Mr Sherif El Hosseny > Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy > Cairo, Egypt > Lawyer Profile

Mr Sherif El Hosseny

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Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Partner and Head of Aviation

Career

Sherif El Hosseny is a Partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy and is a member of the Corporate and M&A and the Finance & Projects Practice Groups. He heads the firm’s aviation sector and brings more than 23 years of experience working in the fields of aviation (mainly aircraft finance), banking & finance and project finance, energy, general corporate and acquisitions, and real estate and hospitality. Sherif advised numerous Egyptian and multinational leading banks and financial institutions in connection with various high-value syndicated facilities and loans, project finance, settlements of debts and debt restructures. He has been involved in representing major multinational aircraft leasing companies, financial institutions, and export credit agencies in connection with various cross-border transactions related to the lease and finance of various aircraft to public and private carriers in the Egyptian market and abroad.

Before joining the firm, he was a partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partner – Baker McKenzie as well as a Founding Partner of Rizkana & Partners. He has worked for multiple leading organizations in the MENA region such as; Egyptian Resorts Company and Kato Investment.

Languages

Arabic and English

Memberships

Aviation Education Resources Information for African Lawyers – Co-Founder

Egyptian Bar Association – Member

Education

2014    The Egyptian Banking Institute of the Central Bank of Egypt: The Banking Lawyer’s Certificate.

2010    International Air Transport Association, Canada: IATA Air Law Diploma.

2005    Leiden University, Netherlands: Masters in International Air and Space Law.

2001    Cairo University, Egypt: Bachelor of Arts, Degree in Law.

1999    The American University in Cairo, Egypt: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.