Taher Sabala
Senior Associate
Fax
(+202) 2322 5401
Languages
Arabic, English
Taher joined Sharkawy & Sarhan as a Senior Associate. With a diverse educational background and legal practice in investigating major white-collar and political corruption crimes, and presiding over labor disputes court cases, he shifted his career path from the Bench to the Bar.
Throughout his career, he handled corporate matters and provided commercial, employment, litigation, and regulatory advisory for a number of multinational companies. He was also seconded as a corporate counsel in one of the tech giants. His work there included providing legal support to the business teams across Egypt and South Africa in their legal inquiries, advising on launching new projects, and advocating for relevant legislative amendments to the governmental entities.
He also instructed multinational companies and provided legal advice on complying with the local regulations in the MENA region with special focus on the GCC region.
Before joining Sharkawy and Sarhan, Taher acted as a Senior Prosecutor at the Financial & Commercial Affairs Bureau. He was specialized in conducting investigations in major cases of financial and commercial character including money laundering, antitrust, and crimes relating to banking and stock exchange markets. He was also in charge of reviewing the Cairo Economic Court’s judgments and drafting appeal memos for errors made by the court.
He concluded his public-sector work by presiding over labor disputes cases as a Chief Judge. His work included reviewing legal briefs, arguments and evidence presented by parties in disputes while delivering judgments based on civil, employment, social insurance laws, as well as corporate laws covering employees profit share and share incentive plans.
Taher’s practice focuses on advising companies and providing legal consultation on General Corporate, Commercial, Employment, Litigation, and Regulatory matters.
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Representative Experience
Suez Canal Container Terminal, a joint venture partly owned by of A.P. Moller – Maersk, in relation to a 30-year concession agreement with لمنطقة الاقتصادية لقناة السويس SCZONE for managing the extension of the new quay at Port Said East Port, in order to provide logistic services and manage the additional extensions of the new quay. This concession will be a continuation of SCCT’s string of unstoppable accomplishments. This step will generate investments of $500 million and the creation of 1,000 new jobs.
Arabella, a real estate and urban development company, on negotiating a build, management and marketing agreement in North Coast with a leading multinational Hotel.
A tech giant on developing its digital app to comply with the Egyptian laws.
A leading media platform on complying with the Media Law.
Instructed Biogen, a multinational biotech company, into entering the Egyptian market with a potential clinical study digital app.
Etisalat, Sanofi, Evolve Holding, and other companies into complying with the Egyptian Laws on launching their potential projects in the Egyptian Market.
One of the biggest mining companies in Egypt on the strategies and approaches to avoid the risks and impacts (financial & physical) of an environmental litigation case.
A giant container shipping lines and vessel operators on negotiating and entering into a concession agreement with the Suez Canal Economic Zone in relation to the expansion of its operational capacity by developing a new quay adjacent to its terminal in Port Said.
Education and Memberships
- LLM, American University in Cairo, International & Comparative Law, qualified in 2022.
- LLB, Cairo University, Faculty of Law, and qualified in 2010.
Taher Sabala
Senior Associate
Phone: (+202) 2322 5400 Ext. (143)
Fax: (+202) 2322 5401
Languages: Arabic, English
Related Sectors: Telecommunication, Media & Technology
Related Practice Areas: Corporate & Commercial, Litigation
Taher joined Sharkawy & Sarhan as a Senior Associate. With a diverse educational background and legal practice in investigating major white-collar and political corruption crimes, and presiding over labor disputes court cases, he shifted his career path from the Bench to the Bar.
Throughout his career, he handled corporate matters and provided commercial, employment, litigation, and regulatory advisory for a number of multinational companies. He was also seconded as a corporate counsel in one of the tech giants. His work there included providing legal support to the business teams across Egypt and South Africa in their legal inquiries, advising on launching new projects, and advocating for relevant legislative amendments to the governmental entities.
He also instructed multinational companies and provided legal advice on complying with the local regulations in the MENA region with special focus on the GCC region.
Before joining Sharkawy and Sarhan, Taher acted as a Senior Prosecutor at the Financial & Commercial Affairs Bureau. He specialized in conducting investigations in major cases of financial and commercial character including money laundering, antitrust, and crimes relating to banking and stock exchange markets. He was also in charge of reviewing the Cairo Economic Court’s judgments and drafting appeal memos for errors made by the court.
He concluded his public-sector work by presiding over labor disputes cases as a Chief Judge. His work included reviewing legal briefs, arguments and evidence presented by parties in disputes while delivering judgments based on civil, employment, social insurance laws, as well as corporate laws covering employees profit share and share incentive plans.
Taher’s practice focuses on advising companies and providing legal consultation on General Corporate, Commercial, Employment, Litigation, and Regulatory matters.
Representative Experience
Suez Canal Container Terminal, a joint venture partly owned by of A.P. Moller – Maersk, in relation to a 30-year concession agreement with لمنطقة الاقتصادية لقناة السويس SCZONE for managing the extension of the new quay at Port Said East Port, in order to provide logistic services and manage the additional extensions of the new quay. This concession will be a continuation of SCCT’s string of unstoppable accomplishments. This step will generate investments of $500 million and the creation of 1,000 new jobs.
Arabella, a real estate and urban development company, on negotiating a build, management and marketing agreement in North Coast with a leading multinational Hotel.
A tech giant on developing its digital app to comply with the Egyptian laws.
A leading media platform on complying with the Media Law.
Instructed Biogen, a multinational biotech company, into entering the Egyptian market with a potential clinical study digital app.
Etisalat, Sanofi, Evolve Holding, and other companies into complying with the Egyptian Laws on launching their potential projects in the Egyptian Market.
A giant container shipping lines and vessel operators on negotiating and entering into a concession agreement with the Suez Canal Economic Zone in relation to the expansion of its operational capacity by developing a new quay adjacent to its terminal in Port Said.
One of the biggest mining companies in Egypt on the strategies and approaches to avoid the risks and impacts (financial & physical) of an environmental litigation case.
