Managing Partner at Shahid Law Firm
Nationality: Egyptian
Languages: Arabic & English
Arbitration Practitioner of the Week #1 – 2024
Congratulations to our Arbitration Practitioner of the Week (APOW), Girgis Abd El-Shahid, a Managing Partner at Shahid Law Firm.
He specializes in dispute settlement, with a focus on energy-related disputes, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial agreements, telecommunications, and more.
Girgis advises on matters in commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration, and international law and is renowned for his special expertise in complex multi-party arbitrations.
With his experience in Egyptian laws, he recently advised an American global food-processing and commodities-trading corporation in its contemplated acquisition of an Egyptian counterpart.
Girgis is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce, the British and Swiss Business Associations, and the Egypt US Business Council.
With solid ties to both the academic and the business communities, he regularly publishes articles and books in his various fields of practice.
