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Salma is a Senior Associate in Clyde & Co’s Dispute Resolution team, based in Cairo, Egypt. She is a commercial litigation and international arbitration lawyer with years of experience in representing clients in domestic and international commercial disputes across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Salma advised leading sports federations and media organisations in investigations before the COMESA Competition Commission, with a particular focus on matters related to the sponsorship and broadcasting of sports events across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Salma advises clients on technology, data privacy, and competition law matters, with particular experience acting for leading sports federations, technology companies, and media businesses in relation to filings, notifications, submissions, and regulatory approval processes before regional and local competition authorities, including the COMESA Competition Commission and the Egyptian Competition Authority. She also has significant experience advising on matters relating to the sponsorship and broadcasting of sports events across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa region.
She served as the primary point of contact for regulatory and compliance matters, advising multinational companies in the IT and telecommunications sectors on a broad range of issues, including licensing requirements, regional and local competition laws, and compliance with cybersecurity and data privacy regulations. In addition, Salma provided legal support to athletes in negotiating coaching and sponsorship agreements, and represented them before the International Testing Agency.
She also has experience in technology, data privacy, and competition law matters. Salma has contributed to a number of publications on competition law, including the Egypt chapter of the Africa Guide on Competition Law published by Bowmans, as well as publications for the American Bar Association International Antitrust Law Committee.
Salma is a licensed lawyer in Egypt.
She is fluent in Arabic, English, and German.
Experience
- Advised multinational corporations on compliance with competition law frameworks, including the preparation, review, and submission of pre-merger notifications, exemption requests, and regulatory approval applications before the Egyptian Competition Authority and regional competition authorities.
- Assisted clients with multi-jurisdictional merger control processes, including coordinating filings, drafting submissions, and responding to information requests issued by competition regulators in cross-border transactions.
- Prepared competition law submissions and supporting documentation in connection with merger clearance, economic concentration approvals, and regulatory assessments across a range of sectors, including technology, media, and sports.
- Assisted clients in preparing responses to regulator inquiries, notices, and procedural requests arising during competition law review and approval processes.
- Successfully representing world-ranked professional squash player in an anti-doping investigation before the International Testing Agency.
- Successfully representing the Confederation of African Football in proceedings before the COMESA Competition Commission regarding a USD 1 bn contract with Lagardère Sports (now "Sportfive EMEA"), including all associated broadcasting, licensing, marketing, and sponsorship agreements, establishing a significant precedent.
- Successfully defending the Confederation of African Football in an ICC Emergency Arbitration under Swiss law concerning the alleged unlawful termination of a sports broadcasting and marketing contract.
- Successfully defending a European sports marketing company before the COMESA Competition Commission with respect to its alleged breach of COMESA Competition Regulations following its execution of a multimillion-dollar sports broadcasting contract with a European-based international sports association.
Insights:
- Co-Author: Egypt Chapter, Lexology, In-Depth: Fintech Law, 2024 and 2025 editions.
- Co-Author: Egypt Chapter, American Bar Association, International Antitrust Law Committee, Hot Topics, Fall 2023.
- Co-Author: Egypt Chapter, The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, 11th and 12th eds.
- Co-Author: Benchmarking Public-Private Partnerships Procurement in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the World Bank, 2017.
- Co-Author: Investment Treaty Arbitration, Getting the Deal Through, 2016 and 2017.
Awards and Recognitions:
- “Rising Star” in TMT in the Legal 500 EMEA 2024 and 2023 editions.
- “Key Lawyer” in the Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Litigation Categories) in the Legal 500 EMEA 2021 edition.