Biography

Seif is a Senior Associate in the Banking & Finance Team. He has 10 years of experience in general corporate, real estate & hospitality, due diligence, restructuring, financial services, and data protection.

Seif is specialized in Banking & Finance, advising on both sides of financing in addition to providing legal advice to Egyptian and international financial institutions under previous and current banking laws.

Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Seif worked at top tier law firms in Cairo and headed the corporate legal department of El Gouna at Orascom Development Egypt where he was responsible for El Gouna’s (14) hotels and real estate sector and advised the company on all corporate matters and business transactions in the infrastructure & utilities, real estate, healthcare, and hospitality.

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Recent Experience

  • Assisting in the merger of ADCB and Union National Bank including preparing the due diligence report on all activities of the bank and Central Bank of Egypt compliance matters.
  • Advising GB Lease on its first securitization transaction of a portfolio amounting to 700 million EGP, including preparing company and portfolio due diligence reports and drafting the subscription prospectus and obtaining all approvals.
  • Advising pharmaceutical company on the review of their 70 Million EGP Mudarba Agreement and its ancillary documents.
  • Advising AAIB as the facility agent to a syndicated facility to one of the key players in the real estate sector to develop a shopping mall in Egypt.
  • Advising CIB and the lenders on a top up financing to a key player in the telecom sector for the purpose of financing the capital increase of the company.
  • Advising Egyptian Arab Land Bank on its acquisition of two companies operating in the tourism sector in South Sinai as a part of a debt restructuring arrangement.
  • Advising a key player in the steel production industry on its EGP 450 million revolving facility with National Bank of Egypt to finance the expansion prior to the signing of the relevant syndication.
  • Advising a key player in the healthcare sector on the off-shore restructuring of the group using special purpose vehicles in Malta, and Netherlands. The restructuring included the incorporation of the offshore entities and opening its bank accounts.

Language(s)

  • Arabic, English

Education

2015 – LL.B. (English Language section), Cairo University

2017 – BA. Economics University of Greenwich

Admission

  • 2015 Egyptian Bar Association

Practice(s)