Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Client SatisfactionZulficar & Partners Law Firm handles a steady stream of high-value banking, project and Islamic finance transactions, as well as advising lenders and borrowers on sophisticated syndicated loans, club deals and debt restructuring agreements. The team is led by the founding partner pair of Mona Zulficar, who is a project finance specialist, and Ashraf Ihab, who has a robust track record in a diverse range of complex transactions spanning credit facilities and debt restructuring agreements. Dania El Samad is also developing a strong project finance practice, regularly acting for a number of top lenders, borrowers, and governmental and corporate entities.
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Key clients
- Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait - Egypt
- Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P
- Arab African International Bank
- Arab Banking Corporation
- African Export-Import Bank
- Audi Bank
- Banque Misr
- Beltone Financial
- Cairo Investment for Real Estate Development
- Capital Med
- Central Bank of Egypt
- Citi Bank
- Citadel Capital
- Commercial International Bank
- Credit Agricole Egypt
- EFG Hermes
- Egyptian Mud Engineering & Chemicals Co.
- Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company, SAE
- Fawry
- Ghabbour Auto
- GB Capital
- MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
- National Bank of Egypt
- National Bank of Kuwait
- National Automotive Company
- Powertek (Formerly Tanjong)
- SCATEC| Egypt
- Sky Finance
- Societe Generale Bank
- Suez Canal Bank
- The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
- The United Bank
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Work highlights
- Advised National Bank of Egypt, SAE on the syndicated long-term facility agreement amounting to EGP 2,000,000,000 to Bawabet Al Sharq New Cairo for Real Estate Investment Company S.A.E to partially finance the development cost of zones 2D and 3D of the City Gate project located in Cairo.
- Advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC ISDA on the financing transaction referencing T-Bills under the ISDA Master Agreement and Schedule, the 1995 Credit Support Annex and the confirmation thereto between ADCB and Central Bank of Egypt.
- Advised Cairo Investment for Real Estate S.A.E (CIRA) on the issuance of the first securitisation bonds against future financial rights in Egypt amounting to EGP 2,000,000,000.
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Ashraf Ihab
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Ashraf Ihab, Mona Zulficar