Frédéric Soliman

Frédéric Soliman is a dual-national French and Egyptian lawyer, fluent in French, English and Arabic and a member of both the Egyptian Bar Association and Paris Bar Association.

Soliman has over 17 years of experience, including four years as Senior Attorney at Yassin Law Office, where he was focused on Arbitration and Litigation, as well as eight years at one of the largest law firms in Egypt, advising over 100 clients on various areas of practice, including Corporate, M&A, Restructuring, Labour, Tax and Dispute Resolution.

Soliman assists the World Bank and IFC on the preparation of “Doing Business” and “Agricultural Cooperation and Contracts” reports.

Corporate:

• Advised, inter alia, the following clients on several legal issues with respect to banking, corporate, commercial, conducting DDR, employment, Oil & Gas, tax and civil law, including negotiations with EGAS, the General Authority For Investment, the Industrial Development Authority, the Central Bank of Egypt, the Financial Supervisory Authority and the Stock-Exchange:
  AlexGlass (Subsidiary of an Indian company working in the glass industry), ArcelorMittal Top Egypt (Subsidiary of a French company working in the steel industry), Arcion (a Spanish company working in the construction field), Bollore Africa for Logistics Egypt, Bureau Veritas, Camusat (Subsidiary of a French company working in the telecommunication field), Citibank, Colas, Degrémont, EIPET (Subsidiary of an Indian company working in the petrochemical industry), eServ, Essilor International, Europarts, Fluidra, Géophyle, GSPC (Subsidiary of an Indian company working in the Oil & Gas industry), Lactalis, Natixis Bank, Oriflame, Pegas Egypt (Subsidiary of a Czech company working in the manufactures of nonwovens products), RKW Egypt (Subsidiary of a German company working in the manufactures of films and nonwovens), Rochas, Saint-Gobain, Sanofi Aventis, SDMO (Subsidiary of a French company working in the construction of generators), Sinai Cement Company, Vicat and YKK.

M&A and Restructuring:

• advised a major company with regards to the restructuring of its holding companies in Egypt, with a total working capital of USD 100 million.
• advised a major company with regards to the stock repurchase of a listed company at the Egyptian Stock Exchange (treasury shares).
• advised a major company in connection with the construction of a plant located in 6th October Industrial Zone with an estimated investment cost of USD 100 million.
• advised a leading French company on the negotiation and implementation of a JV with an Egyptian Partner with regards to the implementation and construction of a plant with a total investment cost of USD 90 million.
• advised an Indian company with the sale of 95% of its shares in a company located at Borg El-Arab’s Free Zone to a Saudi company.
• advised an Indian company on the negotiation and implementation of a JV with an Egyptian Authority for the construction of a petrochemical plant, with a total investment cost of USD 35 million.
• advised an Egyptian company with regards to the sale of the Assets and Business of its plant, and assisting same in connection with the settlement of its debts with local banks.
• advised a French company with regards to the merger of two of its subsidiaries in Egypt.
• advised Alstom with respect to the restructuring of its business and acquisition of the power and grid businesses thereof by General Electric.

• M&A
• Project finance
• Project development
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Industrials
• Construction and materials

• “Maîtrise” on International Business Law from Paris I University, Pantheon Sorbonne (2002)
  L.L.B., Cairo University (2002)
• Master Degree on International Business Law, Paris I University, Pantheon Sorbonne, in association with Cairo University (2007)