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Contents :

Am Law Firm .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 02

Philosophy .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 02

Vision .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 03

Mission .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 03

History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 04

Quality ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 05

Social Responsibility ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 06

Areas Of Practise .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 07

Founders ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Our Clients .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Contact Us .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

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AM LAW FIRM :

AM Law Firm is one of the growing law firms in Egypt, that helped clients achieve their goals by combining the

highest global standards with local expertise.

AM Law Firm provides legal advising and solutions to meet the most stringent needs of customers through

dedication and innovation. We are dedicated to increasing our clients’ productivity using our knowledge and

expertise while acting as their “behind the scene employees”.

AM Law Firm philosophy is to concentrate on solutions, rather than problems, and to provide practical advice

and reasonable alternatives.

AM Law Firm always succeeds in understanding its clients and the nature of their operation which we believe

our clients value these qualities, just as we value clients who desire to form long-term relationships.

AM Law Firm prides itself on its ability to be accessible on short notice, respond to a broad spectrum of legal

needs, and to care about its clients as individuals.

PHILOSOPHY :

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VISION :

MISSION :

To be the market’s best business law firm in MENA region by consistently providing smarter, more concrete

solutions and to provide the highest caliber of comprehensive, high quality, state of the art legal services

expected.

Our strong commitment to legal excellence and to our clients makes us a firm of choice for clients with challenging

and legal problems. We excel in our relation with our clients that it reaches the partnership level. We will strive

to incorporate new practice areas and opportunities so that AM Law Firm can continue to adapt to the growing

and ever-changing needs of our clients.

Based on our national belief and responsibility towards our beloved country, we are trying to participate in

improving the Egyptian national economy by professionally performing our legal duties to the companies which

will boost companies to perform their investment legal roles perfectly.

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HISTORY :we began in 2009 as two founders and by following our philosophy, values, and principals, we succeeded in

positioning our Firm as one of the promising and growing law firms in Egypt and in the Middle East.

2011 was a very critical year because of the eruption of the Egyptian Revolution as well as the internal and

external challenges. But despite of all these, we took good decisions, accurately chose our clients and enhanced

our performance, we were able to overcome the crises of 2011 as well as increasing the number of cases which

in turn increased our experience and the number of our staff.

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QUALITY :AM Law Firm maintains the good reputation among our clients and promotes the Firm’s positive image among

potential new clients; by making use of the latest technologies and modern work methods, we provide high-

quality services to our clients; and by closely following the changes in the client’s needs and requirements, we

guarantee that our clients will be completely satisfied with our work.

The partners offer their long and varied experience in counselling and litigation for foreign companies represented

through subsidiary companies in Egypt. Furthermore, they have been providing advice to foreign trade agencies

for a long period of time.

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Social Responsibility Lies at the Core of our Mission :AM Law Firm aims at addressing social problems which negatively affects our society. Driven by our responsibility

towards the society, AM Law Firm took the lead to participate in the UN Global Compact Program (UNGC) to

enforce the principals of human rights, labor, anticorruption and environment. Due to our effective participation,

we have become the legal advisors of the UNGC Program.

Since we were founded with set specific goals ahead of us and those goals included ways to support our society,

accordingly, we started our Probono System by dedicating free monthly hours for social service.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE :The foremost objective of AM Law Firm is to utmost customization of legal solutions with wide-reaching

perception & to provide best legal assistance to their clients. Our grand expertise that spans over six years in all

practice areas to which enables us to provide a sustainable top-quality legal service provider to a wide varieties

of foreign trade agencies, multinational companies, and institutions and to continue with our expansion with

steady steps.Our areas of practice include:

Litigation:

Our litigation team of attorneys, counselors, and legal experts

has successfully represented our corporate clients before

Egyptian courts of law of all levels. Our team members

work strenuously and meticulously to resolve our clients’ disputes

timely. Our service in this field extends from counsels, legal advice,

representation before court, and management of clients’ official

documents and paperwork at the different Egyptian government

agencies.

