Hamada El-Saadawi

Career Overview

Hamada El-Saadawi is the firm's Managing Partner. He has broad experience in corporate and investment law and in managing Egyptian and foreign investment files from project start to full operational launch. He supervises incorporation files before GAFI, the FRA, and the Industrial Development Authority, as well as commercial arbitration matters and cassation briefs.

He held senior leadership roles in the legal departments of major groups operating in Egypt and abroad, leading legal-strategy work, contractual-system restructuring, and the development of compliance and governance programmes.

His work is centred on aligning legal strategy with operating objectives and managing legal risk proactively in ways that strengthen institutional stability and protect investment interests.

Areas of Practice

• ICorporate governance and regulatory compliance
• IIInstitutional legal structuring
• IIINegotiation and drafting of commercial and investment contracts
• IVLegal risk management

Representative Work

1. Leading legal departments of major groups operating in Egypt and abroad.
2. Restructuring contractual systems and developing compliance and governance programmes.
3. Aligning legal strategy with institutional operating and investment objectives.

Key Milestones

1. I
   Institutional legal leadershipLongstanding senior leadership roles within legal departments
2. II
   Governance and complianceDeveloping compliance and governance programmes and restructuring contractual systems
3. III
   Legal strategyAligning legal strategy with operating and investment objectives

Sector Focus

• Healthcare
• Real-estate investment
• Energy
• Hospitality

Supporting Competencies

1. Restructuring contractual systems
2. Developing compliance and governance programmes
3. Proactive legal risk management
4. Commercial and investment contract drafting