Aya Attia, Senior Associate, joined ZH in 2018 with a diversified legal experience in Corporate Law, Capital Market Law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, Civil Law, Labor Law, and Commercial and Business Law.
The expertise acquired during the course of her career includes finalizing securitization transactions before the competent authorities along with drafting all related agreements, establishing and incorporating all types of companies and legal entities in Egypt, and drafting shareholders agreements, joint ventures agreements, share purchase agreements and management and Escrow agreements. Aya’s expertise also includes drafting lease, sale, loan, franchise, distribution, agency, supply and services agreements.
She is also well-versed in advising in the listing of companies before the Egyptian Stock Exchange and finalizing the dual listing procedures, as well as in finalizing the required procedures of capital increase and decrease of companies before the required authorities – either in cash, in kind, distribution of dividends, or Employees Stock Option Plans (ESOP). Additionally, she has considerable experience in opining on all matters related to the companies’ and shareholders’ activities at MCDR and in finalizing the dividends distribution procedures through MCDR for the registered companies. Her expertise also includes running required procedures in the civil and commercial litigation, as attending the court hearings and drafting pleadings, and drafting all the required documents in arbitration cases.
With over 10 years of experience, selected examples of the matters she has taken part in include:
- Advising BEEAH Group in structuring, drafting and executing a 10-year waste collection contract for the city of Sharm El Sheikh with the South of Sinai Governorate & advising BEEAH Group in entering into a joint venture with an Egyptian partner to execute this project. (2022)
- Advising BEEAH Group on Sharm El Sheikh services agreement for cleaning and waste collection. (2022)
- Advising BEEAH Group on ACUD waste collection and management agreement. (2020 – 2021)
- Drafting legal opinions and corporate governance guidance for business operation for clients such as Beltone financial, Grohe, Vodafone, Naval Group, Alstom, Global Auto, ALPLA Taba, BEEAH Group, Al-Ahly Capital, Batelco, CORPLEASE – among others.
- Advising on the 8th and 11th Securitization Bonds issuance of the Egyptian Securitization Company (CORPLEASE). (2019 and 2021, respectively)
- Advising on the 2nd Securitization Bonds Issuance of EFG Hermes for Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development. (2019)
- Finalizing the registration and the dematerialization of joint-stock Companies shares at the Central Depository System at Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR) and drafting all the related forms and certificates for clients such as AIG, EL Canal Sugar, ALPLA Taba, Seha Scan, Naval Group, Diversy, BPE, OTIS, Sanita, Network Egypt – among others.
She is member of the Egyptian Bar Association since 2016 and was admitted before the Court of Appeal in 2023. She is member of L’Association des Juristes Francophone since 2016 and is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
Aya achieved the LL.B. from the Faculty of Law (English section) of Cairo University, Egypt, in 2013 and a Diploma in International Trade from Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 2018.
Email: aya.attia@hashemlaw.com
