Alaa Azmy

Alaa Azmy is a Founding Partner of Azmy, Dwidar & Partners and heads the firm’s Capital Markets and Corporate department. He has more than 11 years of experience in capital markets, corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, financial institutions, investment funds, securitization transactions and banking deals.

He has extensive experience in the incorporation and licensing of Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs), including consumer finance, leasing and factoring, mortgage and microfinance companies. He has significant experience in due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, securitizations, capital increases and company restructurings, and is adept at drafting and negotiating all types of agreements, facility agreements and security documents. His expertise extends to company establishment and incorporation, and to handling the related procedures before governmental authorities.

Alaa is well versed in the corporate procedures required before the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and other governmental entities. He has also advised many fintech companies on their incorporation and licensing in line with the regulations and decrees of the FRA.

His practice focuses on advising clients across diverse commercial sectors. He has extensive experience in drafting commercial contracts and legal memoranda, and is actively involved in complex banking and syndicated loan transactions — negotiating term sheets, drafting facility agreements and guiding clients through closing mechanics.