{"id":602523,"date":"2019-03-31T03:49:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T03:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/"},"modified":"2019-03-31T03:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T03:49:05","slug":"senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOVES- Mohamed Barakat<\/b> (LinkedIn<\/a>) has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo\u2019s<\/b> corporate mergers and acquisitions practice as a counsel, the law firm said on Thursday<\/a>. Barakat is a partner at Baker McKenzie\u2019s Washington office, where he chairs the North American Middle East practice. He holds a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master\u2019s in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOVES- Mohamed Barakat (LinkedIn) has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo\u2019s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice as a counsel, the law firm said on Thursday. Barakat is a partner at Baker McKenzie\u2019s Washington office, where he chairs the North American Middle East practice. He holds a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[3433,72,206,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-602523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-baker-mckenzie","tag-enterpriseam","tag-moves","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a75e5bc9-76fc-41f8-9f30-63bf803f8885","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"40c38bba-e143-4a92-86a3-b2688aef51e8","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[602509],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nSenior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MOVES- Mohamed Barakat (LinkedIn) has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo\u2019s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice as a counsel, the law firm said on Thursday. Barakat is a partner at Baker McKenzie\u2019s Washington office, where he chairs the North American Middle East practice. He holds a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master\u2019s […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\"},\"wordCount\":72,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Baker McKenzie\",\"EnterpriseAM\",\"moves\",\"SPEED ROUND\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Speed Round\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\",\"name\":\"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie","og_description":"MOVES- Mohamed Barakat (LinkedIn) has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo\u2019s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice as a counsel, the law firm said on Thursday. Barakat is a partner at Baker McKenzie\u2019s Washington office, where he chairs the North American Middle East practice. He holds a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master\u2019s […]","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00","author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie","datePublished":"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/"},"wordCount":72,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"keywords":["Baker McKenzie","EnterpriseAM","moves","SPEED ROUND"],"articleSection":["Speed Round"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/","name":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-31T03:49:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/31\/senior-counsel-mohamed-barakat-joins-baker-mckenzie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senior Counsel Mohamed Barakat joins Baker McKenzie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":602009,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/17\/baker-mckenzie-cairo-hires-ahmed-abdallah\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":0},"title":"Baker McKenzie Cairo hires Ahmed Abdallah","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"17 March 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"MOVES- Ahmed Abdallah, a veteran banking and finance lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, has joined Baker McKenzie Cairo\u2019s banking and finance group as a counsel, Baker principal Mohammed Ghannam said in a statement. Abdallah holds an LLB from Cairo University.","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":624870,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/20\/correction-baker-and-mckenzie-was-legal-counsel-for-afrexim-in-egpc-loan-agreement\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":1},"title":"CORRECTION- Baker and Mckenzie was legal counsel for Afrexim in EGPC loan agreement","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"20 September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"CORRECTION- Baker and Mckenzie acted as legal counsel to the African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank) in its USD 200 mn loan agreement with the EGPC to finance the expansion of state-owned MIDOR\u2019s refinery, the law firm told us yesterday. Amwal Al Ghad had incorrectly reported that Shalakany Law Office had advised\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":652831,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/19\/caravan-transaction-to-cost-nestle-egp-400-500-mn\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":2},"title":"Caravan transaction to cost Nestl\u00e9 EGP 400-500 mn","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"19 January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"M&A Watch- Nestl\u00e9\u2019s acquisition of Caravan Marketing Company, which we covered yesterday, will be completed within six weeks, a source told Al Mal. The source says Nestl\u00e9 is buying 100% of Caravan\u2019s shares for EGP 400-500 mn. Caravan\u2019s Chairman Amr Barakat said company sales recorded nearly EGP 500 mn in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":632922,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/02\/22\/baker-mckenzie-to-focus-on-expanding-activities-especially-in-sports-disputes-resolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":3},"title":"Baker McKenzie to focus on expanding activities, especially in sports disputes resolution","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"22 February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Baker McKenzie Egypt sees growth potential in the resolution of sports disputes, Managing Partner Mohamed Talaat says in a sit-down with Al Borsa to take a look at what to expect of 2018. Talaat said he sees investment in Egypt picking up this year as economic conditions continue to improve,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":625623,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/08\/09\/baker-mckenzie-was-local-legal-council-on-afreximbanks-usd-200-mn-loan-to-egpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":4},"title":"Baker McKenzie was local legal council on Afreximbank\u2019s USD 200 mn loan to EGPC","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"9 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo acted as the local legal counsel on the African Export-Import Bank\u2019s (Afreximbank) USD 200 mn loan to the EGPC to to finance the expansion of state-owned MIDOR\u2019s refinery, according to an email statement.","rel":"","context":"In "Law"","block_context":{"text":"Law","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/law\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":627344,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/30\/sarie-eldin-pwc-baker-mckenzie-selected-to-advise-cabinet-on-governing-regulations-for-egp-200-bn-sovereign-wealth-fund\/","url_meta":{"origin":602523,"position":5},"title":"Sarie-Eldin, PwC, Baker Mckenzie selected to advise cabinet on governing regulations for EGP 200 bn sovereign wealth fund","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"30 July 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sarie-Eldin, PwC, Baker Mckenzie selected to advise cabinet on regulations governing EGP 200 bn sovereign wealth fund: The Madbouly Cabinet has entered into an agreement with a consortium of firms including Sarie-Eldin & Partners, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Baker McKenzie to advise on the establishment of the framework and governing structure of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602523\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/602509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602523"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=602523"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=602523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}