Ms. Lauren Williams
B.A. in Government and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (cum laude), Harvard University. Advises the international corporate compliance sector.
Lauren Williams is one of the partners at Hegazy and Partners with more than 10 years of experience. As the head of the corporate and arbitration departments, Lauren specializes in advising multinational companies on investments in Egypt and the MENA and OHADA regions, from M&As to commercial and investor-state arbitration. She obtained her cum laude bachelor’s degree in Government and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and regularly consults with foreign companies regarding administrative contracts.
A core component of Lauren's practice involves advising international clients on corporate structuring, governance, and labor issues. In the financial sector, Lauren provides strategic counsel to banking institutions on loan financing agreements between foreign lenders and Egyptian corporate and banking borrowers.
She also plays an active role in international commercial arbitration, assisting in drafting comprehensive legal memoranda and finalizing formal submissions. She has also assisted foreign clients preparing for high-stakes litigation in the United States and Canada. Previously, she has contributed to Indeed.com.
Representative Matters
• Advising a foreign oil and gas consortium with regard to an Egyptian tender.
• Representing a Canadian animal feed company in arbitration procedures before the American Arbitration Association
• Advising one of America’s largest contracting firms on its operations in Egypt and MENA.
• Leading the labor due diligence process between two contracting firms in the UAE.
• Providing wealth and asset advisory services to high-net worth individuals.
• Incorporating subsidiaries in the United States and Germany.
• Advising clients on immigration and dual nationality concerns in the US and EU.
• Providing tax advice to hotel management companies.
• Collaborating with 57357 on key projects, such as the Proton therapy treatment center, the first of its kind in Africa.
• Advising an international hotel management company on its restructuring plan for the Egyptian market.
• Representing the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in negotiations with an Egyptian medical technology company on a joint venture under the auspices of the Transform Fund.
• Advising a Lebanese payment services company on a services agreement with an Egyptian bank.
• Advising a US-based multinational corporation on its MENA, West Africa, and East Africa expansion plans.
• Representing an Egyptian state-owned company in arbitration proceedings before the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)