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Ragy  Soliman

Work Department

M&A and Capital Market

Position

Managing Partner – Head of M&A and Capital Markets Department

Career

Ragy Soliman is the Founder and Managing Partner of ADSERO – Ragy Soliman & Partners, Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Capital Markets practice area. Aside from Ragy’s exceptional record as a transactional lawyer, he is responsible for developing and enriching the vision of ADSERO by delivering its mission towards the Egyptian legal community by developing the best cultured, highly knowledgeable, commercially minded lawyers to serve ADSERO’s clientele.

With over 25 years of experience, Ragy holds an unparalleled track record in legal, strategic, operational and financial management. In addition, Ragy assumed various executive-level roles at numerous holding and operating companies. As a result, Ragy amassed extensive experience in managing multinational firms in the TMT and financial sectors and is highly adept at value creation, strategic and operational efficiencies, sourcing, structuring and executing large complex M&A transactions across several geographic regions..

Prior to the establishment of ADSERO, Ragy played a pivotal role in multiple groundbreaking transactions, including the merger of major telecommunication companies for a total consideration of USD 25.7 billion, thus creating the world’s sixth-largest telecommunications carrier. In addition, Ragy has executed a long line of dealings, including 100+ M&A transactions and 60+ debt and equity transactions.

Ragy has developed a strong business acumen whereby he served on several boards of listed entities in London, New York, Milan, Hong Kong and Egyptian Stock Exchanges, among other non-public entities in various jurisdictions, including Egypt, United Kingdom, Italy, United Arab Emirates, France, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Algeria, Delaware, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Jersey, Malta, BVI, Cayman Islands and Mauritius.

Aside from board memberships, Ragy handled various corporate governance roles, such as board secretary, member of governance, audit, remuneration, investment and executive management committees. Furthermore, Ragy acted as a money laundry monitoring officer, disclosure officer and data protection officer.

Apart from possessing expansive experience within the M&A field, Ragy has managed several Litigation and Arbitration cases, including civil and criminal matters before English and Egyptian Courts, as well as Arbitration proceedings at LCIA, ICC and ICSID.

Languages

Arabic and English

Memberships

Egyptian Bar Association.

Education

2000 – LL.M., International Business Law London Metropolitan University.

1993 – 1997 – LL.B., Cairo University.

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