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Zulficar & Partners is a premier international corporate law and arbitration practice firm, based in the heart of Cairo, Egypt, and serving clients across the globe.

Since its establishment in 2009, the Firm has been providing a comprehensive range of legal services to a diverse array of commercial, industrial, and financial clients, both in Egypt and internationally for 35 continuous years of legal experience.   

Zulficar& Partners leads the market and draws on the unparalleled expertise of its partners and lawyers with five-star quality groups of 16 partners and more than 65 senior associates and counsels, specialized in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Construction, Corporate/M&As, Energy, International Arbitration and Litigation.

The Firm is regularly ranked as a Top TIER firm, in various practice areas, and its partners are regularly ranked as Top TIER Leading Lawyers in the world’s largest legal directories. The firm is growing at an accelerated pace and has already established itself as a market leader and precedent maker across all sectors and disciplines.

Zulficar & Partners prides itself in offering cost-effective and time-efficient services, which are facilitated through leadership and teamwork. The firm has a specialized department for follow-up purposes to ensure providing our clients with timely responses.

The Firm continues to feature in the GAR100 Guide to top Arbitration Firms worldwide, ever since 2015, by offering impressive bespoke services to a diverse portfolio of national and international commercial, investment, industrial, and financial clients as well as state and state-owned entities.

They act like a part of our company. They revise everything with excellent attention to detail. We depend on them and trust them entirely.
Chambers and Partners Global
2022
The firm has a strong transactional background allied with an excellent arbitration team. It has very good upstream knowledge.
The Legal 500
2021
They have caught up very quickly following the pandemic on technology and were one of the first firms in the Middle East region to embrace the use of technology as a replacement for hearings and events.
The Legal 500
2021
The firm was fundamental to the launch of APEX and their upstream oil and gas business in Egypt in 2016. We value our partnership with Zulficar and Partners and appreciate their strong principles, professionalism and personable services. The firm is a vital contributing force for good in the Egyptian community.
Tom Maher
President and COO, APEX International Energy
We have worked with Zulficar & Partners for several years now, and they continue to surprise me with their inordinate and, in my experience, unique, ability to come up with insightful angles and ideas in an incredibly short time. It is a pleasure to work with them.
The Legal 500
2021
I rate Zulficar & Partners very highly. They are very experienced and reliable lawyers who are always good to work with. Clients also note: They are excellent, very proactive and professional, adding: They always exceed expectations.
Chambers and Partners Global
2021
We have worked with Zulficar & Partners for several years now, and they continue to surprise me with their inordinate and, in my experience, unique, ability to come up with insightful angles and ideas in an incredibly short time. It is a pleasure to work with them.
The Legal 500
2021
Zulficar & Partners is a legal and business partner. They act for the benefit of the banking community and its clients by having innovative solutions and, at the same time, by developing the framework with the regulatory authorities to coincide with the market, while protecting the banks’ rights.
Pierre Finas
CEO - Credit Agricole Egypt
When I think back of multi years of corporate evolution for CIRA, I couldn’t imagine walking this journey without Z&P’s team. If you look for a partner not a service provider this is where you need to go.
Mr. Mohamed El Kalla
CEO - Cairo for Investment and Real Estate Development (CIRA)
Z&P is the kind of partner that cares about us more than we care about ourselves; Z&P is our safety net.
Dr. Mahmoud Khattab
B-Tech Chairman
The principles, values and professional ethics constitute an added value to any institution. Their level of integrity, credibility and professionalism is extremely impressive. They always impress us by providing more than what we expect from them as our trusted legal counsel and not only as a trusted external legal counsel but also as a real industry partner. They indeed maintain a trademark of quality at its best.
Mr. Ashraf Shaaban
Group General Counsel - National Bank of Egypt
Zulficar & Partners is a great firm. They are responsive, helpful and on top of the key issues. It's been a pleasure working with them.
IFLR1000 Editorial
Zulficar & Partners law firm has a superb international arbitration practice and lead the Egyptian market; according to one client who describes Mohamed Abdel Wahab as an arbitration expert with a global reputation, who is one of the best in the world.
The Legal 500
2019
Zulficar & Partners is a great firm. They are responsive, helpful and on top of the key issues. It's been a pleasure working with them.
IFLR1000 Editorial
The Firm fields a high-class arbitration team, that is known for successfully prosecuting complex and high-value arbitral proceedings and has notable expertise in sectors such as telecoms, construction, real estate, tourism, banking, energy and media. Client testimonials include: The firm has done wonderfully well and Mohamed Abdel Wahab is now becoming a senior statesman in Egyptian arbitration.
The Legal 500
2020