Managing Partner
CurrentRecommended by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for Energy, Projects and Infrastructure. Client Choice 2021 award winner for Energy & Natural Resources in Egypt.- Acting as local counsel to sponsors on the development and financing of the first electrolyser to produce green hydrogen at 100MW capacity for use by EFC’s ammonia manufacturing facility in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. - Advising Scatec on its 1 million tonnes/year green ammonia project in SCZone, with participation from The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC).- Acted as local legal advisor to Scatec on the refinancing of the non-recourse project debt for 6 solar power plants in Benban, with a total capacity of 380 MW, through the issuance of investment-grade 19-year USD 334.5 million non-recourse Green Project Bonds, certified by the Climate Bond Initiative.- Acted as legal counsel to the Benban Solar Developers Association (BSDA) in connection with the EGP 1.6 billion settlement of the Cost Sharing Agreement cost overrun dispute with State-owned EETC, and drafting and negotiating the settlement agreement on behalf of all 32 Benban project developers.- Acted as legal advisor to Amarenco on the acquisition of 74% stake in the portfolio of SolarizEgypt, with a view to jointly develop 300 MW of assets in 4 years, with a planned budget of USD 254.6 million.- Advised the leading renewable energy company juwi on the construction of world’s largest solar hybrid project at the Centamin off-grid gold mine in Egypt, with a capacity of 36 MW bi-facial solar and 7.5 MW battery-energy storage system.- Advised First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) as lending bank and pledgee (together with Eversheds Sutherland) in connection with the acquisition by Cleopatra Hospitals Group, one of Egypt’s largest private hospitals groups, of UAE’s Alameda Healthcare Group (a deal which has been called off in 2Q2021).
