Hanan Badawi

Hanan has gained significant experience in the legal field and arbitration through her time at Amr & Partners. Currently, she leads the Arbitration Department at Helal & Partners Law Firm, where she has worked on various national and international disputes under the auspices of different arbitration centers in the Middle East, such as ADCCAC, CRCICA, and DIAC. These disputes have been governed by the laws of various Middle Eastern states, including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi). This exposure has broadened Hanan’s expertise, enabling her to navigate different legal jurisdictions and understand how various arbitration centers operate, with their differing rules. The matters in dispute in these cases have included banking (escrow agreements), construction (general and FIDIC-based contracts), distribution, manufacturing and maintenance, shareholder agreements, and oil and gas.

Hanan is continuously seeking professional development and has attended multiple conferences and seminars organized by various organizations, including CRCICA, CIArb, SCCA, and others. The most recent of these was the Fourth Arab Arbitration Conference organized by the International Academy of Mediation and Arbitration (IAMA), which focused on the theme of “Empowerment and Localization.

Hadeer Helal has represented clients in a wide range of legal and business transactions across multiple jurisdictions, including negotiations, tenders, agreements, litigation, and arbitration with both governmental and quasi-governmental entities such as the General Authority for Urban Communities, the General Authority for Tourism Development, the General Authority for Industrial Development, and the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade.

Her experience includes representing clients in due diligence and acquisition processes involving real estate, machinery, and companies across various sectors. She has worked extensively with medical equipment manufacturing companies, real estate developers, ICT companies, and clients in the renewable energy sector, advising on matters such as software licensing, technology transfer, and the New Feed In Tariff scheme.

Hadeer has also handled international patent registration procedures with WIPO, USPTO, and EPO, dealing with financing, patent registrations, ownership transfers, and licensing. Her expertise extends to negotiating and finalizing complex agreements, including funding agreements, acquisition agreements, joint ventures, and shareholders' agreements. She has contributed to governmental auctions and represented top real estate developers in major projects, as well as foreign universities in establishing branches in Egypt.

In her diverse portfolio, Hadeer has advised on company restructuring, business model optimization, and the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements such as alliances, franchising, and licensing. She has also represented foreign and local companies in oil and gas, renewable energy, and waste-to-energy projects, as well as in arbitration disputes before the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration. Additionally, she successfully resolved a dispute with the tax authority while acting as legal counsel for an oil and gas company.

Egyptian Bar Association