Motaz El Dreny
Managing Partner

Motaz El Dreny, Founder and Managing Partner of Dreny & Partners, brings over 22 years of unparalleled expertise in corporate and securities law, with a sharp focus on debt and equity offerings. A leading authority in the field, Motaz has played a pivotal role in numerous high-profile capital market transactions, including public offerings, private placements, and debt restructuring. His reputation extends beyond this, as he is a trusted advisor to both international and local entities in the Corporate and M&A sectors. His counsel has been instrumental in driving major deals, fostering significant growth for his clients and the firm alike. Motaz has guided prominent corporations, financial institutions, and governmental bodies through some of the most complex and high-stakes transactions in recent years, solidifying his status as a key figure in the legal industry.

Previously, El Dreny was a partner with a top tier law firm; overseeing capital market and securities practice. During which, he advised leading corporate and financial institutions in Egypt. Motaz has regularly represented clients in securitizations involving a wide variety of asset types including commercial mortgages, financial lease, and real estate receivables.

El-Dreny has represented clients in structured finance transactions including mezzanine finance and equity-linked (convertible and exchangeable) bond issues. In addition, he represented an Egyptian issuer in Egypt’s first Sharia’a compliant asset backed securities offered on a multi-tranche structure.

Motaz obtained his LLB from the English Department of Cairo University in 2002. Subsequently, he also graduated with a diploma in Corporate Finance and Investment from the Institute of Banking and Finance at the AUC in 2009, and a Master of Laws degree in Financial Services Law from the University of London's External Program in 2013.

Major Deals:

  • Advised Vodacom's €2.5 billion acquisition of 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt.

  • Advised Premium International Company for Credit Services securitization transaction amounting to E£ 170,150,000.

  • Advised the lenders in a syndicated finance deal of EGP 12.3 billion, between 11 of the top banks in Egypt and borrower, Gharably Integrated Engineering Company (GIECO).

  • Advised The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) on its 10 billion EGP bond issuance.

  • Advised Egypt’s leading BNPL ValU on Egypt’s 1st Fintech bond asset backed securities transaction amounting to EGP 322.550 million of a 2 billion short-term multiple issuance program

  • Advised a major consumer finance company on its securitization transaction with a value of EGP 497,500,000 and its securitized bond issuance with a value of EGP 562 million

  • Advised Premium International for Credit Services (Premium Card) on its program of multiple securitization issuances worth EGP 2 billion.

  • Advised a leading real estate developer on two securitization transactions, for a value of EGP 498 million and EGP 469 million, respectively.

  • Advised Arab African International Bank in granting sky investments a MTL amounting to EGP 1.3 billion.  

  • Advised New Urban Communities Authority “NUCA” on its securitization transaction with a value of EGP 6 billion.

  • Representing a syndicate of 22 lenders for the arranging of Egypt’s largest locally long-term syndicated loan underwritten EGP 6 billion.