multinational science and chemicals company in connection with securing amicable settlement of claims before the local courts exceeding USD 200 thousand involving procedural and substantive arguments relating to commercial agency/distribution relationships in Egypt.
- Representation of a Danish company in connection with arbitral proceedings against a major regional contractor on claims amounting to USD 20 million for the breach of a dredging contract relating to the port of Damietta.
- Representation of an Egyptian real estate developer listed on the Egyptian stock exchange before the Egyptian State Council in connection with the annulment of a real estate development license involving the Egyptian Tourism Development Authority.
- Representation of a mobile operator in Egypt in connection with a litigation dispute before the Egyptian Court of Cassation in relation to setting aside an arbitral award and an arbitration dispute against thirteen shareholders.
- Representation of a global pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with a product liability claim of USD 200 million related to allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted in Egypt using client’s drugs.
- Successful representation of a mobile operator in Egypt in connection with blocking claims before the Egyptian National Telecom Regulatory Authority exceeding USD 35 million involving an alleged dispute concerning an interconnection agreement with the world’s largest mobile operator.
- Representation of an automotive manufacturer in connection with violations of building industrial facilities without the necessary licenses, namely, handling related criminal charges, negotiating the possibility of legalizing the status of the violating buildings and undertaking the required procedures to facilitate the acquisition of the required approvals for rectifying the legal position of the company.
- Successful representation of a European glass, tires and electrical parts manufacturers respectively in connection with negotiating an amicable resolution of a considerable industrial labor strike in coordination with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Labor office, the Ministry of Labor and Manpower as well as local law enforcement agencies.
Education
Cairo University, Faculty of Law: PhD - “Insider Trading: A Comparative study of the laws of the United States and Egypt” (summa cum laude – highest degree in Egyptian Universities)
2014
Oklahoma City University, USA: Visiting Scholar
2011
Cairo University, Faculty of Law: Law Diploma (summa cum laude – ranked 2nd)
2006
Cairo University, Faculty of Law: Public Law Diploma (summa cum laude – ranked 1st)
2005
Cairo University, Faculty of Law: LL.B. English Section (summa cum laude – ranked 2nd)
2004
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