M.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge

GDL and Accelerated LPC, BPP University

• Solicitor qualified in England & Wales

Advised:

• Safaricom PLC, Vodacom Group Limited, Vodafone Plc, Sumitomo Corporation, CDC - on their winning bid for Ethiopia's first telecoms license for $850m, following a competitive, two-year auction process
• Pay.UK - on secondment, to assist with the consolidation of the payments infrastructure in the UK
• Etisalat Group - on the merger of its Sri Lankan business Etisalat Lanka (Private) Ltd with Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Private) Ltd.
• Greek financial institutions - on the sale of loan portfolios to various buyers.
• Vodacom Group Limited - on its corporate transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures and businesses in sub-Saharan Africa.
• SBA Communications Corporation and Paradigm Infrastructure Limited - on the acquisition of Airtel Tanzania's telecom tower portfolio for approximately $175m.

Rising Star, The Legal 500, 2021
"Zahra is very capable and available. At her junior level she is able to inspire confidence normally only bestowed on her much more senior colleagues".

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