Farah joined Sharkawy & Sarhan in September 2019 as a junior associate after graduating from Law School at Cairo University – English Section – with distinction and honor and was ranked the first on her class.
Her practice focuses on oil and gas and mineral resources. Farah has also experience in banking and finance, general corporate, commercial and employment. Farah assisted with several high-profile matters and transactions including advising Centamin Plc in relation to Egypt’s 2020(1) gold bid round and Energean Plc with regards to its acquisition of Egyptian oil and gas assets from Edison SpA.
Farah was seconded on full-times basis to Wintershall Dea, acting as its in house Egyptian counsel and advising on all Egyptian law matters relating to their oil and gas business in Egypt.
Farah is currently seconded on part-times basis to PICLE a Petronas Company acting as its in house Egyptian counsel.
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Representative Experience
KUFPEC on certain aspects pertaining to the North Ras Kanayes offshore concession agreement, with Total, Tharwa and EGAS and ancillary documents.
Qatar Petroleum in relation to Egyptian law aspects pertaining to Qatar Energy’s acquisition of working stakes in several Egyptian upstream oil and gas concessions.
Barrick Gold and Centamin Plc in relation to the draft new mining exploitation model under the royalty, rent and tax model. Our work included advising on the structure of the model as well as negotiations with EMRA, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and other government entities.
Aton Minig Inc. on various Egyptian law matters pertaining to their stake in the Abu Marawat Concession.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) on the acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses for $6.275 billion.
Neptune Energy on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the oil and gas sector in Egypt, in addition to advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its business activities in Egypt.
PICLE on various legal matters pertaining to its upstream, midstream and downstream business in Egypt.
Energean Plc on the Egyptian law aspects of its acquisition of Edison E&P from Edison SpA, in a global deal that spanned across Italy, Egypt, UK, Croatia and Greece, with an estimated final net consideration of USD of $203 million.
The International Financial Corporation “IFC” on the Egyptian legal regime governing private universities and the ability of the IFC to invest by new convertible loan and equity to be provided to the university or owning company.
Centamin Plc on various legal matters pertaining its mining activities and interests in Egypt. Our most recent work included advising on participating in the gold and precious metals exploration bid round 2020(1).
Education and Memberships
- LLB, Cairo University, Faculty of Law, English Section, and qualified in 2019
Farah Hatem
Associate
Phone: (+202) 2322 5400 Ext. (150)
Fax: (+202) 2322 5401
Languages: English, Arabic
Related Sectors: Financial Institutions, Infrastructure & Power
Related Practice Areas: Commercial, Employment, Banking & Finance
Farah joined Sharkawy & Sarhan in September 2019 as a junior associate after graduating from Law School at Cairo University – English Section – with distinction and honor and was ranked the first on her class.
Her practice focuses on oil and gas and mineral resources. Farah has also experience in banking and finance, general corporate, commercial and employment. Farah assisted with several high-profile matters and transactions including advising Centamin Plc in relation to Egypt’s 2020(1) gold bid round and Energean Plc with regards to its acquisition of Egyptian oil and gas assets from Edison SpA.
Farah was seconded on full-times basis to Wintershall Dea, acting as its in house Egyptian counsel and advising on all Egyptian law matters relating to their oil and gas business in Egypt.
Farah is currently seconded on part-times basis to PICLE a Petronas Company acting as its in house Egyptian counsel.
Representative Experience
KUFPEC on certain aspects pertaining to the North Ras Kanayes offshore concession agreement, with Total, Tharwa and EGAS and ancillary documents.
Qatar Petroleum in relation to Egyptian law aspects pertaining to Qatar Energy’s acquisition of working stakes in several Egyptian upstream oil and gas concessions.
PICLE on various legal matters pertaining to its upstream, midstream and downstream business in Egypt.
Barrick Gold and Centamin Plc in relation to the draft new mining exploitation model under the royalty, rent and tax model. Our work included advising on the structure of the model as well as negotiations with EMRA, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and other government entities.
Aton Minig Inc. on various Egyptian law matters pertaining to their stake in the Abu Marawat Concession.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) on the acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses for $6.275 billion.
The International Financial Corporation “IFC” on the Egyptian legal regime governing private universities and the ability of the IFC to invest by new convertible loan and equity to be provided to the university or owning company.
Dubai Ports World on general corporate and commercial law issues and providing ongoing legal assistance.
Neptune Energy on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the oil and gas sector in Egypt, in addition to advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its business activities in Egypt.
Centamin Plc on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the mining sector in Egypt, in addition to advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its business activities in Egypt.