Areas of Practice
We provide a comprehensive range of first-rate legal services for a wide variety of international and domestic corporate and governmental clients with the main objective being to provide innovative solutions to their challenging cases.
Capital Markets
Dreny & Partners’ Capital Markets practice provides comprehensive legal support across a broad range of capital market transactions in Egypt. Our work includes conducting legal due diligence, structuring transactions, and drafting, reviewing, and evaluating transaction and offering documentation, as well as supporting the completion of all required regulatory procedures.
We possess a strong understanding of the legal and regulatory framework governing capital market activities and regularly handle matters involving the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR), as well as, the Middle East Rating & Investors Service (MERIS). Our approach is pragmatic and commercially focused, ensuring efficient execution while effectively managing legal and regulatory risks.
The firm has extensive experience in capital market transactions across various sectors, including microfinance, real estate, consumer finance, financial leasing, factoring, and mortgage finance and refinancing. This breadth of experience enables us to navigate complex and highly regulated transactions with consistency, precision, and reliability.
Corporate & Commercial
Dreny & Partners’ Corporate & Commercial practice provides strategic, business-focused legal counsel to boards of directors, board committees, senior management, and in-house legal and compliance teams. Our lawyers bring practical judgment, innovation, and a broad perspective to high-stakes and time-sensitive matters, including corporate governance, compliance, disclosure obligations, and shareholder relations.
We regularly advise clients on both complex strategic transactions and day-to-day corporate matters, enabling us to respond swiftly and effectively to evolving business needs and regulatory challenges. Our approach is grounded in a deep understanding of our clients’ operations and risk profiles, allowing us to deliver pragmatic and commercially sound solutions.
We assemble multidisciplinary teams tailored to each client’s unique objectives, drawing on the firm’s leading expertise in securities, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and government investigations, executive compensation, shareholder activism, and hostile takeover defense. This integrated approach allows us to combine best practices with sound legal judgment, helping clients navigate heightened regulatory scrutiny and litigation risk.
Our Corporate & Commercial team advises leading companies on all aspects of corporate governance, securities regulation, and compliance, including:
• Structure, operation, and compliance of boards of directors and board committees
• Committee charters, codes of conduct, internal policies, and governance frameworks
• Executive compensation, incentive schemes, and employment contracts
• CEO succession planning, board and committee evaluations, and board refreshment
• Corporate governance disclosure requirements
• Directors’ and shareholders’ fiduciary duties and obligations, including D&O protections
• Takeover preparedness and shareholder activism matters, including proposals and engagement strategies
• Internal controls, compliance systems, and enterprise risk management, including financial restatements
• Internal and regulatory investigations, enforcement matters, and crisis management
banking & finance
Our Banking & Finance practice is distinguished by its comprehensive expertise and commitment to delivering exceptional legal services to financial institutions, borrowers, and lenders. We provide strategic advice on a broad range of financial transactions, including structured finance, project finance, asset finance, and syndicated lending.
Our team excels in navigating complex regulatory environments and ensuring compliance with national and international banking regulations. With a deep understanding of financial markets and innovative problem-solving capabilities, we tailor our solutions to meet the unique needs of each client.
Our proven track record of successful transactions and unwavering dedication to excellence, confidentiality, and integrity underscores our position as a trusted advisor in the banking and finance sector.
mergers & Acquisitions
Dreny & Partners’ Mergers & Acquisitions practice advises public and private companies, financial institutions, investors, and sponsors on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments across a wide range of sectors.
Our team provides comprehensive legal support throughout the entire transaction lifecycle, including transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation and drafting of transaction documents, regulatory approvals, and completion. We work closely with boards of directors, management teams, and financial advisers to deliver practical, commercially focused solutions tailored to each transaction.
The firm has acted on several high-profile and complex transactions, including the acquisition of a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt by Vodacom in a transaction valued at approximately EUR 2.5 billion. Our experience covers both majority and minority investments, as well as complex and sensitive transactions involving regulatory considerations and governance matters.
We also advise clients on cross-border and contested transactions, shareholder arrangements, and corporate governance issues, including matters involving activist shareholders. Our M&A practice is supported by the firm’s integrated, multidisciplinary teams, drawing on expertise in tax, finance, competition, intellectual property, regulatory, and employment law to ensure seamless execution of transactions.
We are committed to delivering high-quality legal services and building long-term client relationships, combining technical excellence with a deep understanding of our clients’ business objectives.
Financial Restructuring
Our lawyers bring extensive experience in complex financial and operational restructurings and insolvency proceedings, representing debtors, distressed investors, and creditors in all stages of restructuring efforts.
Dreny & Partners acts for domestic and multinational corporations facing financial challenges, lenders or creditors involved in contentious restructurings, and private equity or hedge funds seeking to invest in stressed or distressed companies.
