Sarah has over 13 years’ experience advising banking clients on various legal and regulatory matters. She also has expertise in project finance, debt capital markets, structured products, banks’ mergers and acquisitions, and general banking and finance. Sarah has assisted banking clients in complex corporate restructuring activities, banks’ mergers, bond offerings, leveraged buyouts, syndicated finance transactions, securitisation of loans portfolios, investment business start-ups, introducing structured products to the local market, insurance and re-insurance and other various matters.

Sarah’s particular expertise is banking matters, particularly drafting and negotiating loan agreements and the relevant security documentation on behalf of lenders and borrowers. She has, on many occasions, assisted banks in negotiations with their clients in project finance, syndicated finance and other types of bank facilities.

For achieving security creation and perfection, Sarah has built a strong reputation with the relevant authorities and regulators.

She has been awarded “Leading Lawyer” in the 21st/2011 Edition of the IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms. It was also mentioned that “Sarah El Serafy has a high profile in finance” in the 22nd/2012 Edition of the IFLR1000.