About

A distinguished group of lawyers and legal advisers, we strive to provide an integrated system of legal services to our local, regional, and international clients.

As a firm specialized in providing legal services, we have been recognized for providing various legal consultation and support to our clients since the founding of Al-Sanhory office “Lawyers and Consultants” in Cairo in 2011. The firm’s business grew until it became one of Egypt’s most prestigious law offices. Accordingly, a bigger law firm, “Al-Sanhory Law Firm” was founded in 2022 with the firm belief that institutional work is the best mechanism for moving forward to broader horizons. Our policy is about unity and harmony at workplace to achieve our goals, and due to our ongoing endeavor to lead with excellence, we prioritize our clients’ needs to be fulfilled in accordance with legitimate means, as well as our belief in the values of collaboration and cooperation. Our major priority is to protect and defend our clients’ interests.

We are certainly determined to provide our clients with legal and advisory services. Such a mechanism is based on thorough analysis and assessment of the consequences of the legal positions presented, followed by providing honest legal advice on them, and finally completing the proposal in a timely and effective manner in accordance with the surrounding situations and circumstances. Our aim is to find solutions and implementation mechanisms to meet the legal challenges facing our clients, whether they are institutions, companies, or individuals.

Our firm has a team of specialists and experts in numerous sectors of law and its branches. Arbitration consultants, eminent academics, and highly experienced professionals comprise the team, all of whom have a wealth of collective technical and practical knowledge and expertise.

The team at Al-Sanhory Law Firm has a great and a broad perspective in dealing with and resolving complex lawsuits, giving legal advice on companies, commercial, financial and tax investments, merge and acquisition, intellectual property, media law and civil, criminal, legal and commercial litigation and drafting various contracts in various areas.

Why us?

Our work policy is consistent with our well-established professional principles, which prioritize defending the interests entrusted to us by our clients. We do so with efficiency, integrity, and sincerity. We provide judicial and legal assistance for those in need as well as sincere legal advice. We value our relationships with our clients and strive to develop and consolidate them. Besides, we lay continuous emphasis on delivering appropriate legal solutions and guidance based on a solid understanding of all our clients’ business objectives and requirements.

Goals

  • Highlighting the image of the legal profession and its noble mission.
  • Assuming and managing tasks; and implementing their requirements in a professional and timely manner.
  • Meeting our clients’ legitimate needs, maintaining their rights, and defending them and their interests.
  • Maintaining professional confidentiality, avoiding conflicts of interest, and being transparent in procedures taken by us.

Values and Morals

  • We believe in the power of teamwork in our workplace, and we believe in our ability to transfer our experience to future promising generations.
  • Integrity and credibility are our most important tools when providing advice and proposed solutions.
  • We are devoted to protecting our clients’ interests while upholding the profession’s principles and the attorney’s role.
  • Constant improvement of work methods and tools, as well as keeping up with modernization.
  • Respect for others, no matter how intense the rivalry or conflict is.
  • Paying attention to and encouraging the practice of social responsibility.
  • Continuous work to achieve goals tirelessly.
  • Promoting our services by demonstrating our hard work, devotion, skills, and professionalism.

Services

Intellectual Property Rights

Providing legal and procedural assistance in the following areas:

  • Preparation, drafting, editing and modification of all types of various contracts, including specialized contracts in areas related to intellectual property laws, copyright, and subsidiary rights, including but not limited to:
  • Contracts relating to art production activities and art companies including licensing contracts, by the transfer and disposal of trademarks and industrial models, contracts relating to art production activity, publishing, distribution, and licensing contracts for broadcasting of media and satellite channels, contracts for the digital exploitation of artistic works and all contracts for the financial and commercial exploitation of artistic and literary works of various kinds and forms. 
  • Privacy and confidentiality contracts, consultancy contracts, sales, distribution, and waiver contracts. 
  • Registration of trademarks, industrial models, and patents.
  • Registration of computer programs in the Information Technology Industry Development Authority.

  • Issuing licenses to practice activity for establishments working in the field of software, certificates of deposit, and registration of computer programs, databases, websites, and their licenses.
  • Issuing all licenses necessary to operate the various media outlets, publications, and websites in compliance with the law governing the press and media, and liaising with all parties involved, including the General Media Free Zone of the Investment Authority.
  • Resolving disagreements and upholding intellectual property rights, particularly when it comes to business deals including the licensing of financial and commercial exploitation rights, technology transfer contracts, publishing, and distribution agreements, and settling related disputes.

