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Read NowAli is the Head of Banking and Finance in Egypt. With more than 20 years of legal experience in Egypt and the U.A.E., Ali has a broad experience acting for both borrowers and lenders across different and diverse product lines and sectors. He also advised sponsors, bidders, lenders and EPC contractors on all matters relating to project development, project financing, acquisition and disposal. Notably, Ali has handled nearly all major bank merger and acquisition deals that took place in Egypt from 2010 to 2018, including the award-winning acquisition of the retail portfolio and card businesses of Citibank Egypt by Commercial International Bank, the transaction was awarded the IFLR Middle East “M&A Deal of the Year”.
Ali was previously Group General Counsel and Board Secretary at Union National Bank in Abu Dhabi where he oversaw the legal activities of the bank in the U.A.E., Kuwait, Qatar and China. Prior to joining Union National Bank, Ali was a Banking and Projects Partner at Zulficar & Partners.
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2000 – Maîtrise en Droit International des Affaires, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
1999 – License en Droit, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
2003 – Egyptian Bar Association
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