Salah Mohamed Al-Shafei

Salah Mohamed Al-Shafei

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Salah Mohamed Al-Shafei Law Firm – Capital Market & Cassation Counsel

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Counselor Salah Mohamed Al-Shafei Law Firm in Sheikh Zayed, Giza. Attorney admitted before Egypt's Court of Cassation and Supreme Constitutional Court, and Member of the Arab Lawyers Union. A premier corporate and financial law practice specializing in capital markets, Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and FRA compliance, corporate governance, joint-stock companies, cross-border mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and high-stakes litigation before Economic Courts and Cassation circuits.

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🏛️ Over 30 Years of Judicial & Legal Practice | Attorney at Cassation & Supreme Constitutional Court

Counsel Salah Mohamed El-Shafei

Attorney at the Court of Cassation, Supreme Constitutional & Supreme Administrative Courts – Member of the Arab Lawyers Union
Former Executive Director of the Legal Sector at Misr for Central Clearing, Depository & Registry (MCDR) (1997 – 2026)
Former Legal Advisor to the Kuwait Clearing Company (State of Kuwait)

🏛️ Cassation & Constitutional Attorney 📈 29 Years at MCDR & Capital Markets 🇰🇼 Former Advisor to Kuwait Clearing Co. ⚖️ Economic Courts & Real Estate Expert

A distinguished legal and judicial career spanning more than 30 years in judicial advocacy and corporate investment counsel; pioneering and comprehensive expertise in capital markets since the founding of MCDR, reaching the helm of its legal sector as Executive Director. Extensive international advisory experience in Kuwait, combined with high-level representation before the Court of Cassation, the Supreme Constitutional Court, Economic Courts, and complex corporate and real estate disputes.

📈 Capital Markets & EGX Listing 🏢 Central Depository & MCDR 🏗️ Real Estate Disputes & Construction ⚖️ Economic Courts & Arbitration 👔 Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 🤝 Board Advisory & General Assemblies 📜 Commercial Contracts & Litigation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Law & Estates Distribution
+30
Years of Legal & Judicial Practice
29 Years
At MCDR (1997 – 2026)
Executive Director
Former Head of Legal Sector at MCDR
International Advisor
Former Advisor to Kuwait Clearing Co.
📊 Distinguished Career & Institutional Leadership

Expertise in Capital Markets & Misr for Central Clearing (MCDR)

A pioneering legal and operational vision forged alongside the establishment of the capital market framework in Egypt and the Arab world

🏛️ A 29-Year Trajectory at MCDR (1997 – 2026)

We have operated in capital markets since the inception of Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR) from 1997 through 2026 (spanning nearly 29 years). We rose through the ranks of the company's legal sector to its highest executive rank: Executive Director of the Legal Sector, alongside serving as former Legal Advisor to the Kuwait Clearing Company in the State of Kuwait.

We played an instrumental, founding, and historic role in establishing the operational architecture of MCDR's legal sector, applying governing statutes, decrees, and technical legal systems to accomplish the clearing house's institutional objectives, including but not limited to:

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Securities Estates Administration

Pioneering the establishment of a specialized department for distributing securities estates and formulating all regulatory and legal operating workflows.

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Judicial Enforcement Department

Establishing the legal unit for executing court judgments concerning share transfers and updating registries at Misr for Central Clearing.

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Judicial & Administrative Attachments

Creating the division managing judicial and administrative attachments (third-party garnishments) levied on assets and dividends held with MCDR.

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Securities Pledge Registration System

Structuring and institutionalizing an integrated legal mechanism for recording share pledges with MCDR to safeguard creditors' and debtors' rights.

⚖️ Capital Market Disputes & Market Participants

Specializing in capital market disputes of all types demands profound, meticulous legal and practical expertise, as market participants form a multifaceted and interdependent ecosystem, including:

• Share-Issuing Corporations • Corporate Shareholders & Investors • Securities Brokerage Firms • Licensed Capital Market Operators • Custodian Banks & Custodians • Retail & Institutional Traders • Misr for Central Clearing (MCDR) • Investor Protection Fund (IPF) • Underwriting & Receiving Banks

These disputes are adjudicated either through the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) grievance and conciliation bodies or through the specialized Economic Courts, which hold statutory judicial jurisdiction to issue final and binding judgments on these matters.

