Who We Are

In 2006, Jim Wright, Ahmed El Sharkawy and Karim Sarhan established Sharkawy & Sarhan. Their extensive experience and different backgrounds, combined to create a firm set up to provide high quality business law services. The Firm extended rapidly to become one of the leading firms in Egypt.  
     
Sharkawy & Sarhan have acted on some of the largest and most complex transactions in the Egyptian market.  As an independent law firm, we work together with the leading international law firms, which do not have presence in Egypt, to represent clients in trans-border transactions and matters. We are the best friend firm for most of the Magic Circle and Silver Circle firms. Through our excellent working relationships with leading international law firms, we provide seamlessly an integrated legal service to international clients.  This is facilitated by the fact that many of our lawyers have worked at international law firms and had foreign legal training and education.

We are the Egyptian general corporate counsel to major companies including Nestle, Orange, BG, RWE Dea, Shell, Showtime, Huntsman, Kohler, Ace Life Insurance, DuPont, EFG-Hermes, Suez Canal Container Terminals (subsidiary of Maersk) and Titan Cement. We are one of the two firms on the IFC panel for Egypt.

 We offer the following:

• A principled approach to the practice of law, including a commitment to integrity and confidentiality, and a scrupulousness regarding conflicts of interest to be expected of a leading trans-border firm.
• Detailed knowledge of Egyptian law and its practical application in a business context. Our lawyers up-to-date on the latest developments in their areas of law.
• A wealth of experience working with major global companies on complex transactions.
• A proactive, pragmatic approach and a “hands-on” mentality to identify issues and solve problems.
• A high degree of responsiveness from senior lawyers, in the time periods required to the particular needs of the client.
• A continuous training program for all staff, designed to ensure that our people have the most recent legal knowledge and skills required to deliver a high quality service.