Finance Monthly Legal Awards 2019 Winners Edition

69 www. finance-monthly .com FINANCE MONTHLY LEGAL AWARDS 2019 Egypt AMIRA SHERIF BANKING LAWYER OF THE YEAR EGYPT Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors ABOUT AMIRA SHERIF Mrs. Amira Sherif is a Senior Partner and Head of Banking & Finance Department at Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors. She enjoys extensive expertise in banking law, investment law, corpo- rate law, labor law and commercial law. Previously, Mrs. Sherif worked at Garana Law Firm as an Associate, before which she was a Public Prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice. In addition to banking and projects finance, Mrs. Sherif worked on various transactions in the areas of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, license and management agreements for local and international corporations. She is responsible for structuring, negotiating and drafting syndicated facility agreements, different types of project finance agreements, management, license and mergers and acquisitions agreements, in addition to standard corporate agree- ments. Mrs. Sherif was also responsible for drafting standard banking agreements and forms and ensuring the establishment and implementation of policies for new banking products for multinational banks. Mrs. Amira Sherif is internationally ranked and recognized in the IFLR1000 rankings and the Chambers & Partners rankings for her extensive regulatory expertise, which complements her work in the transactional space. Mrs. Sherif’s Banking & Finance Department has been ac- knowledged by Intl Magazine Global winning the Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year. Mrs. Sherif received her Licence de Droit – from Sorbonne in Paris where she also got her Maitrise de Droit des Affaires Internationales. She then went on to complete here License de Droit at Cairo University where she later got a Diploma of Private Law. SARIE ELDIN & PARTNERS LEGAL ADVISORS Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors is a leading law firm - established by Dr. Hani Sarie-Eldin in 2007 to provide first rate effective legal services and advice. Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advi- sors specializes in business and commercial law, including Capital Markets, Mergers and Acqui- sitions (M&As), Initial Public Offering (IPOs), Private Placements, Banking, Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, Corporate Restructuring, Commer- cial Agencies, Real Estate Development Projects, and Information Technology. Moreover, the firm has strong Arbitration and Litigation departments which represent clients on major business and commercial disputes. The firm also has a dedicated Procedures and Government Rela- tions department, which carries out all relevant corporate and administrative matters for clients and supports the practice of the firm’s other departments. Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors’ clientele includes leading local and international corpora- tions, regional and international financial institutions, and governmental organizations. We are proud to have represented clients on major transactions in strategic mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private placements, syndicated loans, real estate development projects concession agreements, and international arbitrations. The ever-exciting and challenging corporate practice has raised special interest in the Firm. Since formation, the Firm was keen to recruit seasoned counsels in the Corporate, Capital Mar- kets, Mergers & Acquisition and Private Equity disciplines. Our invariable target is to stand-out and be truly distinguished among other private practices in the Egyptian market, accordingly we aim to relate to the business objectives of our Clients. We harbor the mind-set of a dynamic investment banker, furthering the “can do” attitude, while mastering the legal and regulatory framework within which we operate in our thriving corporate practice. AREA OF EXPERTISE ● Banking & Finance Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors counts as one of the most experienced law firms in Egypt and the Middle East in Banking & Finance transactions. The Firm’s portfolio of executed deals in Banking and Finance includes the larg- est, most sophisticated and complex transactions. Our Client base equally re- flects the quality of our services and our in-depth knowledge and expertise in the field. Our Banking & Finance division offers timely, top-notch advisory in the fields of Project Finance, Syndications, Acquisition and Take-over Financing, Asset Finance, Bank Lending, Real Estate Financing and Financial Structuring. Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors Smart Village - Building B 19 - KM 28 Cairo/ Alex Desert Road - 6th. of October, Egypt P.O.Box: 121 Smart Village Tel: (+202) 35 35 24 24 Fax: (+202) 35 35 24 25 Email: info@sarieldin.com ; asherif@sarieldin.com www.sarieldin.com