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.