Amr Baggatto

Amr Baggatto is a Partner at Matouk Bassiouny, He joined the firm in October 2018. Amr focuses on Corporate and M&A as well as Banking & Finance areas. He has been actively involved in a number of high-profile transactions.

• Represented Arab African International bank in a structured Sale and Lease Finance transactions amounting to USD 40 million and USD 60 million; Advised Golden Pyramids Plaza on USD 750 million off-shore bond program distributed over 17 tranches.
• Represented Arab African International Bank and Commercial International Bank in a syndicate loan transaction amounting to USD 120 million;
• Represent Ahly United Bank in a Lease Finance transaction amounting to USD 180 million;
• Representation of CIB in its JV with FinBank to form Egypt Factors SAE, the first factoring company in Egypt;
• Advised Barclays Bank Plc in connection with the sale of its shares in Barclays Bank Egypt. Specifically in charge of advising on the tax aspect of the transaction.
• Representation of EBRD in connection with a conventional Islamic finance syndication transaction with a total value of USD 190 million and another USD 20 million facility to Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), an Egyptian oil field services company to refinance existing indebtedness and finance the acquisition of a new rig.
• Representation of Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Legal & General Overseas Holding B.V. in connection with the sale of 100% of Commercial International Life Insurance Company. In addition, drafting and negotiating a long term exclusive bancassurance agreement between Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Commercial International Life Insurance Company to be entered into post completion.

• Banking
• M&A
• Private equity
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securitisation

• Automotive
• Banking
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Tourism

• LL.B, Cairo University, (2003)