February 2014

NEWS | EGY | New Alliance Member from Egypt

It is with great pleasure that we would like to welcome our new academic and individual members from Egypt to the ROXIN Alliance

It is with great pleasure that we would like to welcome our new academic and individual members from Egypt to the ROXIN Alliance. We consider it a matter of great honor and privilege that true to our tradition of bringing on board highly specialized white-collar crime practitioners and academics from across the world, the ROXIN Alliance’s global footprint now extends to Egypt as well.

The ROXIN Alliance will be represented in Egypt through Professor Ahmed Khalifa (Academic Member) and Dr. Khaled Serry SEYAM (Individual Member).

Professor Ahmed F. Khalifa

Professor Ahmed Khalifa is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Professor Khalifa’s areas of interest and scholarship include Criminology, Penology, Criminal Law and International Criminal Law. Professor Khalifa has had the privilege of working with several esteemed international and national organizations including the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI); International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC); Middle East Research Center, Ain Shams University; International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University and with the District Attorney Office, Department of Economic and Cyber Crimes, Philadelphia, USA.

Professor Khalifa holds a doctoral degree from the University of Poitiers, Faculty of Law and Social sciences and has two masters in laws degrees from the University of Poitiers, Faculty of Law and Social sciences and the Temple University, Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia. He received a doctoral scholarship from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg im breisgau, Germany and was also a Fulbright Scholar.

Members may contact Professor Khalifa at the following address:

17 Boutros Ghali Street, Heliopolis,
11341 Cairo, Egypt
af_khalifa@yahoo.com
Cell : +20 10 9611 9877

Dr. Khaled Serry Seyam

Dr. Khaled Serry Seyam, will be joining the ROXIN Alliance as an individual member. Dr Seyam has 22 years of academic and practical experience in the legal and financial fields, encompassing Criminal law, Criminal Procedure law, International Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Tax and Public Finance. Dr Seyam has a rich experience serving on board of directors of several organizations and also having served as the Chairman of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, EGX; Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, EFSA and the Vice Chairman of the Capital Market Authority, CMA. He has had the unique privilege of being the legal advisor to several companies and government bodies as well. Dr Seyam is also the Executive Director of the Financial Services Institute in Egypt.

Dr Seyam holds a Phd in Criminal Law from the Faculty of Law, Jean Moulin University, Lyon, France, (Très Honorable avec Félicitation). He has also completed a Diploma of Criminal Law and holds his Bachelors of Law degree from the Ain Shams University, Egypt. Dr Seyam regularly lectures at the Criminal law department, Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University.

Members may contact Dr Seyam at the following address:

20, Emad El-Din st, Down Town
11111, Cairo, Egypt
Tel:+(202) 25783905
khaledserry@gmail.com

The dynamic combination of Professor Khalifa and Dr. Seyam will ensure that the ROXIN Alliance’s interests in the region are adequately enhanced.

We also take this opportunity to thank Professor Khalifa and Dr Seyam for accepting our invitation to join the ROXIN Alliance and look forward to a strong partnership ahead.