Area of practice.

Admiralty & Shipping

Litigation

Banking & Finance

Commercial & Corporate

Intellectual Property

Tax Law

Admiralty & shipping

Nabil Farag Law Firm is one of the best known firms in the field of Admiralty and Shipping law. Our law firm presents its legal services and advises to the P&I Clubs, Ship Owners, Ship Managers, Charters, Ship Agents, Marine Insurance and Reinsurance Companies, Bunker Suppliers, Ship Chandlers, Freight Forwarders, Ship Brokers, Ship Repairs, Ship Yards, Ship Machinery and Spare Parts Companies, Marine Engine and Manufactories, Ship Building, and other Marine Organizations. We help all these marine companies and organizations to resolve their commercial and legal problems in Egypt such as ship's arrest or proceeding an action before the Egyptian courts, Specially in Suez Canal and all Egyptian ports whatsoever (Port Said, Suez, Alexandria, El-Dekhila, Damietta, Safaga, Hurgada, Sharm El-Shick, Alqusir, Ain Sukhna). Generally our law firm deals with all aspects of maritime cases and handles both straightforward and complex maritime &non maritime matters.

For Ship Owners, Charters, P & I Clubs and Marine Insurance & Reinsurance Companies.

Nabil Farag Law Firm is providing them with all aspects of legal consultancy

services which they need such as:

* Legal correspondence.
* Marine insurance and reinsurance claims.
* Charter parties/Bills of leading liabilities.
* Ship sale/Purchase contracts.
* Collision/Salvage and General damage liabilities.
* Oil pollution/Casualties liabilities.
* Stowaways and Refuges problems.
* Cargo liabilities (Shortage/Loose/ Damage and Delay of cargo.
* Ship's arrest/ Release.
* Crew detention problems.
* Costs and Fines of ships liabilities.
* Disputes settlements.

Our maritime lawyers are meeting all legal needs whatsoever in the field of shipping and maritime law. We are starting our work as soon as receiving a calling, fax message,or an e-mail in our head office in Port Said to resolve all problems speedily , These challenges of legal activities enable our law firm to act as a coordinator in concurrent litigation in different jurisdictions.

For Ship Agents, Ship Repairs, Suppliers, Building, And other Marine Companies.

Nabil Farag Law Firm is providing them with all aspects of legal services which they need such as;

* Arrest any ship or sister ship in all Egyptian ports whatsoever including Suez Canal.
* Legal disputes before the Egyptian courts whatsoever it is.
* Disputes settlements.
* Marine transactions and contracts.
* Legal marine consultancy.
* All aspects of shipping disputes.

Generally our legal services and advice are applicable on all types of maritime and business matters, including:

- Claims of loss or damage of cargo.
- Disputes under voyage/time charters relating to such matters.
- General damage and problems arise from the financial collapse of ship owners and charters.
- Disputes arise by collisions of ships.
- Salvage claims and marine casualties.
- Oil pollution claims and the negotiation of Transshipments or towage agreements.
- Disputes of ship building and ship repairing contracts.
- Marine mortgages.
- Problems of the employment of ship officers and crew members.
- Personal injury and death claims.
- Marine insurance and reinsurance disputes.
- Preparation of shipbuilding contracts of new tonnage.
- Aviation and aircraft registration.
- Ship registration.

Litigation

Nabil Farag Law Firm has a large litigation practice covering all areas of general and commercial law. We are working with the clients to resolve disputes in a timely and effective manner through prompt assistance and sound legal advice. We have the resources to handle complex and urgent litigation and we have experience in a wide variety of claims and disputes. We avoid lengthy court actions by seeking swift, economic and positive legal alternatives to full scale litigation. These alternatives include summary trials, interim remedies and mediation as well as other forms of dispute resolution.

Our litigation field is including the following:

Banking and finance disputes, hire purchase agreements, bankruptcy law, all matters relating to divorce whether civil or ecclesiastical separation agreements, custody disputes, injunctive relief, lump sum settlements, property provisions and all other ancillary matters. Insurance claims and disputes, criminal law, traffic accidents, employers' liability, personal injury claims, debt collection, claims for loss or damage to cargo, disputes under time and voyage charters relating to such matters, demurrage, general damage and problems arising from the financial collapse of ship owners and charters, International trade law, trusts and equity, companies and partnership disputes, land law, rent control and compulsory acquisition , construction disputes, torts and breach of contracts and administrative law.

Banking & finance

Nabil Farag Law Firm represents and acts many of the borrowers and lenders. Our clients include a large number of local and foreign companies, trust companies, investment dealers and underwriters. Our law firm activities include banking law, international financial trade, letters of credit, negotiable bonds and related banking matters, projects, corporate finance, loan and security documentation, construction, project financing ,financial leasing, indemnities and guarantees, establishment and operation of offshore banks, offshore banking units and offices' representation of foreign banking institutions, establishment and operation of offshore financial services companies, offshore public close-ended and open-ended investment.

Commercial & corporate

Nabil Farag Law Firm has large and extensive experience in corporate and commercial law in Egypt. The favorable tax regime of Egypt and avoiding double tax has opened up new horizons for doing business through Egypt on a worldwide basis. Our law firm has considerable experience in legal advising and assisting.

Corporate law

• Formation and acquisition of companies in Egypt.
• Corporate organization establishment.
• Shareholder agreements.
• Capital raising transactions.
• Venture capital financing, public and private offerings of securities and securities law compliance.
• Takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs and earn-outs corporate management and full domicile services.

Commercial law

• Commercial transactions and joint ventures.
• Partnership formation and dissolution.
• Insolvency.
• Agency agreements.
• Information technology.
• Banking transfers and intellectual property rights.
• Formation of trust companies.
• International tax planning.

Intellectual properity

Nabil Farag Law Firm activities include all aspects of patent and trademark protection,
design registration, licensing of electronic copyright.
Our law firm provides worldwide effect to our clients.

Our law firm experience, in this field, is including the following:

• Registration and protection of intellectual property.
• Restriction of trade practices.
• Issues of competition and agency law.
• Legal advice relating to patent, trademark, copyright .
• Litigation relating to patent ,trademark ,copyright.

Tax law

Nabil Farag Law Firm has an excellent track record for high quality, sound tax advice and tax planning, as well as extensive experience in negotiating and handling tax disputes. Our clients are involved in a wide range of business interests including the property, shipping, and industrial and trading sectors. We assist them with all aspects of their international business development, from establishing their initial foreign representative office to joint venture agreements and full-scale mergers and acquisitions. Our law firm has an extensive experience covering activities of middle-east, with growing emphasis on expansion in the Arabian countries. We assist our clients to structure their international cross-border activities in a tax effective way.