About
Aref El-Aref is Managing Partner at El-Aref International Law Office and has been a partner with the firm since 2003. He works across the Middle East, Africa and the United States, specializing in M&A, finance and projects and advising multilateral financial institutions and DFIs on debt and equity investments in emerging markets; he has handled large M&A and financing transactions including energy and petrochemical projects.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceProject FinanceEnergyReal Estate
Office
Expertise
Emerging markets investmentsMultilateral financial institutions and development finance institutions (DFIs)M&A and corporate financeEnergy and petrochemical projectsProject finance
Education
- LL.B, Lebanese University Law School
- LL.M, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Negotiations & Persuasion Degree, Wharton Business School
- Executive Program on Leadership in Law Firms, Harvard Law School
Admissions
- Beirut Bar
- New York Bar
Languages
EnglishFrenchArabic