Arbitration:

We noted for our leading expertise in international

arbitration, and such forms of dispute resolutions. Our

arbitration team has aboard a group of professional

arbitrators and mediators who have handled several international

arbitration cases over commercial disputes for different clients

including foreign investors. We are backed by an experienced

arbitration team whose years of practice cover international

litigation and enforcement laws, legal proceedings and arbitration

proceedings and mediation.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE :

Oil and Gas:

We take pride in providing legal services in the oil and gas

sector in Egypt. We serve large oil and gas companies,

including foreign investors. Our experienced attorneys in

the oil and gas field carry out proceedings that cover drafting and

negotiating gas-related agreements, gas sale agreements, licensing

operations are highly informed with the EGPC regulations and

limitations. Our Firm also provides legal assistance to new bidders

wishing to enter into the oil and gas market; by assisting these

bidders in submitting the bidding documents to (EGPC or EGAS).Our

services facilitate concessions and licensing for foreign investment

operations.

Corporate Disputes:

We provide a broad array of corporate legal services to

a divergent client base, ranging from start-up ventures

to large multinational companies. We offer our clients a

full range of corporate and business legal services, including advice

(strategic and legal), pre-contract negotiation, drafting, advising

on documents for establishing companies, subsidiaries and to give

corporate advice on day to day matters, organizing and attending

Board and Shareholders meetings and drafting and certifying

minutes of meetings, and obtaining official authorizations and

licenses.

Intellectual Property (IP):

The majority of our clients are market leaders in innovation;

hence, they need to document their patent rights. We carry

the transactions of a wide variety of disputes regarding

Intellectual property and provide pre-dispute consultations as well

as general, coordinated IP program structuring. Our services in IP

also include registration, enforcement and protection of intellectual

property, due diligence investigations, dispute resolutions and

drafting assignments and licensing agreements.

Mergers and Acquisition:

We have been involved in high-level transactions regarding

mergers and acquisitions of companies of different types.

In many of the cases we handled, we started from scratch

beginning due diligence appraisals. Our services cover stakeholders,

holding companies, shareholder agreements, securities, corporate

governance, contracts and banking transactions.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE :

Banking and Financial Institutions:

We support major financial and banking institutions in

credit transactions on the local and international levels.

We also provide legal advice in project finance, loan

syndications, letters of credit and guarantee, mortgages, pledges

and securities. We review tender documents, draft contracts and

carry out government-related transactions and such other complex

operations.

Labor and Employment:

Labor and employment laws hold up a large part of the

Egyptian employees/employer’s life and work. For that

reason, we offer legal services as per the appropriate

Egyptian laws which help draft and protect employee agreements,

employee handbooks and personnel policies. We provide legal

advice on collective redundancies, employee termination as well

as litigation and dispute resolution services. We promote the more

cost effective Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system, through

which alternative ways to end the labor/employment disputes by

means of negotiations instead of courts of law.

Manufacturing:

The field of manufacturing and heavy industry has been

growing fast in Egypt. Our team’s experience in the field

covers light and heavy industries of all types. We have gained

experience in negotiating and drafting contracts, such as licensing,

franchise, assistance and supply agreements to major companies in

the sector.

Projects and Infra Structure:

We handle the drafting, auditing and negotiation of local

and international project agreements in energy, water,

petroleum, natural gas, telecommunication and IT.

We provide litigation and arbitration services with all related

proceedings (including the enforcement of policies and statutes)

to ensure that our clients projects are proceeding smoothly by

carrying out all the complex transactions on their behalf.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE :

Taxation:

We offer extensive legal service in matters related to tax

as per the Egyptian laws and the Egyptian Tax Authority

and its registry offices. We help keep our clients with

their tax statements and all tax-related transactions.

Real Estate and Construction:

Our experience in litigation, arbitration and legal drafting

becomes handy in real estate and construction projects.

Our service in the field covers ownership, construction, use

of land and buildings, property development, sales, acquisitions,

leases, taxation, bankruptcy, privatization and entity formation,

among others.

