Hani Nassef

Practice Areas

M&A, Private Equity, Funds and Capital Markets.

Career

Hani Nassef is a Partner and Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. Hani advises both strategic and financial investors on a wide range of regional and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets transactions, and corporate reorganizations.

As a prominent corporate and M&A lawyer with over 20 years of experience in Egypt and the MENA region, Hani brings top-tier transactional knowledge and excellent corporate client relationships. Hani also has on-the-ground experience acting on inbound and outbound M&A and other corporate transactions across the MENA region and has acted for several clients on transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

IFLR1000 recognizes Hani as a "Highly Regarded" lawyer in for 2024 and 2023 in addition to "Up and Coming" by Chambers Global rankings for 2024 and 2023 for his top-class knowledge and rapport with clients who praise him as a "Top-notch Partner". Hani received his law degree from Cairo University's Faculty of Law in 2004. In addition, he earned his master's degree in law from Northwestern University's School of Law in 2008. He was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2004.

Professional Memberships

Hani was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2004.

Work Highlights

• Advised Amethis, an impact-oriented private equity firm, on its acquisition of a majority stake in KTG, a UK-based textiles and fashion manufacturing group with operations in Africa, Europe, the GCC, the US, and subsidiaries in Egypt, Germany, France, and Canada.

• Advised on the IPO of The United Bank of Egypt on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), marking Egypt's first banking institution IPO on EGX since the early 2000s. The private placement was oversubscribed 6x and the public tranche 59x, reflecting strong investor confidence. With an IPO offer price of EGP 13.85 per share, the Bank's market capitalization is EGP 15.235 billion (approximately USD 299 million), making it Egypt's largest IPO since 2021.

• Advised a consortium led by SPE Capital on the strategic acquisition of Tamweely for Microfinance S.A.E., subject to regulatory approvals.

• Advised on a USD 15 million investment by Africa50 Group in Raya Holding and Raya Data Center, enhancing RDC’s operations and funding a new tier III data center in Egypt, pending regulatory approval.

• Advised Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on its acquisition of KIPCO's 46.32% shareholding in Gulf Insurance Group K.S.C.P for approximately USD 860 million, subject to adjustment for dividends received during 2023.

• Advised The Sovereign Fund of Egypt on its role in Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company's acquisition of shares in three state-owned companies (ELAB, ETHYDCO, EDC) through an SPV, as part of Egypt's Privatization Programme.

• Advised a consortium of financial investors led by Amethis, including SPE AIF I (SPE Capital Partners) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on the acquisition of a 95% stake in GlobalCorp for Financial Services.

• Advised Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt (NBE), and Banque du Caire on their USD 85 million investment in the Nclude Fintech Innovation Fund in Egypt, managed by Global Ventures.

• Advised Emirates NBD on the divestment of their non-banking financial services business in Egypt, including deal structure and regulatory analysis to ensure necessary approvals in a heavily regulated sector, and restructuring inter-group arrangements pre-completion.

Languages Spoken

Arabic and English

Awards