⚖️ Comprehensive Advisory & Litigation Services

Legal Practice Areas & Services 🏛️

High-level strategic and judicial legal solutions for corporations, capital markets, real estate investments, and complex commercial disputes:

 
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EGX Company Listing Advisory

  • Comprehensive advisory and services for listing companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX)
  • Fulfilling listing, delisting, and compliance rules and restructuring issuer statutory status
  • Drafting offering prospectuses, subscription files, and managing approvals from the FRA
  • Ensuring strict adherence to corporate governance, disclosure obligations, and trading regulations
 
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MCDR Central Depository Registration

  • Registering corporate capital shares in the central depository system at Misr for Central Clearing
  • Shareholder and joint-stock company coding and issuing certified official shareholder balance statements
  • Procedures for capital adjustments, capital increases, and par value stock splits in central records
  • Dematerialization of physical shares and conversion into the book-entry central registry system
 
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Share Transactions & Ownership Transfers

  • Managing equity operations, record amendments, and share transfers registered with MCDR
  • Executing estate distributions of securities and transferring share ownership to heirs per succession decrees
  • Enforcing judicial rulings on share transfers and executing title registrations with MCDR
  • Settling Over-the-Counter (OTC) private placement transactions and certificate-based transfers
 
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Share Pledge Registration & Release

  • Recording and documenting share and securities pledges with Misr for Central Clearing
  • Drafting and reviewing share pledge agreements securing bank loans and credit facilities
  • Formally registering liens with MCDR and custodians to guarantee pledgee priority rights
  • Finalizing pledge releases and registry lien deregistrations upon full debt clearance
 
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Comprehensive MCDR Activities & Services

  • Full advisory and representation for all activities of Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry
  • Managing judicial and administrative attachments (third-party garnishments) lodged with MCDR
  • Resolving enforcement deadlocks, frozen portfolio balances, and custodian account disputes
  • Administering dividend and coupon distributions and protecting monetary and in-kind shareholder rights
 
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Capital Market, Stock & Bond Disputes

  • Litigating capital market disputes arising from stock exchange trading, equities, and bond transactions
  • Resolving disputes between clients, brokerage houses, securities corporations, and custodians
  • Legal representation before the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and dispute resolution committees
  • Initiating and pursuing claims before the Investor Protection Fund (IPF) for non-commercial market risks
 
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Real Estate Disputes & Construction Law

  • Handling all litigation and disputes concerning real estate activities, property development, and contracting
  • Disputes involving real estate development contracts, joint-venture partnerships, and NUCA land allocations
  • Suits for contract validity and enforcement (Validity & Enforceability), title confirmation, and challenging land revocations
  • Compensation claims for unit handover delays, price escalation disputes, finishing defaults, and developer liabilities
 
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Economic Courts & Commercial Arbitration

  • Representing clients across all first-instance and appellate circuits of the Egyptian Economic Courts
  • High-stakes banking litigation, letters of credit, letters of guarantee, and financial market operations
  • Corporate insolvency, bankruptcy proceedings, debt restructuring, and protective compositions
  • Representation in domestic and international commercial arbitration, and award enforcement or annulment
 
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Corporate Boards, Assemblies & Incorporation

  • Legal advisory regarding corporate board constitution, directors' fiduciary obligations, and governance
  • Legal counsel and procedural management for Ordinary (OGM), Extraordinary (EGM), and Constitutive Assemblies
  • Company incorporation across all statutory forms (JSC, LLC, Sole Proprietorship, Partnerships by shares)
  • Drafting corporate governance charters, shareholders' agreements (SHA), and ratifying assembly minutes
 
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Labor Disputes (Labor Law No. 14 of 2025)

  • Handling specialized labor disputes under the new Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 and its executive amendments
  • Legal representation for employers and employees before Labor Courts, labor offices, and dispute boards
  • Drafting and officially ratifying internal labor bylaws and disciplinary codes compliant with the new statute
  • Wrongful termination suits, severance compensation, end-of-service entitlements, and employment contracts
 
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Commercial Contract Drafting & Litigation

  • Meticulous drafting of diverse contracts (commercial, investment, supply, distribution, financing, joint ventures)
  • Adjudication and litigation of all commercial disputes between corporations and economic enterprises
  • Directing commercial negotiations, amicable settlements, and drafting enforceable settlement agreements
  • Shielding corporate interests from contractual loopholes, drafting liquidated damages and performance guarantees
 
