Serry Law Office company information, Employees & Contact Information

Serry Law Office” was established in 1938 by Mr. Mohamed Hassan Serry as the first specialized law office in the Arab Republic of Egypt focusing on real estate legal matters; it ranks as one of the oldest and largest law offices in Egypt with over 30 attorneys, consultants and support stuff of highly qualified professionals. Serry Law Office has become one of the fastest growing law offices in Egypt, yet still maintains a family-rooted focus on keeping a calm professional working environment and strongly bonded team of lawyers with a focus on clients’ care and interests. The office has been offering legal services in Egypt for many of the leading national and multinational companies and its’ direct clients range from multinational corporations, SMEs and academic institutions, Governmental authorities, banks and financial institutions to start-ups and individuals and are spread across a broad spectrum of industries and market sectors. When first established, the Office was specialized in real estate legal matters and Civil and Commercial litigation cases. The Office remains to be a market leader in real estate legal matters and its real estate capabilities are the most highly regarded in Egypt and since 1995 the Office has expanded its scope of services and is now engaged in general practice and specializes in commercial, corporate, investment, banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, business reconstruction, media and technology, major contracts and investment agreements, labor matters, banking and finance, trade and franchising, construction, competition law, litigation and arbitration. In response to the needs of our clients and to expand the scope of legal services it provides, “Serry Law Office” has built a network of strong links with correspondent law firms in many of the Arab countries in the Middle East; in addition to its correspondent law firms in Europe. Through its network of associates, the Office monitors on behalf of its clients all regional legal developments and is able to manage its clients' legal matters, thus providing its clients with regional legal services of the highest quality. While the Office is located in Cairo with a branch in Alexandria, it provides legal services in other governorates throughout the Arab Republic of Egypt. Thanks to its extensible client base, the office has amassed a wealth of experience that is unique among other firms in Egypt. “Serry Law Office” is committed to providing every client with a personalized, tailored superior legal service that reflects their commercial needs and achieves this by operating within a framework of shared values that includes commitment, motivation, innovation, reliability, integrity, flexibility and teamwork. Our ultimate goal is to offer highly professional and personally tailored legal services to our clients enabling them to meet their goals and objectives in Business, Litigation & Arbitration. The office strives to provide effective top quality legal services for its clients. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: I. Mergers & Acquisitions: The Office provides the full range of mergers and acquisitions legal services representing both purchasers and sellers. Our M&As team has extensive experience in conducting legal Due Diligence reports, preparing, reviewing and drafting letter of intents, memorandum of understandings, share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, joint venture agreements and escrow agreements. In general, corporate acquisitions can be characterized for legal purposes as either "asset purchases" in which the seller sells business assets to the buyer, or "equity purchases" in which the buyer purchases equity interests in a target company from one or more selling shareholders. In either category we review the basic structure and the documentation involved in each case and the relevant stages. We provide advice and representation on the pre-contract stage, contract stage, pre-completion stage, completion and post completion stage by following up the procedural matters where a stock exchange broker is required. We also review the various express and implied terms of each deal as well as identify the potential liabilities of our client and exert our best endeavors to minimize those liabilities through the negotiation of the disclosures and warranties in each transaction. The Office has handled significant number of acquisitions on behalf of purchasers and sellers i II. Banking & Finance: The Office is involved in all aspects of banking and finance legal activities as it has the practical experience, knowledge and know-how of the industry. We advise our clients on all aspects of banking and financial laws and regulations and acts on the full range of complex financial transactions. Our banking and finance legal services include commercial lending, project finance, credit transactions, financial restructuring operations, loan syndication, letters of credit, and letters of guarantee, mortgages and pledges. Our finance team has a proven track record of advising both lenders and borrowers in finance transactions throughout the corporate and real estate industry. Clients know they can rely on us at all stages of their transactions, from the term sheet and structuring stage, through closing, syndication and, if required, restructuring. The Office acts on behalf of major commercial and investment banks, holding companies and funds representing both debtors and creditors. Serry Law Office has represented several major banks in Egypt with lending transactions including the National Bank of Egypt, the Commercial International Bank and the Arab African bank. III. Real Estate: A pioneer in the field of real estate legal matters in Egypt with over 70 years of extensive experience in real estate, the Office remains to be a market leader in this field and its real estate capabilities are the most highly regarded in Egypt. The Office offers and provides the strongest all-round service for its clients whether related to commercial properties, residential properties, administrative properties and vacant lands. The Office offers and provides the full range of real estate services, including but not limited to: - Conducting real estate due diligence and ownership investigations and research. - Negotiation of all types of real estate transactions on behalf of sellers and purchasers. - Drafting, reviewing and negotiating preliminary and final sale and purchase agreements. - Drafting and reviewing official and non-official lease agreements. - Drafting, reviewing and registering mortgages agreements. - Drafting, reviewing and registering Real Estate Finance agreements. - Handling all necessary procedures for the registration of properties and mortgages before the competent authorities for Egyptians and non-Egyptians. - Real estate taxes. - Obtaining governmental licenses and permits. - Rendering real estate legal opinions. - Handling all legal litigation and Notary Public procedures for the validity and enforceability of sale contracts. - Acting as Escrow Agents on behalf of sellers and purchasers in real estate transactions. The Office has professional contacts with all Governmental Real Estate Authorities in Egypt and remains since its establishment the leading entity working in this field in Egypt with an extensive client list in this field including national and multinational companies, banks, individuals as well as other law firms. Serry Law Office was involved in many of the major real estate transactions in Egypt representing both sellers and/or purchasers.In addition to our professional experience, over the past ten years, Serry Law Office had the pleasure to cooperate with the World Bank in the "Doing Business Project" and has been an active participant in preparing the “registering property survey” in the Doing Business Report; moreover, Mr. Mohamed Serry our office Managing Partner is the only lecturer in the American university in Cairo teaching real estate laws and regulations. IV. Trade: A pioneer in the field of trade practice in Egypt, the Office provides its clients with a full gamut of quality legal services, ranging from participating in and advising on pre-contract negotiations, to drafting and preparing international commercial agreements. Our experienced lawyers are professional in drafting all types of commercial and trade agreements, including franchise agreements, commercial agency agreements and distribution agreements. Furthermore, the office handles all procedural matters for registering commercial agents with the Commercial Agents Register in Egypt. The office has participated in several significant trade agreements most recently franchise agreements of Salvatore Ferragamo, Gianni Versace, Iceberg, Berts Café, Linas Café, Illy Coffee, Cold Stone Ice Cream, JB Collection, La Senza, Bossini, Peter Murry's, Geox, CHI, Tie Shop and several other international brands. Our general trade and franchise extensive experience resulted from the participation of our lawyers in trade legal activities including but not limited to: - Members of the Egyptian Franchise Development Association. - Members of the Franchise Committee in the International Bar Association. - Organizers of the first legal franchise event in the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in cooperation with the Social Development Fund. - Mr. Mohamed Serry was a main speaker on “remedies of breach of international franchising in the International Bar Association Conference held in Dublin 2012. - Mr. Mohamed Serry was a Guest Speaker in the First Franchise Development Training Course organized by Egyptian Franchise Development Association.