We regularly leverage the expertise of our internationally recognized lawyers across securities, debt finance, tax, real estate, litigation, and intellectual property, providing the full-service capabilities clients require to navigate complex legal matters efficiently and effectively.
Real Estate & Property Regulations
The Real Estate practice at Dreny & Partners is comprised of highly experienced and diversified attorneys who leverage their extensive knowledge to address a wide range of challenges in commercial real estate transactions. The firm has built and maintained a strong real estate practice that stands prominently within its broader legal offering.
Each year, the group aims to represent the industry’s most active and sophisticated private equity sponsors, publicly traded REITs, sovereign wealth funds, major pension entities, and other institutional investors in all aspects of their real estate activities. This includes fundraising and structuring, capital deployment, acquisitions and dispositions, mergers, private transactions, and recapitalizations of investment equities.
In addition, the team advises lenders and borrowers on a broad spectrum of real estate finance transactions across the full capital structure, including corporate term loans, revolving credit facilities, and bond issuances.
Dreny & Partners has built its real estate practice to address the diverse needs of clients, recognizing that real estate transactions span multiple specialties. The firm regularly advises leading industry players on matters such as:
• Acquisitions and dispositions of single assets, portfolios, majority and minority equity positions, and performing and non-performing loans
• Real estate private equity fund formation and related advisory matters
• Landmark transactions, including the first mortgage transaction in Egypt
• Joint ventures, including one-off partnerships, programmatic joint ventures, platforms, and club arrangements across all asset classes
• Complex debt restructurings, workouts, and equity recapitalizations, including own-loan transactions.
Non-Banking Financial Services
Dreny & Partners’ Non-Banking Financial Services practice provides transactional, regulatory, and advisory support to participants operating in Egypt’s non-banking financial sector. We advise clients across a broad range of activities regulated by the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), including insurance, asset management, financial leasing, factoring, consumer finance, and microfinance.
Our team has extensive experience in the incorporation, licensing, and ongoing regulatory compliance of non-banking financial institutions. We regularly assist clients with structuring and implementing transactions, preparing regulatory filings, and navigating the complex legal and regulatory framework governing non-banking financial activities in Egypt.
With a deep understanding of the sector and its regulatory environment, we support both established institutions and startups, offering practical, business-focused advice tailored to the specific needs of each client. Our lawyers combine technical expertise with hands-on regulatory experience, enabling us to efficiently execute complex transactions and guide clients through all stages of their operations.
IP & Trademarks
Our Intellectual Property practice focuses on the protection, enforcement, and commercialization of our clients’ intellectual assets, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, and related rights. We advise clients across a wide range of industries on developing, protecting, and managing their intellectual property portfolios, helping them safeguard their market position and maximize the value of their innovations.
We regularly assist clients with intellectual property registration, prosecution, licensing, assignments, and enforcement matters, as well as IP-related disputes and regulatory issues. Our team provides strategic advice to both established market leaders and emerging businesses, supporting them in navigating the legal and commercial challenges associated with intellectual property rights in Egypt.
In addition, we advise on IP-driven transactions and commercial arrangements, including licensing agreements, joint ventures, strategic collaborations, technology transfers, and other agreements involving intellectual property and know-how. By combining legal, regulatory, and commercial insight, we ensure that our clients’ intellectual property rights are effectively protected and aligned with their broader business objectives.
Competition Law & Antitrust Rules
Our Antitrust & Competition practice helps clients navigate complex challenges and opportunities related to market fairness. Our integrated team provides comprehensive legal counsel on all aspects of competition law, ensuring that clients remain compliant while pursuing their business objectives.
We advise on a wide range of competition matters, including:
• Civil antitrust lawsuit defense
• Interactions with the Egyptian Competition Authority
• Fast-track transaction clearance
• Practical, real-world legal counsel
Dreny & Partners’ team has deep expertise across multiple market sectors and advises clients on various competition-related issues. Under the direction of the firm’s partners, the department assists clients with both pre-notification and post-notification approvals.
The team also handles pre-merger notification approvals. Following recent amendments by the Egyptian Competition Authority, they carefully evaluate each transaction exceeding specified capital thresholds to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
Litigation
Our clients rely on us to anticipate their needs and exceed their expectations, drawing on our recognized expertise in complex litigation. The best outcomes—whether in court or at the negotiating table—are achieved when our attorneys are fully prepared to take a matter to verdict. By emphasizing trial readiness, we help clients achieve more successful and cost-effective results, identifying critical issues early and leveraging them strategically throughout both litigation and negotiation.
Our Litigation team represents clients in national and state trial and appellate courts, administrative tribunals, and other dispute resolution forums. We also advise and represent clients in proceedings involving government authorities, providing comprehensive support across all aspects of dispute management.