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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
Founding Partner of Sudan Office: Aziza I. Hassanien
Managing Partner, Sudan Office: Yassir A. Ali
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

270+

Number of partners

34

Network memberships

GGI,TerraLex

Languages

Arabic, English, French, Korean

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 (MBAIH), a full-service Sudanese business law firm in Khartoum. We offer a wide variety of services in the fields of Corporate and M&A, Finance & Projects, and Dispute Resolution. Our ultimate mission and metric of success is creating value for our clients. MBAIH prides itself on being the first regional firm to open in Sudan.

  • Representation of Mumtalakat Investment for Bahrain in connection with renewing its lease contract, advising on how to extend the contract without going back to the lessor, the validity of the old contract, the amount of the lease, the annual increase, and the lease shift.
  • Representation of First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) in connection with the closing of its branch in Sudan and transferring the branch to a new buyer with all the financial obligations and employees
  • Representation of African Development Bank in connection with the financing extended to Elnefeidi Group Holding Co. Ltd. for an amount of up to USD 60 million.
  • Representation of African Development Bank in connection with the financing extended to DAL Group for an amount of up to USD 40 million and EUR 30 million to finance the group’s long-term investment program for food and agriculture operations.
  • Representation of Egypt Air in connection with providing legal advice and representing the client before Sudanese courts.
  • Representation of Blue Nile for Insurance Co. Ltd. In connection with embezzlement from one of its employees with a value of USD 2 million.
Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Islamic finance
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Address:
1Khartoum South, Plot No. 3
Block. No. 1/KH
Khartoum, 12210
Tel:+249183483344 Fax:+249-183- 486090 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://matoukbassiouny.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Tier 2
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

El Karib & Medani
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Tier 2

ALN Sudan | Omer Ali Law Firm
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Aztan Law Firm
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House of Legal Consultancies & Services
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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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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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