Amira Sherif

Mrs. Amira Sherif is a Senior Partner and head of the Banking & Finance department at Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors. With over two decades of experience, Amira has established herself as a leading figure in banking, corporate finance, and capital markets, and she has advised on some of the most complex financial transactions in Egypt, working with major banks, corporations, and government entities.

Amira Sherif’s expertise extends to various areas of financial law, including asset finance, Islamic finance, project finance, structured finance, securitisation, real estate finance, trade finance, and acquisition finance. Amira has extensive experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating syndicated loan agreements, project finance arrangements, management, and corporate transactions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while mitigating legal and financial risks.

She is also responsible for drafting standard banking agreements and forms for top tier banks working in the Egyptian market and ensuring their implementation, in addition to drafting the relevant policies of new banking products for multinational banks.

• Advised Etisalat Misr in securing a USD 150M syndicated facility, arranged by Banque Misr (Egypt) and Banque Misr – Dubai, to fund the acquisition of a 5G telecommunications license.

• Advised FABMISR in connection with a long-term syndicated facility totaling USD 108M provided to MAFI for Agriculture Produce Industries Company.

• Advised Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and a syndicate of banks in structuring two landmark Islamic Mudarbah facilities totaling EGP 2.82B to Giza Systems and VAS Integrated Solutions.

• Advised National Bank of Egypt and a syndicate of leading Egyptian banks on a syndicated EGP 4.2B facility to Egyptian Chemical Industries Company SAE (KIMA), for the development and construction of a new ammonia nitrate and nitric acid plant in Aswan, Upper Egypt.

• Advised TMG in connection with the legal structuring and regulatory planning of the South Med Project valued at USD 3.9B.

• Advised Arab Company for Development (a subsidiary of TMG) in relation to a high-value Development, Operation, and Investment agreement with Rawasi Company for Real Estate Development valued at EGP 7.4B.

• Asset Finance
• Banking
• Islamic Finance
• Islamic Mudarbah
• Project Finance
• Structured Finance/ Securitization
• Refinancing
• Real estate, asset, and trade financing
• Acquisition financing
• Murabha financing

• 2018-Present: Senior Partner - Head of Banking & Finance Department, Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors
  
  
• 2010-2017: Partner - Head of Banking & Finance Department, Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors
  
  
• 2008-2009: Senior Associate, Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors
  
  
• 2003-2008: Senior Associate, Garana Law Firm
  
  
• 2002-2003: Public Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice, Arab Republic of Egypt
  
  
• 1999-2002: Assistant Legal Counsel – BNP Paribas

• 2001: Diploma of Private Law - Cairo University

• 2000: License de Droit – Cairo University (Class Ranking: 1st)

• 1999: Maitrise de Droit des Affaires Internationales – Paris I (Sorbonne)

• 1998: Licence de Droit – Paris I (Sorbonne) (Class Ranking: 1st)

• Amira Sherif is internationally recognised in the IFLR1000 and Chambers & Partners rankings for her regulatory expertise and transactional work in the financial sector.
  - 2024: Ranked as an “Eminent Practitioner” by IFLR1000
  - 2024: Recognised as a “Woman Leader” by IFLR1000
  
  
• Has been acknowledged by INTL Magazine Global winning the “Banking and Finance Law Firm of the Year”.
  
  
• Has been announced as winner of “Banking Lawyer of the Year 2022" and "Banking Lawyer of the Year- 2021" Award from the Lawyer International’s–Legal 100.