Zeineldin, Fayek & Partners (ZF&P)

One of Cairo's newest law firms that brings together a team with an extensive and diverse experience in business and commercial law, a progressive vison, and a commitment to excellence. ZF & Partners offers a wide range of legal services, from the more traditional to those on the cutting edge of the business. In ZF&P we are dedicated to a personal, affordable, and trustful service, for a long-term partnership.

Practice Areas

Litigation

Our firm offers a wide range of client representation services in courts. With a track record of high-stake and complex commercial litigation cases and high-profile clients, our capable and diverse litigation team earned our clients’ trust.

Corporate Law and M&As

ZF&P's corporate team handles all sorts of day to day as well as complex corporate matters at the highest professional levels. Moreover, our corporate team is capable of handling the different phases and operations of mergers and acquisitions including preparation of term sheets, undertaking negotiations, performing due diligence and all documentation, and drafting processes.

Arbitration

Arbitration is among our firm's main areas of work, due to our personnel's outstanding qualifications in alternative dispute resolution, and their experience in representing clients before arbitral institutions, most prominently the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

Banking & Finance

The banking and finance team is capable of providing support to all types of financial institutions including banks, Islamic finance institutions, funds, and corporations in navigating Egypt's banking system and maintaining smooth operations and financial security. We are also capable of advising clients on structuring, documentation, and negotiating a wide range of finance-related deals and transactions.

Areas of Expertise

1) Construction

Our construction expertise allows us to represent our clients in various projects and disputes. With a focus on various critical construction regimes such as the FIDIC contracts and disputes, our firm offers beneficial experience in the construction sector.

2) Manufacturing

Our firm has among its clientele a diverse portfolio of industrial and manufacturing businesses utilizing our strong knowledge of the workings of the industrial sector in Egypt along with the relevant public administration apparatus, we can provide considerable legal support to our clients.

3) transportation

At ZF&P, we are ready to handle different legal matters related to transportation, including Tenders. delivery and operating contracts.

4)Telecoms and Information Technology

ZF&P is capable of advising clients on telecoms regulatory and software licensing, software development agreements, website design, satellite broadcast agreements, and telecoms-based construction.

5) Startups

With Egypt's fast growing startup scene, ZF&P has created a “Startup Department” led by a senior partner, dedicated to offering a broad package of affordable legal services tailor made for the specific needs of startups, from the moment they are an idea till they reach full maturity.

Team

Our lawyers are focused on finding commercial solutions to legal problems.
They understand the businesses in which they operate and apply years of experience in advising our clients.

Sameh Zeineldin

Partner

The managing partner and a co-founder of the firm. Zeineldin brings a wide range of business-oriented corporate advice for our clients. With over thirty years of experience, Sameh has diverse expertise that covers manufacturing, construction, transportation, telecommunications, IT, and banking in addition to his roles in domestic and international disputes. Prior to founding ZF&Partners, Zeineldin was also a partner at two of Cairo's leading law firms where he spent thirty years of his career. He is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association, admitted before the Court of Cassation. In addition, he is an Approved Mediator in the Dispute Resolution Investment Center, an affiliate of the General Authority for Free zones and Investment. Zeineldin holds an LL.M in Commercial Law with a focus on Corporate Governance from Cardiff University, UK and a Post-Graduated Diploma in Investment and International Trade from the Cairo University, Faculty of Law with a focus on International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Contracts, and International Commercial Law.

Hisham Fayek

Partner

Co-founder of Zeineldin, Fayek & Partners. Fayek acquired in-depth experience and knowledge on complex corporate legal matters involving critical industries such as Tobacco business, FMG, IT and property development, in addition to his experience as a legal officer at the United Nations Compensation Commission, a subsidiary of the United Nations Security Council, in Geneva Switzerland. Fayek's experience also involves taking roles such as the General Counsel for Japan Tobacco Egypt, Nestle Middle East, Egyptian Renaissance Cinema Co. SAE, Deputy Company Secretary for Emaar Property PJSC and IBM Egypt's Counsel. All of which were3 utilize by hi to bring business sense and client orientation to ZF&P. Hisham has extensive experience in corporate law and M&As. Fayek holds a Bachelor of Law in 1979, from Ain Shams University, and also received training courses in international contracts from the “Institute De Droit Des Affaires Internationals”, which is managed jointly by “Cairo University” and “l’université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne” as well as receiving a training course in public international law from the University of Geneva and courses in leadership skills and general management program including corporate governance from IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ayman Zaineldine

Partner

Senior Partner. Zaineldine is a recently retired diplomat, who served as Egypt’s ambassador to Spain and the principality of Andorra, and held key positions in Egypt’s embassies in Washington D.C., USA, Tokyo, Japan and Bonn, Germany. He also served as Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for International Cooperation, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab East Affairs, Director of Press and Media Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senior Assistant to Egypt’s Chief Negotiator and coordinator of the negotiating team for the Egypt-EU Association Agreement, and held several positions dealing with economic and European affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zaineldine holds a LL.B. from Cairo University (2019), a B. Sc. in Accounting, with minors in business and economics, from Cairo University (1985), and is a graduate of the Institute of Diplomatic Studies of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1986). Besides, he finished a training-programs organized by the Cairo Center for International Commercial Arbitration qualifying for membership of the British Chartered Institute of Arbitrators CIArb (2021), and in online arbitration (2021), and took part in several study and training programs in diplomacy, international trade, international relations, development, European studies and negotiations.

