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Dina Sameh Farid
Law Practice Specialising in Financial Law Transactions.
PRACTICE
AREAS
Project Finance
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PPPs/ PFIs/ Concessions.
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Infrastructure; Hospitals, Schools, Transport, Ports, Airports, Water and Wastewater.
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Real Estate: Residential, Commercial and Data Centers.
Energy
Financial Crimes
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llicit flows of capital.
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Cartel Anti-Trust violations, Industrial & Economic espionage.
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Fraud & Counter Terrorism Financing.
Islamic Finance
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Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind and Biomass).
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Electricity.
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Oil and Gas.
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Ijarah
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Istisna'a
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Murabha
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Mudarba.
Corporate Finance & Banking
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Private Equity.
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Derivatives & Options.
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ISDA Agreements.
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Banking facilities and syndications.
Business and Human Rights
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UN Principles of Business and Human Rights.
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UN Global Compact.
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Sustainability.
Expertise
Dina S.Farid is an Egyptian finance lawyer focusing on project finance and financial regulations in Africa with 18 years of experience in the field of law and finance.
Dina started her legal career in 2004 as a legal researcher and technical assistant to the president of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, former UN Secretary General H.E Boutros Boutros Ghali. In 2006, Dina held the position of “Assistant Legal Advisor to the Minister” at the Egyptian Ministry of Finance until July 2012.
In 2016, Dina became part of the founding team of New Giza University (NGU).
Dina has a diverse mix of public and private sector experience, which includes international experience of advising on Project Finance and Renewable Energy matters in the Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, France, and the Caribbean.
Throughout various positions, she has advised on financial policy issues to the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Government of Kenya, Government of Jordan, and Government of St Lucia, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Monteray Fund, and United Nations Development Program and World Health Organization.
Dina has also advised on corporate matters for Apple, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Barclays and British Petroleum.
Education
University of Oxford
St Hughes College
Said Business School
MBA, 2020
University of Oxford
St Hughes College
PGDip Finance, 2017
University of California, Berkeley
School of Law
Master of Laws (LL.M), 2015
Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne au Caire - IDAI
Filière délocalisée de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne au sein de l'Université du Caire.
Magistère du droit des affaires international, 2010
Cairo University
School of Law
Bachelor of Laws, 2003
Languages
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English
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Arabic
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French
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Spanish (Basic Conversational- Proficent understanding)
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Portuguese (Basic Conversational)
Bar Admission
EGYPT, 2004
NEWS
UN BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Dina S.Farid participated in the United Nations Business and Human Rights Forum in at the in United Nations Headquarters in Genéve
29th November 2024
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ADDRESS
New Giza
New Giza Road
22 Cairo Alexandria Desert Road
Giza Governate
Cairo, Egypt
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