Since it was set up in 2003, OCI, with half a dozen staff and numerous volunteers, has specialised in giving legal advice to victims of official injustice.
In January, he announced that OCI was exchanging all global depositary receipts of the company for newly issued shares of OCI NV on the NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam.
The Sawiris family and Abraaj Capital, which together own 60 percent of Orascom, are also participating in the tender and have submitted all their OCI GDRs to exchange for OCI N.