Mohamed Farag

Associate

Senior litigation associate. Farag acquired extensive experience in civil, employment, and commercial disputes throughout the years. Before joining Zeineldin, Fayek & Partners, Mohamed was an associate at a top tier law firm which helped mold his business orientation. Mohamed is duly registered in the Egyptian Bar Association.

Batool Oleimy

Associate

Oleimy joined Zeineldin, Fayek & Partners in 2021 as an Associate in the firm’s Commercial and Corporate Department. Before joining the firm, Batool worked and interned at several prominent law firms. Oleimy works across various industries and has experience in multiple legal disciplines, including the fields of corporate structure, employment and general corporate and commercial. In addition, Oleimy is experienced in drafting and reviewing all types of commercial agreements, providing legal advice on transactional & non-transactional corporate and regulatory matters.

Bassem Zeineldin

Associate

Corporate Associate. Zeineldin graduated from Ain Shams University, Faculty of Law – English Section. Zeineldin is duly registered in the Egyptian Bar Association.

Mahmoud Galal

Associate

Galal joined Zeineldin, Fayek & Partners in 2022 as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Litigation and Corporate Department. He specializes in labor issues, litigation, intellectual property law, corporate registration, and related procedural matters. Before joining the firm, Galal worked and interned in the litigation and corporate department at a prominent Cairo law firm, as well as the legal department in a major petroleum services company operating in Egypt. Galal graduated from the Faculty of Law - Assiut University in 2013.

Careers

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About us

  • Perpetual Experience

    ZF & Partners is a law firm that offers its clients a wide range of legal services and advice based on its wide experience in Egyptian law in areas such as manufacturing, construction, transportation, telecommunication, IT, intellectual property, startups, and banking. With service provided in Arabic, English and French and carefully tailored solutions to complex and composite legal challenges, we excel in providing legal solutions for mergers and acquisitions, tax, competition law, dispute resolution and arbitration, litigation, capital markets and private equity practices for clients with different backgrounds. The members of our firm have extensive experience in advising domestic and multinational clients, inside and beyond the territory of Egypt and the Middle East. We pride ourselves in our multidisciplinary members and their balanced national and global exposure and in-depth knowledge that meets the needs of leading organizations, corporations, and individuals for quality legal, and business advice. We endeavor to build our future business relationships with our clients by providing innovative, experienced, and specialized ideas to protect and advance their business interests. We provide the most relevant and specially tailored solutions to our clients’ composite legal challenges.

  • Our firm members have extensive experience in advising domestic and multinational clients inside and beyond the territory of Egypt and the Middle East. When it comes to our team, we pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary members and their balanced national and global exposure and in-depth knowledge that is sought after by leading organizations, corporations, and individuals for qualitative, legal, and business advice.
    We endeavor to formulate our clients’ future business relationships by providing innovative, experienced, and specialized ideas to promote our clients' business relationships.


  • Mission & Values

    Our mission and values are defined by who we are and what we offer our clients. We aim to serve our clients, with confidentiality and professionalism, to achieve their objectives and protect their rights, through the expertise and professionalism of our team. We aspire to be our clients’ trusted advisors, by being proactive, responsive, and supportive and by providing them with the most appropriate and pragmatic advice, through excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Our goal is to build our success in our ability to work with each other as a team and our commitment to serve each of our clients as if they are our only client. With diversity as one of our core values, we believe that our partners and associates are vital to a mission; how we get things done is as important as what we achieve. We serve our clients in accordance with our values of integrity and responsibility, in observance of our commitment to care, and in adherence to our fiduciary duty, and the applicable rules and regulations, as well as the highest professional standards.

  • Our goal is to provide services to our clients to enhance their business objectives and preserve their rights through our prudence, responsibility, and fiduciary duties in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. We are determined to be a reliable, proactive, responsive, and supportive consultant for our clients, and to provide them with the most appropriate, practical and beneficial advice. We provide support and advice to our customers through excellence, responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration. Diversity is one of our core values. We believe that our employees and partners are essential to an important mission; how we do things is as important as what we achieve. Our success depends on our ability to build relationships with each other and with customers, and treat each of our customers as if they were the most important customers

    • Contact Us

    A: 15, Hassan Sabry St, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

    (+2 02) 2735 1826 & 2736 0970

    Zeineldinfayek@z-f.law

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