Global Guide 2026 : Egypt
Provided by Shahid Law Firm
Type of Work Handled: The Firm advises on complex banking and finance matters, including asset and project finance, syndicated and leveraged loans, acquisition finance, restructuring and insolvency, real estate and trade finance, fund finance, and structured transactions. The team also handles bond issuances, equity and debt capital markets transactions, IPOs, share purchase and pledge agreements, financial structuring, regulatory compliance, and banking litigation. The firm is among the few in Egypt with extensive experience in aircraft and engine financing, representing both borrowers and lenders.
Categories of Clients: international financial institutions, development banks, export credit agencies, local and international banks, government entities, energy and infrastructure developers, aviation operators, real estate and industrial groups, and multinational corporations.
Recent Work Highlights: Key mandates include advising on USD 800m hospitality acquisition financing, USD 1.2bn multi-bank syndication across 11 jurisdictions, solar PV portfolio financings under Egypt’s Feed-In Tariff programme, aircraft financings for EgyptAir with international ECAs, sovereign bond issuances for the Ministry of Finance, and structured financings in the Suez Special Economic Zone.
Specialisations: The firm focuses on cross-border finance, large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, aviation finance, syndicated lending, capital markets, restructuring, and regulatory advisory.
Provided by Chambers
Shahid Law Firm maintains a robust banking and finance team which has notable experience advising clients on investigations conducted by Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority. It is also well positioned to provide guidance on banking regulatory issues more generally, in addition to advising on bank lending.
Girgis Abd El-Shahid is the main point of contact for enquiries.
Provided by Chambers
Shahid Law Firm assisted a group of banks with the USD40 million refinancing and acquisition of two Rolls Royce Trent 1000 TEN aircraft engines by EgyptAir.
Provided by Shahid Law Firm
Girgis Abd El-Shahid
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