Zulficar is a practicing attorney, with a specialty in major restructuring, project finance, and M&A transactions. She handled the commercial aircraft mortgage financing for EgyptAir in 1989, the first Egyptian three BOOT powerplant transactions in 1998 and 2002, and the dual listing for Orascom Construction on Nasdaq Dubai and EGX in 2015. She also cofounded Zulficar & Partners Law Firm in 2009 and has chaired EFG Holding since 2008. Zulficar is the president and founder of Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation, which supports underprivileged women entrepreneurs in Egypt, and she is the president of the Egyptian Federation for Financing Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprises.