Managing Partner: Aref El-Aref
Number of partners: 3
Number of lawyers: 8
Languages: English, French, Arabic
Firm Overview:
With over 75 years of experience, El-Aref International Law Office‘s practice has undergone sustained expansion within the Middle East and Africa region, earning a reputation for providing consistent, high quality, and responsive service to numerous leading multinational companies and acting as a correspondent firm for several international law firms. Consistently ranked as top tier law firm, it has have earned a reputation for providing consistent, quality advice to numerous leading Fortune500 companies.
El-Aref International Law Office has extensive experience in Corporate, Commercial and M&A, Project and Construction, Banking & Finance. El-Aref International Law Office advises on the financing of a range of infrastructure projects in the Middle East and Africa region.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate, Commercial and M&A
Project and Construction
Banking & Finance
Dispute Resolution
Technology & Intellectual Property
Recent Work:
-The Firm advised World Fuel Services Corporation to sell its Multi Service payment solutions business to Corsair Capital, a New York based private equity firm specializing in business and financial services.
-Firm advised Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson on Lebanese aspects of their Merger Agreement.
-Advised Rotana Music in connection with the acquisition of minority stake by Warner Music.
-Advised Primesouth on project development and finance of 45 MW PV solar power generation plant in Zimbabwe.
-Advised Primesouth on the Export Credit Financing with China Ex-im Bank and Sinosure
Key Clients:
EBRD, PROPARCO, CACEIS, Qatar Islamic Bank, Saudi Fransi Bank, Societe Generale, Qatar National Bank, Kharafi Group, BBC, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, AbbVie, Intel, Daimler AG, De La Rue plc, FUJIFILM, ABB, Credit Suisse,
Firm Contact:
Managing Partner: Aref El-Aref
Email: [email protected]
