Intellectual Property
Intellectual property and copyrights are considered one of the most valuable assets of all entities world. All (IP) and copyrights require high and professional legal protection. Our firm provides all services in this respect for our clients in several fields and sectors. Our services include registration of trademarks and patents, handling prosecutions relevant to disputes regarding the property of trademarks and the infringement of the intellectual rights.
These includes the management and follow up of all procedures regarding stated prosecution in all its stages and the application of the rulings thereof El-Gammal Law Firm (Mamdouh El Gammal)represents the clients before individuals institutions companies as follows:
Our company and corporate department is involved is setting up companies of different kinds; limited liability, joint stock and partnership companies. We provide clients with a wide variety of services,
ranging from advising on amendments and implications of statues and articles of association, advising on documents for establishing companies, branches, subsidiaries or international corporate structures, to giving corporate advice on day to day matters, including without limitations, board of directors and general assembly’s meetings, and obtaining and registering official authorizations and licenses.
We prepare and review shareholders and joint ventures agreements by considering the articles of association to ensure that shareholder’ interests are properly protected, including minority shareholders.
We have provided company legal advice in respect to mergers and acquisitions, purchase and sale of shares of private companies, due diligence, setting up distributorships, agency agreements and franchise arrangements.
Our Firm handles huge number of cases before all Egyptian courts. We contribute in all amicable negotiations and settlements .However, in case of failure in such attempts , we represent our clients before all judicial bodies, with their different degrees: Constitutional Courts , High administrative Courts, Courts of Appeal and First – Instance courts ( i.e.civil,commercial,administrative,family,economic,criminal courts).
Our strategy is to study each lawsuit separately from all dimensions, in order to set various plans for handling the client`s dispute and to determine the relevant course of action through all the dispute stages.
Our team offers various services in the areas of banking and finance, as well as financial leasing. The Firm renders its legal services regarding loans, mortgages and other facilities offered by various types of banks.
The Firm executes court judgments and arbitration awards that have been rendered against clients in Egypt, in addition to handling disputes arising out of commercial transactions between debtors and creditors.
We have extensive experience in drafting financial leasing and mortgage agreements relevant to financial transactions. In addition, to rendering legal advices regarding letters of credit, letters of
guarantee and in general all matters related to the credit system preserving the rights of the clients.
The Firm provides legal opinions and representations before family courts. Ours services are rendered in relation to all personal affairs including marriage, divorce, guardianship (for legal and natural guardians), custody of minors, inheritance and Shariaa apportionment, and wills.
Our team has extensive experience in the field of labour-management relations, providing advice and counsel management and in-house counsel on employee issues including hiring, firing, discipline, leave and attendance, employment contracts, severance agreements, misconduct, internal investigations, reductions in force, pension schemes, end of service bonus schemes, and early retirement schemes.
We represent clients in the negotiation and drafting of employment contracts as well as providing legal opinions on employee unions and staff representations, termination of employment contracts, procedures, precautions and the consequences thereto, and the drafting of personnel regulations.
Our Team assists and provides the necessary legal services in drafting and reviewing all types of contracts and agreements that are subject to the Egyptian Civil Code, including without limitation, drafting and reviewing of sale contracts, lease contracts, construction agreements and handling compensation cases.
Our Team handles all matters related to real estate; sales or leases, whether with individual or governmental authorities including drafting preliminary contracts and registering final contracts with the competent notary offices and assisting in the allocation of plots of lands; including obtaining the necessary licenses and approvals.
Our Team have extensive experience in taking all the necessary legal procedures related to residence and work permits and their renewals. Our aim is to facilitate, as much as possible, on expatriates the bureaucracy procedures related to residency and work permits by collecting all required documents and taking all the necessary procedures lessening the contact of the expatriate with the relevant authorities.
We also assist organizations to identify and obtain the most appropriate work and training permits for them.
Our team involve a wide range of specialist input from experts across different practice areas. Hence, we are a ‘one stop shop’ law firm in egypt and we are able to provide services from throughout our team.
- Conducting legal due diligence.
- Designing acquisition structures.
- Drafting, reviewing and advising on all related structuring agreements.
- Advising on regulatory strategies and compliance.
- Coordinating cross border transactions.
- Obtaining approvals from regulatory bodies.
- Providing advice on all aspects of corporate licensing.
- Closing processes
El Gammal Law Firm is one of the few Law firms to operate a dedicated sports Law practice in Egypt.
We provide a comprehensive range of legal services, covering all areas relevant to the Sports industry. As:
- Player contracts, relations with teams, sports clubs, player associations and governing bodies
- Disciplinary issues
- The relationship between players’ and team sponsors
- Representing sporting bodies, players and other sports related clients before the national sports dispute resolution bodies.
Our team often advises clients with technologies that challenge traditional telecommunications services. Such clients need assistance to navigate the local regulatory regimes, and the relationships that the team has developed with the various telecommunications regulators in the region enable it to service such clients effectively. Additionally, the team regularly advises general corporate clients with everyday concerns that touch on the likes of telecommunications regulatory issues and telecommunications related commercial contracting.
In addition to the above mentioned legal services, we also provide Legal translation services. Our working languages include Arabic, English and French.