  • Legal advice and representation of rights holders in all civil and criminal cases in various cases of assault on artistic works before economic, civil, and criminal courts of various levels.
  • Services for protecting literary and artistic works from depositing and registering written literary works at the Copyright Protection Office and recording their disposals.
  • Undertaking procedures for recording the disposals of authors and composers; having certificates for depositing audio and audiovisual works and following up all licensing procedures for censorship of artistic works of all kinds, and procedures for depositing audio or audiovisual works and radio and television programs.
  • Deposit and record disposal services for audiovisual and audio works at the Broadcasting and Audiovisual Protection Office at the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.

Lawsuits and disputes related to compensation and all civil lawsuits

Including enforcement and acquisition disputes and all actions brought before courts of all levels and specializations, whether summary (partial) , first instance, or appellate courts, relating to the provisions of civil law and related laws.

Lawsuits and administrative disputes

Initiating all administrative lawsuits, appeals against various administrative decisions, lawsuits for cancellation and compensation, and any other lawsuits that the State Council will consider and determine.

Cases related to publishing crimes & cyber-crimes

including insult, libel and slander lawsuits before the various courts of misdemeanors and felonies and the cases related to cyber- crimes.

Family-related disputes and lawsuits

  • Preparing and drafting conciliation settlement contracts and documenting them at Family Disputes Settlement Office of the personal status courts.
  • Claims for expenses of all kinds, lawsuits for divorce, alimony (maintenance), objection to obedience warnings and child custody, and everything related to family and personal status issues.

Labor lawsuits and disputes

Providing legal advice and filing all lawsuits and disputes arising from work contracts, workers, and social insurance, including various labor lawsuits. This entails lawsuits for compensation for arbitrary dismissal, and claiming workers’ dues in terms of wages, leave balance, allowances, etc.,

In addition to everything related to work contracts, collective labor contracts and agreements, privacy and preservation contracts, confidentiality of data and information, non-competition, work, and residence permits for foreigners, resolution of labor disputes, and collective settlements. Obtaining approvals for companies and institutions’ work system regulations and penalties regulations from competent government agencies.

Land Registry Services and Property Ownership Registration

Registration of real estate, disclosure of the right of inheritance, extraction of cadastral maps and taking all procedures related to the registration of real estate.

Property and Leasing Disputes

It comprises all legal actions involving landlord and tenant’s rights. This includes lawsuits involving the termination of lease agreements, eviction, legal extensions, and any other rental-related matters, regardless of whether the leases are subject to civil law rules or old rental law.

Commercial Law-related lawsuits and disputes

It covers all aspects of Egyptian trade law as well as court cases involving banks, banking transactions, and trade.

Establishing companies

Associated legal services cover a range of areas, such as:

  • Drafting contracts that regulate the relationship between the partners before incorporation, including memorandums of understanding, management contracts, and letters of intent.
  • Establishing and registering companies of all kinds, including foreign branches, commercial representation offices, and commercial agencies.
  • Corporate structure and governance.
  • Increasing capital for companies, selling and waiving shares, and shareholder agreements.
  • Bankruptcy cases.
  • Dissolution and liquidation of companies.
  • Mergers and acquisitions.
  • Conflicts and disagreements of shareholders, partners, and boards of directors of companies of all kinds.
  • Preparing the minutes of the general assemblies and boards of directors and having them approved by the competent authorities.

Criminal cases

Specialized in the field of criminal law and crimes that are considered at  the courts of misdemeanors, felonies, and cassation in criminal cases.

Arbitration

Initiating all arbitration cases, representing our clients before arbitration centers, implementing their awards and appending them in the executive form, and initiating claims of nullity of arbitrators" awards.

Sports disputes

Providing legal advice related to Egyptian sports law, including sports disputes of sports clubs and sports federations; and sports disputes before the Egyptian Sports Settlement and Arbitration Center (Olympic Committee).
Preparing and drafting various sports contracts related to the professionalism of players in various sports activities and related disputes.

Club memberships and related disputes, and all contracts that include the condition and agreement of Egyptian sports arbitration.