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Family Law & Estate Partition (Family Courts)

  • Representing Egyptian and international clients before Family Courts across all procedural stages
  • Alimony, maintenance claims, child custody, visitation, travel permits, fault divorce, and Khul' proceedings
  • Inventory and partition of complex financial estates, corporate share succession, and inheritance settlements
  • Safeguarding legitimate financial rights and resolving sensitive family disputes with utmost confidentiality
⚖️ The Highest Judicial Instances in Egypt

Appeals Before Cassation, Supreme Constitutional & Administrative Courts 🏛️

Masterful advocacy grounded in advanced jurisprudence, procedural accuracy, and identification of legal defects:

Court of Cassation (Civil, Commercial, Criminal)

Drafting Cassation appeal petitions grounded in defective reasoning, corrupt inference, and erroneous application or interpretation of statutes across major economic, commercial, civil, and criminal proceedings.

Supreme Constitutional Court

Pleading substantive constitutional defenses concerning unconstitutional laws and decrees, and filing and arguing direct constitutional claims to safeguard fundamental constitutional guarantees and property rights.

Supreme Administrative Court & State Council

Filing annulment and compensation actions against unlawful administrative decrees, and managing appeals concerning public procurement, state tenders, and government contracts before appellate circuits.

🌟 Honors & Career Milestones

Counsel Salah El-Shafei Career & Event Gallery 📸

Distinguished career milestones in service of justice, national investments, and capital markets

Counsel Salah Mohamed El-Shafei
Counsel Salah Mohamed El-Shafei
Capital Market Honors & Conferences
Capital Market Honors & Events
Legal and Economic Conferences
Legal & Economic Conferences

🎯 Our Mission & Strategic Objectives

Instilling legal certainty and safeguarding corporate investments under the highest international standards:

  • Asset & Investment Protection: Providing rigorous proactive legal shielding for corporate capital, assets, and joint-stock enterprises against regulatory vulnerabilities and litigious exposure.
  • Corporate Governance & Statutory Compliance: Ensuring absolute compliance with capital market laws, EGX regulations, Financial Regulatory Authority rules, and Labor Law No. 14 of 2025.
  • Peak Jurisprudential Defense: Drafting Cassation appeals and Economic Court pleadings substantiated by the highest legal tenets and established judicial precedents.
  • Decisive Real Estate Dispute Resolution: Resolutely defending developers, institutional investors, and property owners in all high-value real estate disputes.
  • Uncompromising Confidentiality: Upholding the strictest confidentiality regarding commercial transactions, financial records, and corporate affairs.

⚖️ Why Choose Counsel Salah Mohamed El-Shafei Law Firm?

  • Unrivaled Capital Market Leadership: Over 29 years leading the Legal Sector at Misr for Central Clearing (MCDR), coupled with advisory tenure at the Kuwait Clearing Company.
  • Admission to Highest Judicial Benches: Admitted before the Court of Cassation, Supreme Constitutional Court, and Supreme Administrative Court, with 30+ years in the Arab Lawyers Union.
  • Comprehensive Grasp of the Financial Ecosystem: Deep procedural mastery of the EGX, brokerage corporations, custodians, underwriting entities, and the Investor Protection Fund.
  • Recognized Prowess in Real Estate & Commercial Law: Superior ability to resolve high-stakes real estate disputes and intricate corporate contractual controversies.
  • Prestigious Sheikh Zayed Office: An executive, accessible location in the heart of Sheikh Zayed City tailored for business leaders, investors, and corporate delegations.
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Headquarters Office Location

Renzy Plaza Mall – Next to Antar El Kabagie – Al Shabab Street – Sheikh Zayed City – Giza Governorate, Egypt

🕒 Official Working Hours & Days

We welcome clients throughout the week (Except Fridays)

Daily from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM

⚠️ Prior appointment scheduling is kindly advised for consultations, corporate dossier evaluations, and major litigation reviews to ensure maximum preparation and focus.

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Office of Counsel Salah Mohamed El-Shafei – Attorney at the Court of Cassation & Constitutional Court
Dedicated to safeguarding your investments, corporate ventures, and legal rights.

📞 Direct Telephone & WhatsApp Contacts

01114709890 (Calls + WhatsApp Active) 01202668475 (Calls + WhatsApp Active) 01130625540 (Direct Calls – Future WhatsApp)

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