Girgis Abd El-Shahid
Shahid Law FirmShahid Law Firm is well known in the Egyptian market for its skill in handling core banking matters, covering such areas as the issuance of bank guarantees, hedge funds, syndicated loans, acquisition finance, and insolvency. Girgis Abd El-Shahid heads the team and brings over two decades of experience acting for both borrowers and lenders on project and equity finance transactions. Senior associate Nadine Khalil is also building a solid reputation for her project finance expertise.
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‘The team has provided sound advice and we think that they have a good grasp not only of the legal aspects of the procedure but also of the operational and practical issues relevant in the relationship with the Egyptian authorities.’
‘Girgis Abd El-Shahid has a sound knowledge of the legal aspects of the deal and a pragmatic approach to the process.’
Key clients
- Air Leisure
- Arab Banking Corporation (ABC Bank)
- Áridos Játiva S.L.
- Banco de Sabadell, S.A.
- Banque Misr SAE
- Broseta Abogados
- Caixabank, S.A.
- Cementos La Union SA
- China Development Bank
- EDF Renouvelables
- EgyptAir
- Egyptian Ministry of Finance
- El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Co. (NASCO)
- Globeleq Africa
- Hybrid Capital Inc.
- International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- JP Morgan Chase Bank
- King & Wood Mallesons
- National Bank of Greece (NBG)
- OiLibya
- Scatec Sollar
- UK Export Finance
Work highlights
- Representing UK Export Finance and several creditors in aircraft and engine financing transactions in Egypt, as part of EgyptAir’s plan to renew its aircraft arsenal.
- Advised the China Development Bank with respect to the financing of the largest project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone, a zone created specifically to encourage investment under a special law.
- Advising FMO (the Dutch development bank) on the first three-year Egyptian pound loan facility for the equivalent of USD 700,000, entered into with the First Microfinance Company Egypt (FMF-E), which will be used to extend loans to female and young entrepreneurs.
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Girgis Abd El-Shahid