Mr. Yasser Hashem, is the Managing Partner of ZH&P. The legal skills he has extended to mega
mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions in Egypt and to the inception of the private
provisions of telecom services - and the promulgation of its laws - has placed him as a valued veteran
of the legal practice in Egypt. Combining a wide range of extensive legal knowledge with honed
networking and interpersonal skills, Mr. Hashem protects and furthers the interest of over 100 local
and international clients.
With a special focus on the practice of Corporate Law, Mr. Hashem has supported the privatization
programme of public sector entities in Egypt through hundreds of restructurings, incorporations of
foreign and domestic companies and through advising foreign and local investors on the most efficient
vehicles and structures for implementing their investments in Egypt.
He reliably represented acquirers in the most important tender offers and M&A transactions in Egypt
and led the largest four multibillion US dollars M&A transactions that took place in Egypt post
January
2011. Additionally, he oversaw the largest number of initial public offerings during the last decade for
clients such as MTI Group, Orascom Construction Limited, Juhayna, Palm Hills Development,
Maridive & Oil Services, GB Auto, Arafa Group, Talaat Mostafa Group.
In the telecommunication sector, he advised on the most significant telecommunications licenses and
M&A transactions in Egypt. The legal services he extended to this sector include supporting the
acquisition and mandatory tender offers of telecommunication companies and guiding bidding
consortia through the majority of mobile and fixed wireless license bids. His legal skills were also
extended to the drafting and negotiation of all major telecom licenses including public payphones,
mobile cellular networks, private data networks, satellite and marine fiber optic cabling, etc.
Furthermore, he led the team advising Orange in its successful ca. US$ 3 billion 100% acquisition of
Mobinil - the largest post January 2011 acquisition transactions in the telecommunication sector. Mr.
Hashem’s expertise in the sector has led to his appointment by Ministerial Decree as Member of the
New Telecommunications Act Drafting Committee.
Mr. Yasser Hashem was ranked by IFLR1000 as “Market Leader” in 2021 and as “Highly Regarded
Leading Lawyer” in the Capital Markets, Banking and M&A practices for the years 2018, 2019, and
2020 - and as “Leading Lawyer” in the Financial and Corporate Practice for the years 2016 and 2017.
In 2021, the LEGAL 500 ranked Mr. Hashem as “Leading individual” in technology, media, and
telecommunications (TMT) and his name figures in the “Hall of Fame” in the Commercial, Corporate
and M&A practice. In 2019 and 2020, the LEGAL 500 ranked him as “Leading Individual” in: 1)
Banking & Finance; 2) Commercial, Corporate and M&A; and 3) TMT. In 2018, he ranked as
“Leading Individual” in the Banking & Finance practice and the Commercial, Corporate and M&A
practice and was recommended in TMT. He had been ranked as “Leading Individual” in Banking &
Finance; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; and Telecoms in 2016 and 2017. His name figures in the
LEGAL 500’s “Hall of Fame” for the Tenth consecutive year (the most recent being in 2021). Mr.
Yasser Hashem was ranked by Chambers and Partners Global as “Eminent Practitioner” in the
practices of Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A (2021 and 2020) and in the practice Capital
Markets in 2021, in addition to ranking as “Eminent Practitioner” in Banking & Finance and “Band 1”
Lawyer in the Corporate / M&A practice (2019). He had been ranked as “Band 1” Lawyer in Corporate
/ M&A (2017 and 2018) and as “Band 1” Lawyer in Banking & Finance (2018). His initial ranking by
Chambers and Partners dates back to the year 2000.
Mr. Hashem received the LL.B. from Cairo University in 1989 and was admitted before the Egyptian
Court of Cassation in 2007. He is a member of the Egyptian Society of International Law and the
Licensing Executive Society. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and German.