Tax services

  • Calculating the periodic earnings tax pursuant to the provisions of the law.
  • Preparing the quarterly salary tax returns on behalf of clients.
  • Preparing the salary tax reconciliation at the end of the fiscal year on behalf of clients.
  • Preparing VAT returns on behalf of clients.
  • Preparing deduction & collection forms under the tax provision on behalf of the clients.
  • Preparing and approving the income tax returns at the end of the year.
  • Providing all tax advice regarding all types of taxes.
  • Providing all tax inspection services (salary tax, VAT, withholding tax, stamp tax, and corporate tax).
  • Representing clients before the Egyptian Tax Authority.
  • Representing clients before the appeal committees and presenting defense memos on their behalf.
  • Representing clients before the Administrative Judicial Court regarding all tax disputes.
  • Preparing optimal tax planning for all types of companies.
  • Resolving all tax disputes.
  • Submission of reports specialized in tax affairs.
  • Managing the company"s tax risks.
  • Structuring departments specialized in taxation work within companies.
  • Providing continuous tax updates.
  • Preparing specialized duties on assessing companies in terms of taxation aspects.

Team

Founders

Mr. Hossam El Sanhory – Senior Partner / Managing Director

A prominent lawyer and legal adviser with widespread legal experience for more than (27) twenty-seven years specialized in the domain of intellectual property, press & media laws, corporate laws, and the economical laws in general. He started his advocacy career since he joined work as a trainee lawyer at Professor Dr. Jaafar Abdel Salam’s legal firm, Professor of the international law and the senior lawyer, and was taught at the hands of his father, the legal adviser, Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Fattah Al-Sanhory, the intellectual property expert accredited by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Throughout his career, Mr. Hossam assumed the legal work for significant investment organizations such as "Dallah Al-Baraka" Group since 1997 covering the media sector. Then, a legal advisor since 2001 for “ROTANA Group” which is one of the companies of Al-Mamlaka Holding Group. Then, a legal adviser for “Cleopatra Companies Group” since 2008, a legal advisor for the Egyptian Chamber of Manufacturing Media, and many national and international entities. In 2011, he established his own independent office. He contributed to establishing and initiating the legal work at vast investment entities. He is also an attorney for a big number of public figures.
He founded a successful civil law firm in 2022 with a team of professionals including a distinguished team of lawyers and external consultants in every aspect of legal work in Egypt and worldwide.  He has always been dedicated to upholding the legal profession and the value of specialized legal work.

Mr. Hani Dagher – Senior Partner / Senior Counsel

He is an attorney before the Court of Cassation and he has more than 25 years of experience in a range of fields, including legal counseling, drafting various versions of contracts, litigating procedures related to intellectual property rights, civil and criminal law. For many years, he has handled legal matters on behalf of numerous significant, top media institutions such as the ART channels network, Rotana Audio Visual Co., Rotana Channels, and several satellite channels such as TeN and Al-Ghad, as well as various other media organizations.

He has extensive experience in the field of civil, criminal, and administrative litigation and arbitration.

Mr. Mohamed El Sanhory – Senior Partner / Tax Director

He is a fellow of the Egyptian Society for Taxation, a fellow of the Tax Legislation Association, a member of the International Tax Association in Netherlands, and a member of the Union of Arab Accountants as well as receiving training courses and certificates in international taxation and transfer pricing studies from Germany.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of the Egyptian &international taxations as he used to work for BDO institution for more than 15 years. He also has extensive knowledge of providing all tax services, including examination, tax consultancy, and corporate tax planning. His team and advisers provide tax services at the highest professional level in accordance with his long experience in working with many Egyptian and foreign companies in all field (banks, financial companies, commercial companies, industrial companies, hotels, real estate companies, and art production companies).

Mr. Ahmed Al-Sayyad – Partner / Litigation Director

He started practicing the profession after he finished his internship and he joined Professor Dr. Mohamed Nour Shehata's office in 2006, and then he joined Mr. Ahmed Al-Sharif 's legal office until the start of 2012. In addition to joining Al-Sanhory Lawyers and Consultants since 2012, where he is currently the Director of Litigation Department at Al-Sanhory law firm. He also has a distinguished successful cases precedents related to intellectual property rights in both civil and criminal aspects as well as crimes related to publishing, cyber-crimes, defense, preparation and filing lawsuits (Civil and Commercial), corporate disputes representing both partnerships and capital persons, arbitration and resolving conflicts and disputes amicably.
He also worked in criminal cases representing clients before the Public Prosecution, in addition to procedures of investigating, preparing statements of petitions, appeals and cassation, on top of a huge experience litigating before State Council courts and the Supreme Administrative Court. He has also represented a large number of major entities and public figures throughout his career.

