The corporate team at Soliman, Hashish & Partners is made up of ‘experts in their field’, providing comprehensive transactional advice, ’particularly for needs arising in Middle Eastern countries’. Mohamed Hashish jointly leads the practice and has accumulated two decades of experience representing large multinationals in M&A, corporate restructuring and procurement matters. Co-head Frederic Soliman is ‘very pragmatic and hands-on’, bringing extensive contentious and advisory experience.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘I have been dealing with Soliman, Hashish & Partners for many years and they have a hands-on approach and are experts in their field, providing business-oriented advice at reasonable cost. It is a mid-size law firm which in my opinion is a great advantage as you get special attention as a client.’

  • ‘Mohamed Hashish is responsive and pragmatic and understands clients' requirements and the Egyptian legal landscape very well.’

  • ‘Fantastic, professional and ethical team.’

  • ‘Mohamed Hashish has been one of the most professional individuals I have met in my career.’

  • ‘The Soliman, Hashish & Partners team has proven to be an excellent resource for legal services - particularly for needs arising in Middle Eastern countries. Their legal advice and guidance has been top quality.’

  • ‘Frederic Soliman is very pragmatic, hands-on, with a good network and fast execution.’

  • 'The team is available and provides timely responses on all business and corporate topics.'

  • 'Mohamed Hashish is available for phone calls and has in-depth knowledge of business law in Egypt.'

Key clients

  • Vicat Egypt for Cement Industry
  • Babcock & Wilcox
  • Kellogg
  • Wabtec
  • CompTIA
  • Tridge
  • Univar
  • BlackNGreen
  • London Institute of Banking & Finance
  • Tencent Cloud
  • Kyndryl

Work highlights

  • Acting as local legal counsel to Kellogg with respect to all legal matters in Egypt, including an ongoing major restructuring of its business in Egypt.
  • Advising PwC on the legal framework in Egypt with respect to whether compliance with certain US requirements would conflict with, and constitute a violation in respect of, Egyptian law.
  • Acting as legal counsel to Vicat Egypt for Cement Industry with respect to the tender offer on 12,393,866 shares in Sinai Cement Company and with respect to its restructuring and obtaining an exception to the mandatory public offering to purchase 21,502,347 shares in Sinai Cement Company.

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Mohamed Hashish, Frederic Soliman