Prof. Dr Hossam ElSaghir

ElSaghir is a boutique full-service law firm with its office located in Cairo, Egypt. Its practice mainly covers corporate, commercial and IP matters, including patent litigation, copyright and unfair competition. The firm is noted for its expertise and exceptional ability in corporate, commercial and IP matters, extending to litigation, infringement, validity cases, licences and other agreements, including its precedent-setting patent linkage cases, wherein it has represented pharmaceutical companies before the Egyptian Courts.

Meanwhile, ElSaghir has extensive experience in handling high-profile patent litigation, possessing the know-how to deal with technically complex cases. It has displayed strong expertise and in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory issues pertaining to the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) and other competent authorities, as well as the registration of pharmaceutical products or varieties of pharmacy practices.

The firm is highly regarded for its acumen in commercial and IP-related matters and advises and represents both national and international clients across diverse industries, particularly the fine arts, plant varieties and pharmaceutical sectors. It has assisted numerous corporations in several IP disputes within the field of pharmaceutical disputes, and recently won several litigation cases related to other sectors as well, while also achieving the implementation of injunctions and border measures.

ElSaghir has been named a Top Tier Firm in IP in Egypt by the “Legal 500 – Europe, Middle East & Africa” for the past six years consecutively (2019–2024).

A Professor of Commercial Law, Prof. Dr Hossam ElSaghir is the Founder of ElSaghir Law Firm and the Founding Director of the Regional Institute for Intellectual Property, established in 2006 with the cooperation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Moreover, he is a Co-founder of the National Institute for Intellectual Property, established in 2016, pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decree No. 1783 of the Egyptian Government, and was appointed as the chair of the committee assigned by the government to draft amendments to Book 1 of the current Egyptian IP Law (Patents, Utility Models). He was also a member of several committees responsible for drafting commercial legislation in Egypt and many countries in the Gulf region.

He has represented the WIPO as an IP expert in missions to provide advice to Arab countries while drafting their IP laws, in addition to representing the WIPO at conferences, workshops and symposiums. He has served as a legal consultant, arbitrator and counsel before multiple arbitration centres and Egyptian Courts, and is an active member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching & Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), as well as authoring the monograph Egypt 2009 (updated in 2018) – an integral contribution to IP in the International Encyclopedia of Laws series published by Kluwer Law International.

The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt appointed him a member of the Board of Directors of the National Authority for Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Education (2007–2018).