HASHISH & PARTNERS - Key Persons
Ahmed Khaled is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with three years of experience in Litigation, Arbitration, Employment and Contracts.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Ahmed was part of some leading law firms in Egypt where he advised various clients in his areas of practice.
At the educational level, Ahmed holds L.L.M in Public and Administrative Law from Ain Shams University. He also holds a Bachelor of Law from the Faculty of Shari'a and Law, English Section, Al-Azhar University.
Ahmed Mounib is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with five years of experience in Corporate, Banking, Finance and Employment. Ahmed is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Ahmed was a Corporate Governance Lawyer at Majid Al Futtaim Co.
At the educational level, Ahmed holds an LL.M in International Trade and Private Law from Ain Shams University and an LL.B from Cairo University. Ahmed also has a Business Law certification from The British University in Egypt.
Ammar Nassar is admitted to practice before the Courts of Quebec in Canada, the Canadian Supreme Court, and the Egyptian Courts of Appeal. Ammar's practice focuses on Maritime Law.
In addition to representing clients before the Canadian and Egyptian Courts, Ammar provides clients with legal opinions and strategic advice. He regularly handles disputes regarding applications for forced surrenders, and annulment of commercial and civil contracts due to non-performance.
Amr Ahmed is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with over three years of experience advising on matters of Employment, Commercial and Litigation.
Amr's experience extends to negotiating, drafting, executing commercial agreements. This includes franchise, commercial agency, distribution, sale, lease, and services agreements. Amr also has experience in corporate administrative work.
He provides advice to foreign companies starting their business in Egypt. This entails establishment procedures, as well as foreign labour requirements.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners in 2021, Amr worked at a top-tier law firm in Cairo.
At the educational level, Amr obtained his L.L.M. degree from Queen Mary University of London in the UK.
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Solicitor
- Member of Gateway 's Banking & Finance
Ashley Freeman is an English-qualified Solicitor with over 20 years of international banking and financial services experience, encompassing strategic, transactional and regulatory matters, particularly in an Islamic context.
Since qualifying as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1995, Ashley worked as a financial services lawyer in both London and Bahrain.
Ashley began his career in private practice, working for many large investment banks in London, and soon developed a considerable reputation within Islamic Finance, and subsequently relocated to the Arab Gulf region in 2001.
Ashley was initially Head of Legal at Gulf International Bank but quickly gained global recognition as General Counsel of the Central Bank of Bahrain, consequently having an enormous influence on the development of Bahrain as a leading Islamic Finance centre. He was responsible for drafting many of Bahrain's banking and financial services laws, including the Central Bank of Bahrain and Financial Institutions Law.
Amongst many other ground-breaking initiatives, and during his 13-year tenure as Bahrain's most senior public sector banking lawyer, Ashley personally advised the Ministry of Finance on every international sovereign sukuk issue of Bahrain, which constituted some of the first in the world.
Ashley held the position of Head of Islamic Finance at two London law firms. During his time at Clifford Chance, he established the Islamic Finance department.
Ashley also worked on numerous bank re-organisations, including some of the first Islamic bank mergers, acquisitions and conversions. Ashley is widely recognised as an expert on financial rescues in the Arab Gulf region and led the legal team for the regulator and largest creditor of the world's biggest Islamic bank restructuring and the first carried out within Chapter 11 US bankruptcy code proceedings.
At the international level, Ashley was a member of the working parties that designed and established the influential Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM), personally drafting their founding documents. He was also a member of the working party that established Bahrain's highly-acclaimed Waqf Fund.
Ashley is a member of Gateway's Banking & Finance, Business Recovery, Conversion Factory, Dispute Resolution, Executive Strategy, Turkey Desk, and Waqf & Philanthropy practices.
At the educational level, Ashley studied Law at Cambridge University where he gained his Bachelors and Masters degrees and was President of the Islamic Society.
Ehab Yehia is a bilingual Arabic and English attorney with over 12 years of experience in handling white-collar crimes, employment and compensation cases.
Ehab served in the following key positions during his practice of law in Egypt:
Chief Judge for Labor and Compensation Cases from October 2019 to September 2020;
Managing Prosecutor of the White-Collar Crimes Division for East Cairo from October 2016 to September 2019;
Public Prosecutor from March 2010 to September 2016; and
Associate at one of the largest corporate law firms in Egypt from July 2008 to February 2010.
Job Titles:
- Governmental & Administration Specialist
Essam Nady is a Governmental & Administration Specialist with over three years of experience ..
Farida Rezk is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with two years of experience in handling Corporate matters.
Farida graduated from the University of Liverpool. Her notable progress throughout her studies led to her appointment as an International Student Ambassador for the University.
