
Sameh Dahroug
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
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Advising Hutchison Ports, the world's leading port operator, on its agreement with the Egyptian Navy to develop, and operate a new container terminal in Abu Qir, Egypt with total investment value in developing the new terminal estimated to reach USD 730 million.
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Advising Hitachi on USD 11 billion carve-out of ABB Power including Business & Assets Restructuring.
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Advising on acquisition by Rhone Capital, and its portfolio company Wellbore Integrity Solutions, of fishing and remedial, manufacturing and tubular rental businesses from Schlumberger in a 25 country carve-out transaction.
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Leading transaction for Nabros, owner/operator of one of the world's largest land-based drilling rig fleets and provider of offshore platform rigs in the US, for sale of shares and exit from its casing and tubing unit in Egypt.
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Leading the acquisition by Cysiv Inc, US Based cyber security company, of 100% of Secure Misr.
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Leading and acting for one of Swvl Founders, a prominent regional ridesharing bus transportation company, on his disposal of shares.
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Leading and advising Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, dually-listed in Thailand and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and one of the world's leading petrochemicals producers on the EGP 843 million acquisition of 74% of Medco Plast for Packing and Packaging Systems, the largest manufacturer of PET from Gulf Capital’s portfolio company/Middle East Glass.
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Leading the acquisition by CI Capital of 80% of Egypt’s leading microfinance "Reefy."
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Advising the Safyedlin Family on restructuring and sale of 55% of Egyptian German Industrial Corporate, the largest manufacturer of pipes and fittings in Egypt, to Development Partners International, a UK Private Equity Fund.
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Leading and acting for Al Hail Holding, a major investment company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Orix Financial Leasing Egypt.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Egyptian Bar Association - Member (Appellate level)
- Law World Federation - Regional Head (2012-2015)
Admissions
- Egypt (2011)
Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science (International Financial Law Programme, Grade A-) (2018)
- Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne (LL.M. Master of Laws, Major in International and European Business Law) (2009)
- Cairo University (LL.B. Bachelor of Laws) (2008)
- Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne (LL.B. Bachelor of Laws) (2007)
Languages
- Arabic
- English
- French