Matouk Bassiouny is a full-service law firm headquartered in Cairo and founded by highly regarded lawyers, Omar S Bassiouny who is also the Group Head of Corporate and M&A, and John Matouk who is the Group Head of Dispute Resolution. The firm established its branch offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 2018.

Key clients
Money Fellows, Nawy, Oliv, Sylndr, Thndr

Highlights
The team led by Mohamed Essam represented Money Fellows, Africa’s leading fintech digital platform, on its USD 13 million financing round.

The firm advised Spark Education Platform (“SEP”) in connection with securing a landmark strategic partnership with First School Management (“FSM”), the global advisory arm of GEMS Education (“GEMS”). This strategic collaboration will introduce GEMS-branded schools to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, expanding access to high-quality education through a range of international curricula across the GCC.

Testimonials
“Matouk Bassiouny provides local expertise for aircraft-related transactions in Egypt. The team is knowledgeable, well connected locally, and understands customer goals. They are able to take a commercial, practical view and cut straight to the issues that matter.” – Banking and finance 

“Matouk Bassiouny is responsive, commercial, easy to understand, and proactive in sorting out issues.” – Banking and finance  

“Malak El Amiry’s work is always completed on time and to a very high standard.” – Banking and finance 

“Sherif El Hosseny provides quick, thoughtful, and correct legal guidance. He is very commercially aware and well connected locally. A thought leader in aviation in Egypt and a trusted partner.” – Banking and finance 

“Sherif El Hosseny is responsive, knowledgeable, and proactive in resolving issues.” – Banking and finance 

“Matouk Bassiouny has deep knowledge of the capital markets in Egypt. Also, the professionalism they offer and the way they deal with us as partners, rather than service providers, stand out.” – Capital markets 

“Matouk Bassiouny is very knowledgeable and diligent. It provides an excellent level of service.” – Capital markets 

“Mohamed Abdel Fattah is extremely reliable and caring; we consider him a partner to the company, not a service provider. I believe he is one of the most knowledgeable professionals in the Egyptian capital markets.” – Capital markets 

“Mohamed Abdelfattah is very knowledgeable. He thinks outside the box. He has an excellent relationship with regulatory authorities. He is diligent and on top of his work.” – Capital markets 

“Mohamed Galal is very professional and dedicated. He is diligent and on top of his work. A rising star in capital markets.” – Capital markets 

“Matouk Bassiouny is efficient, detail-oriented, accurate, understands our needs well, and know how to protect us in our investments.” – M&A 

“Alia Elraey is always responsive and a good communicator on the issues at hand.” – M&A 

 “Moustafa Rizk is always highly responsive and a good communicator on the issues at hand.” – M&A 

“Mohamed Essam knows how to protect us while still being founder-friendly and makes sure that BECO is represented in the right manner, which is very important to us.” – M&A 

“Matouk Bassiouny is proficient and knowledgeable, with deep government relations that helped facilitate the process of reaching an amicable settlement agreement.” – Project development  

“Matouk Bassiouny provides concise, commercially focused, and prompt advice on all matters of aircraft leasing and trading. They are a very experienced team with good on-the-ground relationships with the local authorities.” – Project development  

“Amgad Nagy demonstrates great responsiveness and attention to detail.” – Project development 

“Malak El Amiry is experienced in aircraft leasing. Malak provides calm and concise responses to queries.” – Project development 

“Myriam Fahmy demonstrates great responsiveness and attention to detail.” – Project development 

“Sherif El Hosseny steps in on complex queries or urgent matters with prompt responses and an understanding of the fast-paced nature of a transaction.” – Project development