LL.M., The George Washington University School of Law; S.J.D., University of Kansas School of Law;
EXPERIENCE:
Kuwait International Law School, Kuwait, Visiting Assistant Professor in Law;
Arab Law Quarterly Editorial Board, Member;
German University in Cairo GUC, Cairo, Egypt, Visiting Assistant Professor in Law;
Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, Visiting Assistant Professor in Law;
Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Assistant Professor in Law;
University of Kansas Department of Religious Studies, Lawrence, Kansas, Lecturer;
Egyptian State Council, Cairo, Egypt, Member (2005-2006)
SELECTED PRACTICES:
- Major clients: Novartis AG, Exxon Mobile, Mercedes Benz, Saudi Airlines, Hienz, Nile Sat, Austrian Embassy in Cairo
- Heavily involved administering a complex patent litigation: 11 lawsuits related to one patent before Administrative Courts and Economic Courts.
- Full coordination with BRISTOWS, a London based Law Firm specialized in Patent Law.
- Attended hearings at the Administrative court and Economic Court
- Attended hearings with the Tripartite Experts Committee.
- Advised on intellectual property matters as well as pharmaceutical products’ regulations.
- Advised on Imports law and GATT Law compliance – lawsuit before the Administrative courts re Agreement on Implementation of GATT Article VII (Customs valuation).
- Attended Meetings at the General Authority For Investment—GAFI (represented our client before the Committee reporting to the Ministerial Committee for Settling Investment Disputes).
- Advised on compliance with Competition Law, Banking law and corporate law.
- Reviewed two credit facility agreements related to Consortium banks.
- Advised on and represented a multinational food manufacturer re Criminal liability for food fraud case.
- Advised on Agreements to provide Satellite services.
- Headed meetings to negotiate end of service agreements and advised on employment matters.
- Advised on criminal liability of former board member and compliance with the law regulating insurance companies.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
World Bank Group, Women, Business and Law 2021 Report, Egypt Profile, co-author
World Bank Group, Women, Business and Law 2020 Report, Egypt Profile, co-author
Book: Rethinking Business Crime in a Global Legal Context (forthcoming)
Allegations of Government Corruption in Investment Arbitration (Working paper)
Book: Egyptian Criminal Law –General Part, Dar Alnhda Alarabia, 1st edition, 2017 (In Arabic), co-author with Dr. Soliman Abdulmen’em
Book: Introduction to American Law, Dar Alnhda Alarabia, 1st edition, 2017 (in Arabic)
The Criminal Entrepreneur: Rethinking Business Crime in a Global Legal Context, PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Kansas School of Law, 2015
The Egyptian Second Republic: The Future of litigating Islam before the Supreme Constitutional Court, 5 BERKELEY JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN & ISLAMIC LAW 1, 2011
Fighting Corruption: Civic Governance Under Development Law, 28 ARAB JOURNAL FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE 63, Autumn 2010, Center for Arab Unity Studies
Ijtihad Institutions: The Key to Islamic Democracy Bridging Political and Intellectual Islam, 9 RICHMOND JOURNAL FOR GLOBAL LAW AND BUSINESS 61, 2010