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Dina Sameh Farid
Law Practice Specialising in Financial Law Transactions.
PRACTICE
OF AREAS
Project Finance
PPPs/ PFIs/ Concessions;
Infrastructure; Hospitals, Schools, Transport, Ports, Airports, Water & Wastewater.
Real Estate: Residential, Commercial and Data Centers.
Energy
Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind and Biomass), Electricity and, Oil and Gas.
Business and Human Rights
UN Principles of Business and Human Rights, UN Global Compact, and ESG.
Corporate Finance
Private Equity, Derivatives and Options, ISDA Agreements and Banking.
Islamic Finance
Ijarah, Istisna'a, Murabha and Mudarba.
Financial Crimes
Illicit flows of capital, Cartel Anti-Trust violations, Industrial and Economic espionage, Fraud and
Counter Terrorism Financing.
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 Monterey 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
Cairo University
Institut de Droit des Affaires Internationales (IDAI),
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Magistère du droit des affaires international, 2010
Cairo University
School of Law
Bachelor of Laws, 2003
Langauges
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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
DSF
ADDRESS
Ivory Business Park
Building D, Unit 127
Cairo Alexandria Desert Road
Giza Governate, 12451
Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20 224618549
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