Ashraf Hendi

Ashraf Hendi is a Partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy’s Finance & Projects practice group and heads the firm’s banking sector. Ashraf joined the firm in 2018 and specializes in financing transactions. He has represented clients in multiple syndicated and bilateral facilities, project finance and equity finance transactions. Ashraf’s expertise brings together legal and practical know-how gained from representing major financial institutions and corporations across a wide variety of sectors. He has worked on banking and financing transactions in the GCC market as well and has represented financial institutions in multi-jurisdictional debt finance transactions and Islamic financing.

• Representation of Sky Investments for the ownership and management of projects S.A.E as the ultimate shareholder of Proger Egypt for Engineering and Management S.A.E in connection with multi-trench, multi-currency medium-term financing of USD 76,5 million. Where, EGP 542 million was granted by the Arab Investment Bank S.A.E. to finance the construction of the new headquarter of Petrobel – Belayim Petroleum Company in Egypt.
• Representation of El-Moher Car Trading Import and Commercial Agencies Abu Ghaly Motors, one of the leading companies in the automotive industry in Egypt. In connection with the financing extended from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; to finance AGM’s fleet of range-extended electric vehicle for its London Cab services.
• Representation of Al Dau Al Haram for Hotels Operations S.A.E in connection with the financing of an amount of USD 12 million extended by EBRD.
• Representation of Vantage Capital in connection with a USD 23 million mezzanine financing extended to PickAlbatros Hotels by Vantage Capital - Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager.