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About
Provided by Anwar Zeidan
Practice Areas
Capital Market, M&A.
Career
Mr. Zeidan is a leading expert in matters related to the Capital Markets and advises clients on tender offers, rights issue, swaps, IPOs, structuring and restructuring, stock exchange rules and disclosure requirements. He successfully closed the first mixed tender offer by Ahli United Bank Bahrain (in consideration of either cash or a combination of shares and global Euro notes) in late 2009. He handled the first series of Employees Stock Option Plans in Egypt (ESOP) and is recognized as the leading Egyptian expert in this field setting the models for the market. Recently, he has handled the most successful and remarkable IPOs, rights issues, tender offers and ESOPs in Egypt. He also has a key role in proposing new capital markets regulations. He proposed and participated in the issuance of the new SPAC regulations in Egypt. He participated in major transactions and complicated legal issues with a significant number of clients in Egypt and abroad.Has extensive experience in conducting due diligence proceedings and legal audits involving public and private Egyptian companies and banks.
Professional Memberships
The Egyptian Bar Association.
Personal
Founding Partner & Head of Capital Markets Department. Obtained his law degree from Alexandria University, and practices law since 1997.
Chambers Review
Global
Anwar Zeidan is a leading lawyer who receives the highest praise from interviewees and maintains an impressive track record in this field. Chairing the capital markets team, he is active on numerous major transactions in both the equity and debt arenas.
Anwar Zeidan is an accomplished lawyer who acts for public and private companies on various corporate matters. These include M&A transactions, as well as company restructurings and joint ventures.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anwar Zeidan is very capable in capital markets and public M&A. He's one of the top lawyers in Cairo in those fields."
"He has a fantastic recollection of different laws and regulations."
"Anwar Zeidan is very capable in capital markets and public M&A. He's one of the top lawyers in Cairo in those fields."
"He has a fantastic recollection of different laws and regulations."
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