Farahnaz Abdelbary
Associate
Fax
(+202) 2322 5401
Languages
Arabic, English
Farahnaz joined Sharkawy & Sarhan in February of 2021. She is a University of Edinburgh and BPP Law School graduate. During her time at BPP, she worked with Norton Rose Fulbright LLP as a shadowing volunteer and offered advice with trainee solicitors on employment and consumer law related issues.
She also served at the law school’s legal advice clinic where she provided legal advice on the same areas of law. Farahnaz spent a year and a half as a legal researcher in the case handling department at the Egyptian Competition Authority and worked on a plethora of high-profile antitrust cases and legal reform efforts.
Her work at the ECA spanned several sectors including Food and Beverage, Telecommunications, Media and Advertising and Sports. She was also part of the drafting team for the law amendments introducing Egypt’s ex-ante merger control regime as well as the drafting team for the ECA’s Vertical Restraints Guidelines.
Farahnaz is currently a member of JUSTICE- the British section of the International Commission of Jurists and the Media Licensing Committee at the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in Egypt. She is fluent in both English and Arabic and has good working knowledge of French.
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Representative Experience
Advising KUFPEC on certain aspects pertaining to the North Ras Kanayes offshore concession agreement, with Total, Tharwa and EGAS and ancillary documents.
Advising a leading E&P multinational, with extensive operation in the oil and gas sector in Egypt on various matters pertaining to unitization arrangements.
Advising KUFPEC on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the upstream oil and gas sector in Egypt, in addition to advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its business activities in Egypt.
Advising Neptune Energy on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the upstream oil and gas sector in Egypt, including advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its entities.
Assisting Total SA in relation to M&A competition law notification obligations, in relation to the acquisition of a stake in Egypt’s Idku LNG project from Engie as part of a global transaction worth USD 2 billion and handling Egyptian competition law aspects of the transaction.
Advising AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) on the acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses for $6.275 billion.
Advising Nestle on the acquisition of Pfizer nutrition business and the sale of its chilled dairy business in Egypt to Best Cheese Company as part of Nestlé’s worldwide joint venture with Lactalis.
Advising a regional wealth fund on Egyptian law aspects pertaining to the acquisition of a UK public listed company.
Education and Memberships
- Diploma in law, BPP university law school (London Waterloo), qualified in 2019.
- LLB, The University of Edinburgh, international Relations, qualified in 2018.
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Farahnaz Abdelbary
Associate
Phone: (+202) 2322 5400 Ext. (153)
Fax: (+202) 2322 5401
Languages: Arabic, English
Related Sectors: Technology & Innovation, Oil & Gas and Mineral Resources
Related Practice Areas: Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions
Farahnaz joined Sharkawy & Sarhan in February of 2021. She is a University of Edinburgh and BPP Law School graduate. During her time at BPP, she worked with Norton Rose Fulbright LLP as a shadowing volunteer and offered advice with trainee solicitors on employment and consumer law related issues.
She also served at the law school’s legal advice clinic where she provided legal advice on the same areas of law. Farahnaz spent a year and a half as a legal researcher in the case handling department at the Egyptian Competition Authority and worked on a plethora of high-profile antitrust cases and legal reform efforts.
Her work at the ECA spanned several sectors including Food and Beverage, Telecommunications, Media and Advertising and Sports. She was also part of the drafting team for the law amendments introducing Egypt’s ex-ante merger control regime as well as the drafting team for the ECA’s Vertical Restraints Guidelines.
Farahnaz is currently a member of JUSTICE- the British section of the International Commission of Jurists and the Media Licensing Committee at the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in Egypt. She is fluent in both English and Arabic and has good working knowledge of French.
Representative Experience
Advising KUFPEC on certain aspects pertaining to the North Ras Kanayes offshore concession agreement, with Total, Tharwa and EGAS and ancillary documents.
Advising a leading E&P multinational, with extensive operation in the oil and gas sector in Egypt on various matters pertaining to unitization arrangements.
Advising KUFPEC on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the upstream oil and gas sector in Egypt, in addition to advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its business activities in Egypt.
Advising Neptune Energy on Egyptian law matters pertaining to its entities and activities in the upstream oil and gas sector in Egypt, including advising on commercial, corporate and employment issues pertaining to its entities.
Assisting Total SA in relation to M&A competition law notification obligations, in relation to the acquisition of a stake in Egypt’s Idku LNG project from Engie as part of a global transaction worth USD 2 billion and handling Egyptian competition law aspects of the transaction.
Advising AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) on the acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses for $6.275 billion.
Advising a regional wealth fund on Egyptian law aspects pertaining to the acquisition of a UK public listed company.