EGYPT / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES
Ingy Badawy Founding partner
Zulficar & Partners Cairo
Tel: +20 2 246 12 161 Email:
imb@zulficarpartners.com Web:
www.zulficarpartners.com
Omar S Bassiouny Executive partner and Head of corporate/M&A
Matouk Bassiouny Cairo
Tel: +202 2 795 4228 Email:
omar.bassiouny@
matoukbassiouny.com Web:
www.matoukbassiouny.com
Biography: Dr Ingy Badawy is a founding partner and head of Zulficar&Partners’ mergers and acquisitions department. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity funding, debt funding and joint ventures and arbitration. Furthermore, she consistently provides corporate advice to some of the firm’s major clients including Citadel Capital and its subsidiaries, SODIC, Guardian Industries Corporation andTanjong Energy.
Recent transactional highlights: • Acted in the sale of 52%ofOlympicGroup, the largest white goods manufacturer in Egypt, by Paradise Capital to Electrolux, the world’s second largest global leader of this industry for $450million.
• Advised on the landmark acquisition of Orascom Telecom by Vimplecom and the carve out ofMobiNil, ECMS and other assets which will continue to be owned by the current shareholders of OrascomTelecom.
• Acted in the acquisition of Orascom BuildingMaterials Holding (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orascom Construction Industries) for approximately $12.9 billion and assumption of $2 billion of debt in conjunction with a capital increase by Lafarge to be subscribed to by NNS Holding, a family company controlled by Nassef Sawiris for approximately €2.8 billion.
• Advised on the sale of 93%of the shares of Amoun Pharmaceuti- cals Industries Company for approximately $459million.
Practice areas: Mergers and acquisitions Corporate Law
Arbitration Major contracts
Joint venture agreements Languages: Arabic, English and French Bar admissions: Egypt
Association memberships: Egyptian Bar Association American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
Academic qualifications: BSC Law, Cairo University Master’s degree, Institute of International Business Law, Cairo University Master’s degree (D.E.S.S.) Litigation and arbitration, University of Paris II Assas Ph.D International Arbitration, University of Paris I Sorbonne
Clients told IFLR1000: “Omar Bassiouny is a very strong lawyer and always available.”
Biography: Omar S Bassiouny is the co-founder and executive partner of Matouk Bassiouny. Omar heads the firm’s Corporate/M&A group and has been consistently ranked in the top tier by Chambers & Partners in the areas of corporate law andM&A. He has earned special recognition inM&A for his in-depth focus on private equity/venture capital and cross-borders transactions. Recognized for his negotiations skills and, business and commercial sense, Omar has been successful in closing over 18M&A transactions since January 2012 despite the recent political instability in Egypt. Omar has also considerable expertise in setting-up joint ventures and new projects in Egypt, as well as ensuring compliance with local laws and corporate governance.
Recent transactional highlights: • Representation of Emirates National Bank of Dubai, along with co-counsel Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in connection with the $500 million acquisition of 100%of the share capital of BNP Paribas Egypt.
• Representation of Integrated Diagnostic Holding, an affiliate of Abraaj IGFC Company and the owner of Al Borg Laboratories on the $434 million acquisition of 100%of AlMokhtabar Laboratories Company to create the largest private medical diagnostics business in theMiddle East and South Asia.
• Representation of Orascom Telecom on the $130 million divestment of 100%of LinkDotnet toMobinil
• Representation of the Sanmar Group on all legal and structuring aspects relating to the $275 million acquisition of Trust Chemicals Industries.
Languages: Arabic, English, French Bar admissions: Egypt
Association memberships: American Chamber of Commerce EgyptianMalaysian Business Council British Egyptian Business Association
Academic qualifications: Bachelors of Art, Public and International Law, American University Cairo, 1998 Licence en Droit, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, 1999
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