Nouran Gamal
Senior Associate
Fax
(+202) 2322 5401
Languages
Arabic, English
Nouran joined Sharkawy and Sarhan in December 2016, she is a member of the Commercial and TMT team. She holds a master’s degree in international commerce law from Ain Shams University. She largely contributed in creating the legal guide for the Solar Data Platform lead by A2K4D School of Business, AUC.
She completed a 20 months full-time secondment in a major tech company in Egypt where she acted as an in-house counsel advising on all matters of Egyptian law. She also advised several big tech companies on Fintech related matters.
Nouran assisted in drafting suggested amendments to the Data Protection Law’s ER. She also advised several leading TMT companies in matters relating to cyber security and data privacy and completed a detailed questionnaire for the purpose of finalizing the “transfer impact assessment” for Egypt, following the Schrems II decision of the court of justices of the European Union.
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Representative Experience
Advised on all matters related to data privacy in Egypt and the issuance of the first data protection law 151/2020. Covering key topics such as organization level data privacy requirements, consent, privacy notice, individual choice and data subject request, data transfer and localization rules, breach response and requirements for data processors.
Panasonic and multinational companies on the transfer impact assessment and determining whether the country of the data importer provides a level of protection equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU.
Several Technology Companies on the Egyptian Cyber Security law and lawful intercept.
Multinational Clients on their operations & employment maters in Egypt in different sectors including TMT, Telecommunications, FMCGs and Banking. Her general commercial clients include Amazon, Google, Visa, Majid Al Futtaim, Azadea, Paystack, Apple, Vodafone, Imeyrs, Abraaj, Maghrabi Foundation, Samusocial International Egypte, ENID Egypt and IECD.
A Multinational Client on expanding its payment offering for digital content available on their online store via allowing digital wallets as a method of payment.
An International Microfinance Organization on microfinance laws and regulations in Egypt as well as identifying and suggesting best legal structure for partnership in Egypt.
Multiple Clients on legal framework and digital finance in Egypt.
Advised on FGM in Egypt; as part of the research project lead by “28 too many”, a UK based organization.
Education and Memberships
- LLM, Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University, 2015.
- Post graduate diploma in International Trade Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University, 2015.
- Post graduate diploma in Private Law, Ain Shams University, 2014.
- LLB, Faculty of Law, English Section, Ain Shams University, and qualified in 2013.
Nouran Gamal
Senior Associate
Email:
Phone: (+202) 2322 5400 Ext. (127)
Fax: (+202) 2322 5401
Languages: English, Arabic
Related Sectors: Technology, Media and Telecommunication, Retail & Consumer Goods
Related Practice Areas: General Corporate
Nouran joined Sharkawy and Sarhan in December 2016, she is a member of the Commercial and TMT team. She holds a master’s degree in international commerce law from Ain Shams University. She largely contributed in creating the legal guide for the Solar Data Platform lead by A2K4D School of Business, AUC.
She completed a 20 months full-time secondment in a major tech company in Egypt where she acted as an in-house counsel advising on all matters of Egyptian law. She also advised several big tech companies on Fintech related matters.
Nouran assisted in drafting suggested amendments to the Data Protection Law’s ER. She also advised several leading TMT companies in matters relating to cyber security and data privacy and completed a detailed questionnaire for the purpose of finalizing the “transfer impact assessment” for Egypt, following the Schrems II decision of the court of justices of the European Union.
Representative Experience
Advised on all matters related to data privacy in Egypt and the issuance of the first data protection law 151/2020. Covering key topics such as organization level data privacy requirements, consent, privacy notice, individual choice and data subject request, data transfer and localization rules, breach response and requirements for data processors.
Panasonic and Multinational Companies on the transfer impact assessment and determining whether the country of the data importer provides a level of protection equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU.
Multinational Companies on various data protection aspects and revising their polices and online terms and conditions to comply with the Egyptian data protection law.
Several Technology Companies on the Egyptian Cyber Security law and lawful intercept.
Multinational Clients on their operations & employment maters in Egypt in different sectors including TMT, Telecommunications, FMCGs and Banking. Her general commercial clients include Amazon, Google, Visa, Majid Al Futtaim, Azadea, Paystack, Apple, Vodafone, Imeyrs, Abraaj, Maghrabi Foundation, Samusocial International Egypte, ENID Egypt and IECD.
An International Microfinance Organization on microfinance laws and regulations in Egypt as well as identifying and suggesting best legal structure for partnership in Egypt.
A Multinational Client on expanding its payment offering for digital content available on their online store via allowing digital wallets as a method of payment.
Multiple Clients on legal framework and digital finance in Egypt.
Advised on FGM in Egypt; as part of the research project lead by “28 too many”, a UK based organization
