Shamseddien Essam

Senior Associate

Shams is a bilingual lawyer with wide and various expertise as he has worked with law firms from different jurisdictions, and he has profound knowledge of the civil and commercial laws and regulations in Egypt and the GCC states, with special focus on the maritime sector.

He works on dispute resolution via litigation and arbitration under different jurisdictions, and he handles complex disputes that involve major multinational companies and cover a wide range of practice areas including international commercial transactions, maritime, insurance, enforcement of arbitration awards and foreign judgments, and labour law.

He provides distinguished legal service to prestigious multinational clients both in the UAE and Egypt.

On multiple occasions, Shams has provided expert opinions on issues related to the laws of Egypt and the UAE in the course of legal proceedings before the courts of the UK, Australia, Switzerland and other jurisdictions.

Shams also has an outstanding academic record as he graduated from the Faculty of Law, English Section, at Alexandria University where he came in the top ten of class 2015. Then, he earned an LL.M in both public and private laws.

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