Mr. Mustafa Abu Al-Makarem – Partner / Executive Director

He has more than 20 years of experience practicing litigation, drafting & reviewing contracts, and agreements; counseling numerous of clients in a wide range of legal matters in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, particularly disputes and issues related to civil law, intellectual property, businesses, personal status law and land registry. And he is an attorney before the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation. He got his Bachelor Degree of Lawat Ain Sham University in 2003.
Abu Al-Makarem" worked as a director of legal affairs for “La Pomme” company in Egypt, representing the company before courts, legal and judicial authorities, as well as drafting and drawing up of agreements of which the company was a party, along with providing legal advice to the company’s management regarding everything related to its business.
He also worked as a researcher and legal advisor for a group of companies in the United Arab Emirates, including (Dalma Interiors Company - Lootah Contracting Company - Dar Al Shifaa Hospital) and other companies in the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
"Abu Al-Makarem" joined Al-Sanhory legal office since its founding in 2011 as the executive-administrative director. During that period, he participated in preparations and drafting of contracts, statements of claims, and legal memorandums, also representing clients before Egyptian courts of all types and degrees, in addition to managing the full team of the firm to achieve the goals of senior management.

Mrs. Yasmine Imam – Partner / Senior Associate

She joined Al-Sanhory office in 2013. She has more than 10 years of practical experience in establishing companies; providing clients with many services related to drafting and reviewing all documents related to founding companies, including shareholder agreements and joint ventures; in addition to drafting and adoption of minutes for board meetings, ordinary and extraordinary assembly.

Yasmine"s prior work experience with the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) enabled her to provide legal counsel on corporations and related laws. Yasmine has established many companies over the past years, including, for example, art and media production, contracting, trading companies as well as registering trademarks, industrial models and artistic works that are subject to copyright law. And she is registered before the court of appeal.

Lawyers

Mrs. Howayda Al-Sayyad – Senior Associate

She has over 25 years of experience in the legal profession.She started training at the legal affairs department ofMisr Oil Company, then joined work at Mahmoud Al-Hamli"s law firm.
She also practiced legal work for Artists Union Companies, Al Samiei Artistic Production Company, and Al Anwar Cinema Company.
She has major experience in legal matters involving the State Council and personal status court cases. She also has long experience in claims for annulment and compensation before the administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court.She joined Al-Sanhoryoffice in 2017and she is currently the Director of the Personal Status Cases and Administrative Judiciary at Al-Sanhory law firm Department, and she isregistered at the Egyptian Bar Association as a licensed attorney to litigate before cassation courts.

Osama Hasanin – Senior Associate

In 2004, He obtained his Bachelor Degree of Law, and he is registered at the Egyptian Bar Association as a licensed attorney to litigate before the Courts of High Appeal. He has more than fifteen years of experience in law practice. Throughout his career, he represented several companies as a legal advisor, such as Smart Pan Group, New Concept, and Top Tattoo and various private universities and institutions. He joined the legal team of Al-Sanhory Law Firm early 2022. He has distinguished legal experience in preparing statements of claim and defense, statements of appeal and presenting the clients in labor law cases, criminal and civil lawsuits, and companies disputes.

Mohamed Hasanin – Junior Associate

He is a registered lawyer at the Egyptian bar association licensed to litigate before the courts of first instance, graduated from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, class of 2016, holding a master"s degree in international commercial legal transactions from the Arab University for Science and Technology. He has 6 years of experience in litigation and the corporate sector. With an honorable resume working with reputable law firms in the past, he joined Al Sanhouri Law Firm in 2023.

Mr. Mohamed Adel Goda – Junior Associate

He is a registered lawyer at the Egyptian bar association & licensed to litigate before the courts of first instance, graduated from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, in the academic year 2017. He has wide experience in executive advocacy, particularly in the domain of the judicial procedures and the compulsive enforcement procedures. He worked with many reputable law firms since his graduation. Then, he joined Al-Sanhory Law Firm in 2023.

Careers

If you have the desire and are ready to make efforts in various fields of legal work and agree with our goals and professional ethics, submit your CV to us and we will examine it and place you on the list of targeted members.