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Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm

Sudan

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Key contacts
Regional Managing Partner; Group Head of Finance & Projects: Mahmoud S. Bassiouny
Quick facts
# Partners

38

# Practitioners (worldwide)

270+

Languages

Arabic, English, French, Korean

Network memberships

GGI,TerraLex,IFG

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Firm overview
Matouk Bassiouny and AIH Law Firm joined forces in 2017 to create Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm, a full-service Sudanese business law firm. The firm is the first regional law firm to establish a presence in Sudan.

Its in-depth understanding of the local Sudanese market, combined with cross-border experience and regional capabilities, provides a strong platform for advising clients conducting business and resolving disputes in Sudan.

The firm offers a broad range of legal services across Corporate and M&A, Finance & Projects, and Dispute Resolution.
Key practice areas

  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • Islamic finance
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Sector expertise

  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
Other offices

CAIRO OFFICE

12 Mohamed Ali Genah
Garden City
Cairo 11451
Egypt

T: +(202) 2796 2042
E: info@matoukbassiouny.com
W: matoukbassiouny.com

ABU DHABI OFFICE

24th Floor, Al Sila Tower
Regus, ADGM Square
Abu Dhabi
UAE

T: +(971) 2694 8657
E: info@matoukbassiouny.com

W: matoukbassiouny.com

ALGIERS OFFICE

28 Boulevard Colonel Bougara
El Biar
Algiers
Algeria

T: +(213) 770 07 3774
E: info@matoukbassiouny.com

W: matoukbassiouny.com

Address:
1Khartoum South, Plot No. 3
Block. No. 1/KH
Khartoum, 12210
Sudan
Tel:+249183483344 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://matoukbassiouny.com
2026 Edition
Financial and corporate
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

El Karib & Medani
2 practice areas
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Tier 2

ALN Sudan | Omer Ali Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Aztan Law Firm
2 practice areas
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House of Legal Consultancies & Services
2 practice areas
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Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm
1 practice area
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Omer Abdelati Law Firm
2 practice areas
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Shami Khalil & Siddig Advocates
2 practice areas
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Sudanese Commercial Law Office
2 practice areas
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Dr Adam & Associates
2 practice areas
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MEO & Associates
2 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Sudanese full-service corporate firm AIH Law Firm works in association with Egypt based regional firm Matouk Bassiouny, which also has offices in Algeria and the UAE. The Sudan office is located in Khartoum and is led by managing partner for Sudan, Yassir A Ali, and the founding partner of AIH Aziza Ismat Hassanien.

The firm engages in transactions within the banking, corporate, M&A, and project practice areas.

Sectors of focus for the firm include real estate, mining, and investments.  

The firm has developed strong relationships with First Abu Dhabi Bank, Ortho House, African Development Bank, Ministry of Justice – Saudi Arabia, Mumtalakat Investment for Bahrain, and Halan.

During the research period the firm was active in banking and M&A. In banking the firm was active on behalf of lenders in currency lending. In M&A the firm was active in acquisitions on behalf of sellers as clients.

 

Deal highlights

African Development Bank $100 million credit facility to DAL Group Company

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The firm’s founding partner and group head of corporate and M&A, Omar Bassiouny, says clients are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach, but remains confident Dubai will rebound
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Mahmoud Bassiouny, regional managing partner at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, highlights the firm’s achievements in the renewable energy space
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