About
Alia Safei is an Associate in the Corporate and Projects team at Afifi Law Firm in association with Dentons in Egypt, having joined Afifi in 2022. She advises on aviation transactions (including aircraft leasing and sale-and-leaseback), corporate transactions and governance, merger control and regulatory compliance, and represents clients before Egyptian authorities such as GAFI, the General Organization for Export and Import Control and the Central Bank of Egypt.
Practice areas
AviationCorporate / M&ACompetition / AntitrustEmployment
Office
Expertise
Aviation financing and leasingAircraft sale and leaseback transactionsCompetition / merger control and regulatory complianceCorporate governance and transactional documentation (EGMs, OGMs, articles of association, share purchase and transfer agreements)Regulatory approvals and dealings with GAFI, GOEIC and the Central Bank of EgyptEmployment law compliance and workforce matters
Education
- LLB, International Business Law, Institut des Affaires Internationales (IDAI), 2020
- LLB, Cairo University, 2021
- LLM, International Business Law, Université de Pantheon Sorbonne I, 2021
Admissions
- Egyptian Bar Association
Languages
ArabicEnglishFrench