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Real Estate & Construction and Hotels & Leisure
Real estate, construction, and hospitality are at the forefront of transformation across the Middle East – reshaping cities, driving investment, and demanding increasingly sophisticated legal frameworks.
In the June edition of Law Update, we take a closer look at the legal shifts influencing the sector – from Dubai’s new Real Estate Investment Funds Law and major reforms in Qatar, to Bahrain’s push toward digitalisation in property and timeshare regulation. We also explore practical issues around strata, zoning, joint ventures, and hotel management agreements that are critical to navigating today’s market.
As the landscape becomes more complex, understanding the legal dynamics behind these developments is key to making informed, strategic decisions.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
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Hany Maamoon
Senior Counsel
Biography
Hany is a qualified lawyer with over 19 years of extensive legal experience. He is based in Port Said Office and he maintains excellent relationship with governmental bodies in Port Said and Alexandria.
He is specialized in maritime law, and he deals with a wide range of high profile casualties, including collisions, oil pollution and groundings cases. He also deals with total loss, damage to ports’ properties claims, stowaways and cargo claims. Hany handles international disputes for P&I Clubs and for a wide variety of clients worldwide in the shipping, insurance and international trade fields.
He is specialized in marine cases, shipping, arbitration and commercial litigation. His primary area of expertise and experience is wet and dry shipping.
Recent Experience
- Handling clients’ claims, ensuring that clients receive highest quality service without compromising the company’s interests.
- Giving daily legal advice to decision makers in shipping and admiralty in addition to Customs, administrative, Criminal & labor laws, and other fields of law related to the business of some of the major liners operating in Egypt.
- Negotiating, drafting, solidifying, administrating and revising all kinds of contracts/agreements and other documents, addressing the contractual needs of the company’s various departments.
- Handling many high-level cases in reference to the Egyptian customs wrongful accusations to shipping lines and their local agencies related to smuggling of goods in cases of mis-declared cargoes.
- Preventing legal complications by advising clients on the legal risks surrounding day to day work.
Language(s)
- Arabic
- English
Education
1999 – LLB, Zagazig University
Admission
Egyptian Bar Association
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