Whilst in the UK, Farida sought to enhance her professional legal skills by volunteering as a student advisor at the University's legal clinic, carrying out pro bono work for family and immigration cases. Farida was awarded with a pro bono award for the most and best contributions to the law clinic cases of 2019-2020.
Throughout her four years at University, Farida undertook various work experience placements within the legal sector in Egypt.
Frédéric Soliman is a dual-national French and Egyptian national lawyer, fluent in French, Engl..
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.
According to IFLR 1000, Soliman receives very positive feedback from our law firm's clients as follows:
Laila Aziz recently graduated from the Institute of International Affairs Law (IDAI) that is an o..
Laila Aziz is a trilingual Arabic, English and French lawyer.
She recently graduated from the Institute of International Affairs Law (IDAI) that is an offshore department of law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Bachelors degree in Law from Cairo University in Egypt.
Laila also holds a master's degree of Business Law (1st year) from the University Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne in Cairo, Egypt, and Comparative law (2nd year) from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris, France.
Throughout Laila's studies, she undertook various work experience internships to enhance her professional legal skills.
Mahmoud Ghanem is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with almost five years of experience in handling various legal cases, including civil, commercial, labor, criminal, tax evasion, and execution procedures.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Mahmoud was an in-house legal advisor for FedEx in 2020. Mahmoud also served as an Associate Litigator at one of the largest law firms in Egypt for four years, and advised over 20 clients within his area of practice. Mahmoud was responsible for handling civil, commercial and labour cases for one of the biggest companies in the Middle East.
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Expert in Islamic Shari'Ah and Egyptian Civil Law at the Massachusetts Court
Marwa Emara has over 20 years of experience in handling Litigation cases before Egyptian Courts, handling and practicing many legal issues related to corporate litigation, court procedures, litigation management, contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, labor matters, corporate immigration, and trademark and patent licensing.
Emara is trilingual and handles clients' matters of compliance, corporate and regulatory in Arabic, English and French. In addition, Emara is a skilled mediator. She effectively develops creative case strategies and writes persuasive briefs.
Emara is confident in leveraging excellent argumentation techniques, and is well-versed in trial preparations, research and negotiation, whilst ensuring the provision of high-quality service to all clients. Emara also advises as an expert on new areas of law. In addition, Emara offers guidance, support and training to colleagues on legal and administrative duties.
Before founding Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Emara was a Senior Associate at one of Egypt's largest law firms for nine years. She advised over 500 clients in her practice areas including, the establishment and operation of businesses in Egypt.
Due to her reputable practice and achievements in Family Law, Emara was appointed as an expert in Islamic Shari'ah and Egyptian Civil Law at the Massachusetts Court in the USA in divorce case depositions in 2013.
Individually, Emara has assisted a plethora of NGOs, such as the World Bank and IFC. Since 2011, Emara has contributed to the annual publishing Doing & Women Business' Law Reports of the (WB).
Marwan Gamal is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with over one year of experience in handling corporate matters and is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Marwan worked as a Junior Associate at a reputable law firm.
At the educational level, Marwan holds an LL.B from the Faculty of Law (English Section) at Helwan University.
Mohamed Hashish has over 18 years of experience in handling Corporate, M&A, Restructuring, Ba..
Nadine Diaa recently graduated from the German University in Cairo with a Bachelor's degree in ..
Nadine is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer. She recently graduated from the German University in Cairo with a Bachelor's degree in Law and Legal Research.
Throughout Nadine's studies, she undertook various work experience internships to enhance her professional legal skills.
Nadine also volunteered with many organizations for different activities and events, such as the American University in Cairo, TEDX Youth ISEE and the Special Olympics.
Omar Aboul-Ella is a bilingual Arabic and English Junior Associate. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the British University in Egypt.
Throughout his studies and after graduation, Omar undertook various work experience internships to enhance his professional legal skills.
Rana Ashour has over nine years of experience in Human Resource Management and holds an MBA in Human Resources.
Rana believes that a company's greatest asset is its employees; as such, she works hard to ensure that the right people are recruited and subsequently looked after properly.
Rana originally graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Law (English Section). She later decided to follow her passion by shifting her career to HR.
Rana is consistently strives to learn different HR functions, management strategies and grow professionally through gaining experience and knowledge. She is devoted to making a difference in all her assignments.
Rana El Helbawi is a bilingual Arabic and English lawyer with over three years of experience in h..
Zeina Sherif has over three years of experience working as a Paralegal. Zeina is a bilingual English and Arabic speaker, with competence in Spanish.
Before joining Soliman, Hashish & Partners, Zeina worked as an in-house Paralegal for an upstream oil and gas company.
Zeina graduated from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland with a Masters degree in International Relations and Law.