Mohamed Nabil Hazzaa is a Partner and Co-Head of the Finance and Projects group at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy. He has more than 16 years of experience advising on complex project finance transactions, infrastructure developments, energy projects, and public-private partnership (PPP) matters across Egypt.
Prior to joining Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, Mohamed led the Projects, Utilities and Infrastructure practice group, as well as the M&A practice group, at Sharkawy & Sarhan. He was also seconded to Allen & Overy LLP in Dubai, where he gained experience in cross-border transactions.
Mohamed advises multilateral institutions, development finance institutions, lenders, and sponsors on major infrastructure and energy projects. His expertise includes PPP structuring, financing arrangements, and regulatory frameworks across the renewable energy, transport, logistics, and water sectors, including a number of landmark projects in Egypt.
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the financing to be granted to October Dry Port Company, a special purpose vehicle established for the development and construction of the 6th of October Dry Port project, the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) project in this sector, to be operated under a BOT scheme. The project was awarded to the consortium between El Sewedy Electric, SLP for Logistic Properties and Schenker Egypt.
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the financing of a 200 MW solar power plant on a Build, Own, Operate (BOO) scheme located in Kom Ombo Aswan and developed by Acwa Power.
- Advising International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other international financial institutions on the financing of a 500 MW solar power plant on a Build, Own, Operate (BOO) scheme located in Kom Ombo Aswan and developed by AMEA Power.
- Advising fifteen (15) banks and international financial institutions including International Finance Corporation (IFC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Proparco, AIIB, CDC, AfDB and others on the USD1.8bn financing of 30 simultaneous solar projects under round II of the feed-in tariff program.
- Banking
- Financial Services Regulatory
- M&A
- PPP/PFI
- Project Development
- Project Finance
- Energy
- Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
- Shipping
- Technology and Telecommunications
- Transport
- Utilities
- Faculty of Law (English Section), LLB, Cairo University (2009)
