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Shalakany is proud and delighted to announce its rankings by the Legal 500.
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analyzing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions.

The rankings are based on a series of criteria, but simply put, Legal 500 highlights the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Their research is based on feedback from clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

For a full view of our ranking, please visit: Shalakany Law Office > Cairo > Egypt | The Legal 500 law firm profiles.

Shalakany was awarded Top Tier firm in 6 different practice areas, namely Banking and finance, Commercial, corporate and M&A, Arbitration, Litigation, Energy and Projects and Infrastructure.

Shalakany was also Recommended in 3 practice areas by the Legal 500, namely Employment, Intellectual Property and Technology Media and Telecommunications.

The Legal500 has also recognized members of the Firm as leading individuals, experts in their fields and their practice areas. The Firm’s members ranked for their standout contribution to their respective practices are the following:

  • Khaled El Shalakany


Hall of fame: Dispute Resolution- Arbitration and Projects and Infrastructure
Leading Individual: Dispute Resolution- litigation

  • Aly El Shalakany

Hall of fame: Energy

Leading Individual: Banking and finance, commercial corporate and M&A, Projects and infrastructure

  • Adam El Shalakany

Recommended: Dispute Resolution - Arbitration

  • Mariam Fahmy

Next Generation Partner: Banking and finance

  • Omar Sherif

Leading Individual: commercial, corporate and M&A

  • Muhammad Ussama

Recommended and key lawyer: Dispute Resolution - Arbitration

  • Marwa Farouk

Rising Star: Dispute Resolution- litigation

Shalakany wishes to congratulate all the teams for their incredible and outstanding performance and to thank its clients for their trust in the Firm.
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