Amira Sherif

Mrs. Amira Sherif is the Senior Partner and Head of Banking and Finance department at Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors. She enjoys extensive expertise in Banking, Investment, Labour, Commercial, and corporate laws. Previously, Mrs. Amira Sherif worked at Garana Law Firm as an Associate, before which she was a Public Prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice.

Mrs. Amira Sherif worked on various transactions in the areas of joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, license and management agreements for local and international corporations. She was 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 agreements. Mrs. Amira Sherif was also responsible for drafting standard banking agreements and forms for a number of banks working in the Egyptian market and ensuring their implementation, in addition to drafting the relevant policies of new banking products for multinational banks.

Mrs. Amira Sherif has been awarded by Banking Lawyer of the year- Global 100 - 2022 representing Sarie-Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors in Egypt.

• Advised National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, and Arab International Bank, in relation to a long term facility amounting to USD 90M and EGP 3.4 M to Radamis for Hotels and Resorts, for the purpose of financing part of the investment cost for the construction and operating an integrated Project in Nabq in Sharm El Sheikh.
• Advised Madinaty Co. for Tourism and urban Projects (affiliate of Talaat Moustafa Group) with respect to a syndicated long-term facility of up to EGP 6.760 Billion with Banque Misr to Finance the project “Four Seasons- Madinaty Hotel”.
• Advised Arab Co. for Investment (affiliate of Talaat Moustafa Group) in relation to development, Operation, and investment assets agreements related to Madinaty, El Rehab and Celia projects with Tanfez for Real Estate Investment ( affiliate of AlBaraka Bank of Egypt) the transaction value is EGP 700 M.
• Acted as legal counsel in relation to a syndicated Sharia compliant facility in the form of Islamic Mudarbah of up to EGP 3.2 Billion arranged by ADI Capital, as financial advisor to the Lenders, granted by Egyptian Arab Bank, Al Baraka Bank, Med Bank, Industrial Bank, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait and Agriculture Bank of Egypt to El Sewedy Group to finance the expansion plans of the Group.
• Advised ADI Capital in relation to Basel 2 Tier II subordinated Murabha financing of up to US$ 50 Million granted by the Financier / IFC.

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A
• Investment funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Private equity

• Banking and financial services
• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
• Real estate

• Diploma of Private Law, Cairo University, (2001).
• License de Droit, Cairo University (Class Ranking: 1st), (2000).
• Maitrise de Droit des Affaires Internationales, Paris I (Sorbonne), (1999).
• Licence de Droit, Paris I (Sorbonne) (Class Ranking: 1st), (1998).