Shalakany is proud to share that our litigation team has secured two back-to-back wins during November 2024 in two criminal cases heard before Egyptian courts and concerning different subject matters. Two in absentia criminal conviction rulings were issued against our client’s legal representative (i.e., the Chairperson of the Company’s Board of Directors). Shalakany acted on behalf of our client’s Chairperson, and we managed to secure acquittal rulings from the competent criminal courts.
One of the cases concerned a purported breach of the company’s statutory obligations under the Egyptian Labour Law. And the other case was a product liability case.
The litigation team handling these two criminal cases comprised of Muhammad Ussama (Senior Partner), Ayman Demerdash (Counsel), Mahmoud El Omdah (Senior Associate), and Mohamed El Zohery (Mid-level Associate).
Muhammad Ussama (Senior Partner) said: “We are very happy to have secured these positive outcomes for our client. Criminal proceedings are, naturally, very demanding in terms of strategy and implementation (involving both the drafting of memoranda and oral pleadings). Handling the pressure coming from the client’s side (stemming from the potential criminal liability involved) and transforming that into something positive for the work is something that Shalakany has always excelled at.”
