About
Provided by Zaki Hashem
Supported by its strong corporate, capital markets and litigation experts, Zaki Hashem (ZH), Attorneys at Law, advises on all aspects of banking and financial laws and on the full range of financial transactions, including:
- Incorporation of banks and financial institutions (and closure of branch offices and representative offices)
- due diligence investigations
- Loan agreements
- Regulatory compliance
- Syndicated facility agreements and related securities and guarantees
- Structured project finance
- Trade finance
- Securitizations
- Securities lending
- Derivatives
- Sovereign and corporate bonds
- Islamic finance
- Acquisition and leveraged financings
Examples of Clients: HSBC, CIB, Mashreq Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Audi Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Barclay’s Bank, BNP Paribas, etc.
Recent work highlights:
- Advising UK Export Finance and JPMorgan in the ca. EUR 1.885 billion loam to the National Authority for Tunnels towards two monorail lines in Cairo.
- Advising CORPLEASE in its 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th Securitizations.
- Advising the Joint Lead Managers and Dealers on the establishment, updates, upsizes, and issuances of the Arab Republic of Egypt's USD 10 Billion Global Medium Term Note Programme (GMTN) - in cooperation with Linklaters as international counsel representing the Banks. (2015 - to date)
- Advising on the first Eurobond in the history of Egypt, the first Eurobond, and the first Green Bond issuance in Egypt and the region.
