Who We Are
About Middle East & Africa Legal & Strategic Advisors
A law firm and strategic advisory practice built for the Middle East.
Our Story
Built for the Region
MEASA was founded on a straightforward observation: the Middle East is not well served by generalist international firms that parachute in counsel with no regional roots.
Our clients are businesses, institutions, and investors that need legal and strategic advice from people who actually know the region — its governments, its regulators, its political dynamics, and its legal systems. That is what MEASA was built to provide.
The firm operates from offices in West Vancouver and Cairo, with active practices across Egypt, the Gulf Cooperation Council states, and sub-Saharan Africa. Our attorneys and advisors have spent careers in the region — not as visiting counsel, but as practitioners who have built careers here.
How We Work
Our Approach
Legal Precision
The Middle East is a region of distinct jurisdictions, overlapping regulatory frameworks, and rapidly evolving statute. We do not generalise. Every engagement begins with a thorough analysis of the applicable law — and we do that work ourselves.
Real Relationships
Government relationships in MENA are not a marketing claim. They are the product of years of careful, consistent engagement at the right levels. Our advisors have those relationships, and our clients benefit from them directly.
Integrated Counsel
We combine legal and strategic services under one roof because our clients face problems that do not fit neatly into one discipline. A transaction that requires regulatory approval requires both a lawyer and an advisor — not two firms billing separately.
People
Our Team
Ahmed Elashry
FounderCalled to the Bar in British Columbia, Canada & EgyptView Bio →Maher Mohamed
Senior CounselCalled to the Bar in EgyptView Bio →Olfat Hamed
Senior CounselCalled to the Bar in EgyptView Bio →Mayada Maher
CounselCalled to the Bar in EgyptView Bio →Abdelrahman Hussein
CounselCalled to the Bar in EgyptView Bio →Ibrahim Elsayed
CounselCalled to the Bar in EgyptView Bio →
Ready to Work Together?
If you are operating in the Middle East — or planning to — we would be glad to speak with you about how MEASA can help.