About The Speaker
Loay El-Shawarbi
Principal: El-Shawarby, Attorneys-at-Law. Practicing in the areas of start-up structuring, governance, pre-growth and growth venture finance; venture capital funds; law and technology; corporate, and mergers and acquisitions; joint venture agreements; international business transactions; international trade agreements – antidumping, subsidies, safeguards and countervailing measures; and competition laws. Angel Investor – Solo; Member, Cairo Angels; Co-founder, Alexandria Angels Network; Co-founder, Mediterranean Angels. (Invested in Abu Erdan, Nebras Technology, Jinni, Untap Compete, Eventtus, Barek, Contrato, Alex Angels, Mediterranean Angels, Ordera, the Doodle Factory, […]
Principal: El-Shawarby, Attorneys-at-Law. Practicing in the areas of start-up structuring, governance, pre-growth and growth venture finance; venture capital funds; law and technology; corporate, and mergers and acquisitions; joint venture agreements; international business transactions; international trade agreements – antidumping, subsidies, safeguards and countervailing measures; and competition laws.
Angel Investor – Solo; Member, Cairo Angels; Co-founder, Alexandria Angels Network; Co-founder, Mediterranean Angels. (Invested in Abu Erdan, Nebras Technology, Jinni, Untap Compete, Eventtus, Barek, Contrato, Alex Angels, Mediterranean Angels, Ordera, the Doodle Factory, Voo, Startup Manager, among others.)
Vice Chairman, Egypt Fintech Association, 2019 to present. Previously, Chairman of the Board at the Nahdet Elmahrousa NGO, 2009 – 2016; President, Foreign Lawyers at Georgetown (FLAG), 2003 – 2004.
Education: LL.M., International and Comparative Law, the Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington, D.C. – 2004; LL.B., Cairo University Faculty of Law – 2000; Graduate Diploma, Islamic Jurisprudence, the American University in Cairo; B.A., Political Science and (minor in) European World History, the American University in Cairo, Cairo – 1994.