Global
Practice Areas
Sherif’s practice focuses on advising and tailoring his services to clients generally in project finance matters, but mainly in aviation finance which includes; aircraft leasing, registration, sale agreements, litigation, maintenance, repossession, and deregistration. His counsel and services are far ranging with a rich breadth of expertise fully under the peruse of the clients he serves.
Career
Sherif is a Partner at Matouk Bassiouny and heads the firm’s aviation sector. He brings more than 23 years of experience working in the fields of aviation (mainly aircraft finance), banking & finance and project finance, energy, general corporate and acquisitions, and real estate and hospitality. Sherif advised numerous Egyptian and multinational leading banks and financial institutions in connection with various high-value syndicated facilities and loans, project finance, settlements of debts and debt restructures. He has been involved in representing major multinational aircraft leasing companies, financial institutions, and export credit agencies in connection with various cross-border transactions related to the lease and finance of various aircraft to public and private carriers in the Egyptian market and abroad.
Before joining the firm, he was a partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partner - Baker McKenzie as well as a Founding Partner of Rizkana & Partners. He has worked for multiple leading organizations in the MENA region such as; Egyptian Resorts Company and Kato Investment.
Professional Memberships
Co-Founder of Aviation Education Resources Information for African Lawyers.
Member of the Egyptian bar Association.
Personal
Sherif has been qualified in Egypt since 2005 and is admitted to practise before the Egyptian Court of Appeal.