Dr. Ingy Badawy is a Founding Partner of Zulficar and Partners Law Firm and Head of the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Dr. Badawy is also an active member of the Firm’s Arbitration Group. A practicing lawyer for more than twenty years, Dr. Badawy specializes in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions and is recognized for her in depth experience in acquisitions and joint ventures, exceptional drafting and negotiations skills of all contracts necessary in any M&A transaction. Dr. Badawy is consistently recognized by clients and leading international legal directories as a top tier leading lawyer, problem solver and a deal maker. She played and continues to play a key role in major domestic, as well as cross border transactions, restructuring, acquisitions, IPO’s and private equity funding transactions handled by the Firm in various fields of activities, including health care, education, energy, banking and finance, FMCG as well as various industrial sectors. Dr. Badawy also provides Egyptian and multinational clients with valuable general corporate law advice as well as ESG particularly in relation to Environmental Law. As Head of the practice group, she has over the years overseen the development of Zulficar and Partners Corporate, M&A Group, leading to its steady and rapid growth into one of the most reputable in Egypt, recognized internationally for its expertise and quality of services. Dr. Badawy has obtained a BSC in Law from Cairo University, a Master’s Degree from the Institute of International Business Law (Institut de Droits des Affaires Internationales), Cairo University incollaboration with the Sorbonne, a Master’s Degree (D.E.S.S. (Diplôme d ’études Supérieures Spécialisées) in Litigation and Arbitration from the University of Paris II Assas, and finally a Ph.D in International Arbitration from the University of Paris I Sorbonne with honors.