ADSERO-Ragy Soliman & Partners

Firm Details:

• Managing Partner: Ragy Soliman
• Senior Partner: Osman Mowafy
• Number of Partners: 11
• Number of other fee earners: 129
• Point of contact for all enquiries: Ragy Soliman,[email protected]

Firm Overview:

ADSERO – Ragy Soliman & Partners is a full-service independent law firm that is committed to providing its clients with unparalleled quality. We invest in the brightest commercial-minded lawyers and offer innovative legal solutions with a global reach.

The firm has developed a wide range and depth of expertise, including structuring, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, debt finance, corporate governance, project finance and complex high-stakes commercial and securities litigation.

Since its inception, ADSERO has been recognised by peers and clients as one of the top legal service providers, a testament to its partners' and senior lawyers' long-standing history and capabilities. This success allowed us to attract the best talent in the market and support several prominent businesses locally and internationally, including S&P 500 companies, further solidifying our position in the industry.

For four consecutive years (2021 - 2024), ADSERO has received the prestigious Lexcel quality mark from the Law Society of England and Wales. ADSERO is the only firm in the MENA region to have received this certification, among the highest marks for quality in international legal practice. Furthermore, since its establishment, the firm has been ranked by world-renowned ranking institutions, most notably IFLR1000, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. In addition, in October 2022, ADSERO was selected as the Rising Star Law Firm in the MENA region by IFLR1000, a world-renowned legal ranking institution. Furthermore, in partnership with the COP27 Presidency, ADSERO sponsored the 27th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) and was the legal advisor to the COP27 Presidency.

Main Practice Areas:

Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

• Heads: Ragy Soliman and Ahmed Abdelgawad
• Fee earners: 22

ADSERO has a highly integrated network across multiple industries and sectors, which has allowed our skilled team to assist a wide range of clients in raising capital through private and public offerings and navigating the complex aspects of transactional proceedings.

Due to ADSERO's extensive network of connections and law firms in various jurisdictions, as well as the firm's insightful and creative approach, ADSERO is able to maximize the benefits for its clients on their deals. The team is skilled at effectively negotiating complex transactions and has a reputation for delivering the highest quality advice in domestic and international markets. In addition, the firm's team of experienced attorneys has a wide range of legal backgrounds and strong relationships with key players in the financial industry, including issuers, regulatory bodies, exchanges, and large financial institutions. This allows the firm to provide innovative legal and strategic transactional advice and customised solutions to meet the client's specific needs.

ADSERO's M&A team members have successfully executed over 220 transactions in over 30 countries, with a total equity of over USD 110 billion. In addition, ADSERO's Capital Markets group achieved transformational results, having accomplished over 75 capital market equity and debt transactions worth over USD 65 billion in the financial market.​

Corporate, Commercial & Regulatory

• Head: Mohamed Abdelgawad and Ehab Fedaa
• Fee earners: 45

The Corporate, Commercial and Regulatory team is familiar with identifying and implementing appropriate day-to-day practical and forward-thinking legal advice. The team advises on a daily basis many of the leading domestic and multi-national clients across all sectors with a wide-ranging experience in corporate governance, business operations, regulations and licensing and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Banking & Project Finance

• Head: Hossam Gramon
• Fee earners: 9

The firm's Banking and Finance team is comprised of experienced lawyers with a profound understanding of the financial tools and their practices in the Egyptian market. They are always abreast of the legal developments in finance and projects. The team possess excellent exposure to Islamic finance bonds (Sukuk) and debt capital market finance tools. The team frequently advises lenders and borrowers on sophisticated syndications, club and multilateral transactions. The team also assisted several international investments and commercial banks on regulatory matters and financial litigations. The teams' list of credentials also extends to project finance in several sectors, including petrochemical greenfield and brownfield project finance, education projects, healthcare projects and mining projects.

In addition to the ample credentials in project finance transactions, the team also frequently advises on engineering and procurement contracts (EPCs), management and operations agreements, power purchase agreements, and water purchase agreements for landmark transactions in the field of transportation, healthcare, heavy industries, renewables, infrastructure and agri-business.

Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Head: Osman Mowafy
• Fee earners: 27

The Dispute Resolution team has an exceptional track record in high-stakes commercial litigation and international arbitration. The team members have had extensive experience representing businesses of varying profiles, such as senior-level board members and executives of substantial corporates, banks, investment dealers and securities advisors. In certain circumstances, our experienced litigators, arbitrators and prosecutors have successfully defended matters in the intellectual property, telecommunications, health, education, technology, industrial and public sectors.