Commercial agencies and Distribution :

We offer our clients a wide range of legal services that

involve advice on pre-contract negotiations, drafting and

reviewing commercial agency, distribution and franchises

agreements and advice for establishing companies, branches, or

subsidiaries and obtaining official authorizations and licenses.

Telecom and IT:

The telecom and IT sector in Egypt is given special attention by

the Egyptian authorities. So now with almost all businesses

and government bodies shifting towards transactions carried

online as well as e-commerce, we have developed an experience

in the field and on the laws and regulations that govern the

telecommunications sector in Egypt. The telecom surge has brought

upon some issues and disputes that require legal attention, and

hence we offer advice on e-signatures, e-commerce, licensing as

well as acquisition and transfer of shares in telecom projects.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE :Tourism and Travel Services:

We provide legal advice to our clients in the hotel and

tourism sector. Our services include the drafting of

franchise agreements and hotel-related contracts, and

the acquisition of licenses for hotels and resorts. We have acquired

experience in settling hotel/tourism-related disputes whether

through litigation or Alternative Dispute Resolution.

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Founders :As an attorney at law, Dr. Abdallah’s 15 years of experience cover the fields of

Corporate and Business Law, Commercial Law, Civil and Adminstrative Litigations

in multiple areas, as well as Arbitration. He specializes in general corporate work

including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts, private

equities, concessions, and oil and gas businesses. As the Managing Partner of

AM Law Firm, Dr. Abdallah has represented several major local and international

firms in different types of lawsuits. He has provided legal advise based on his

experience, vision, and education to multiple Egyptian and foreign clients.

Upon admittance to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2000, Dr. Abdallah took a particular

interest in human rights, legal profession as a social responsibility, and International

anti-corruption initiatives. Dr. Abdallah is a member of the International Union of

Lawyers (UIA), UN Global Compact, Arab Lawyers Union (ALU).

Dr. Abdallah’s extensive education in law assists him in the cases he undertakes. He is a

holder of a PhD degree from the University of South California. He studied Islamic Law

and Private Law at Ain Shams University, and earned a degree in Intellectual Property

from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Ayman Abdallah, PhD Founder & Managing Partner

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Founders :Consultant / Abdullah Mohammed Gomaa, Attorney at Law before Court of Cassation,

Administrative Court and Supreme Constitutional Court Co-partner and senior consultant

in AM Law Firm. 40 years of experience in law and legal consultation business. Graduate of

Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University .Speaks both Arabic and English.

Postgraduate studies in legal field in addition to three undergraduate academic degrees

from prominent Egyptian universities. He worked as consultant and head of litigation

and arbitration department in the Firm, and has contributed significantly to obtaining

judgments in favor of our clients. Through his legal efforts and experience, he also

contributed to enabling Firm to obtain advanced position among law firms in Egypt. His

attendance and pleadings before courts and arbitration centers (in judicial and arbitration

cases) had great impact towards relief of our clients.

Fields of Specialization: Civil, commercial, administrative, personal cases for foreigners as

well as drafting international contracts and significant contracting agreements.

He has worked also as consultant for many financial and investment entities and has

supervised and followed all lawsuits regarding their investments whether inside the

country or abroad.

Abdullah Mohammed Gomaa

Co-partner and senior consultant

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OUR CLIENTS :

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Contact Us :

Tel. :(+202) 22707363

Tel. :(+202) 22707335

Fax :(+202) 22707352

Mobile1 :(+202) 010 999 90074

Mobile2 :(+202) 010 000 47368

Mobile3 :(+202) 010 122 43424

Postal Code :(11391)

Website : www.amlawfirm-egypt.com

E-Mail : [email protected]

Address :City Light Tower A3, Third Floor, Office No.303, 1 Makram Ebeid Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.

Although we are located in Egypt, we provide professional services as if we were next door. If you have a need for legal advising and solutions services in a location outside Egypt, please contact us, we would love to exceed yourexpectations!