Hossam Hafez

Career

Hossam Hafez, Partner, joined ZH in 2016 after having practiced for more than seven years as Senior Associate at the Cairo office of a leading international law firm where he participated and led cross border transactions and represented many clients in negotiating major corporate transactions and settlement arrangements. He had also worked as Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant at NYU School of Law.

Hossam achieved the LL.B. from Ain-Shams University in 2006 (in collaboration with Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, France), the LL.M. in Business Law (M2) also from Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 in 2007 as a MIRA Scholar (scholarship offered by Région Rhône-Alpes, France), as well as the LL.M. in Corporation Law from NYU Law in 2016 as a Fulbright Scholar and L.L.M Dean’s Scholar. He also received an Advanced Professional Certificate in Law & Business (APCLB) from NYU Stern in September 2016 as a John L Vogelstein Scholar.

The Legal 500 ranked Hossam as a “Next Generation Partner” in the Commercial, Corporate, and M&A practice in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 – and as “Rising Star” in 2020. Chambers and Partners ranked him as “Up and Coming” lawyer in Corporate/M&A in 2025.

Professional Memberships

He is member of the Egyptian Bar Association since 2008 and has passed the New York Bar Examination in 2017. He is proficient in Arabic, English and French.

Work Highlights

With 18 years of experience, his professional track record includes the following examples of transactions he has contributed to:

- Advising the shareholders of Logistica SAE on the ca. EGP 1 billion sale of 100% of their shares. (May 2024)

- Advising BEEAH Group (the award-winning UAE-based sustainability and environmental services pioneer) in structuring, drafting and executing the EGP 1.5 billion 30-year waste collection and Recycling contract for the New Administration Capital with Administrative Capital for Urban Development SAE (ACUD) & Advising BEEAH Group in entering into a joint venture with ACUD to execute the Project. (2023/2024)

- Advising Patentes Talgo S.L.U. in its joint venture with M.O.T. to build and operate a factory to manufacture and supply of trains to the Egyptian National Railways. (In progress)

- Advising Antipollution Egypt SAE on the entry into a waste management & services agreement with the Red Sea Port Authority. (2024)

- Advising Antipollution Egypt SAE on port reception facilities & waste management contract with Suez Canal Authority – with an investment value of ca. USD 150 million. (2023)

- Advising Bavarian Auto Manufacturing Company SAE in entering into a Euro 12 M/year assembly agreement of BMW X models with Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW). (2023)

- Advising Auto Mobility LLC in entering into USD 100 million assembly and distribution agreements with Geely Automobile International Corporation and the appointment of Auto Mobility as a manufacturer and distributor of Geely vehicles in the Egyptian Market. (2023)

- Advising German Auto in the EGP 446.8 million acquisition of 49% of Auto Mobility LLC. (2023)

- Advising Ali Alghanim International in the USD 50 million and EGP 1.48 billion (USD 48 m) acquisition of Auto Mobility. (2023)

- Advising Global Auto SAE in acquiring a land and building in Alexandria Free Zone Area. (2023)

- Advising Auto Mobility LLC on the process of conducting a USD 30 million capital increase of the Company’s issued capital. (2023)

- Advising Global Auto in entering into a joint venture with Contact Finance to provide financial services to end client. (2023)

- Advising RATP Development Mobility Cairo SAE, a subsidiary of the RATP Group (the French state-owned public transport operator and maintainer) in amending the payment method for operating and maintaining Cairo Metro Line 3. (2023)

- Advising Arabian World Events In drafting and executing the event management contract with the ministry of defense in relation to the Egyptian Defense Expo 2023. (2023)

- Advising BEEAH Group in structuring, drafting and executing a 10-year waste collection contract for the city of Sharm ElSheikh with South of Sinai Governorate & advising BEEAH Group in entering into a joint venture with an Egyptian partner to execute the Project. (2022)

- Advising German Automotive in the USD 40 million capital increase of Global Auto SAE. (2022)

- Advising the consortium of buyers in the acquisition of BMW’s business and the local importer’s assets in Egypt. (2021 / 2022)

- Advising Raya Holding to acquire its shares in Haier Raya Electric SAE through a Russian roulette mechanism (Egypt). (2022)

- Advising German Auto in its joint venture and shareholders agreement with AlSafy Automotive for the acquisition of MEAC (Bermuda) and BATC. (2022)

- Advising Patentes Talgo (Spain) in drafting and executing a supply of seven sleeping train sets and related spare parts and special tools contract and its 15 years maintenance contract. (2022)

- Advising NClude Fintech Innovation Fund LP in the USD 12,375,000 acquisition of Mozare3. (2022)

- Advising All for One Group SE in the acquisition of a majority stake in Poet Egypt LLC. (2022)

- Advising Egypt Ventures in the acquisition of a minority stake in Penta-B for GIS. (2022)

- Advising Egypt Venture (an investment firm focused on empowering the entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in startups, accelerators and high growth enterprises) to subscribe and inject funds in Egyptian startups after restructuring them to be compliant with the Egyptian law requirements. (2021 / 2022)

- Representing and supporting Raya Holding and other sellers in the sale of 100% of the total share capital of its subsidiary BariQ to Intro Waste Management for a total consideration of EGP 571 million. (2021)

- Advising Securitas Middle East and Africa Holding AB and other sellers/nominees in the sale of the entire shares of AMEA Misr, an Egyptian limited liability company. (2020 / 2021)

- Advising and representing France’s RATP Group to provide operation and maintenance services for Line 3 of Cairo Metro to the Ministry of Transport and National Authority for Tunnels through a wholly owned Egyptian subsidiary. (2019 / 2020)

- Supporting and advising Raya Holding in structuring and entering into a joint venture arrangement with Haeir Electric Egypt Limited for the production of home appliances. (2020)

- Advising and assisting BPE Partners Ltd in drafting a discretionary investment agreement to be entered with high-net-worth individuals and Egyptian companies. (2020)

- Supporting and advising El Sewedy Capital Holding, a portfolio management services in acquiring greenfield and brownfield projects in the education, healthcare and financial sectors and globally, either directly or through the investment in funds established by renowned private equity firms, in a series of different transactions. (2019 / 2020)

- Advising Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company SAE in the anticipated follow-on offering on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. (2019)

- Representing Goodix Technology in the partial acquisition of Si-Ware’s Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business such as the intellectual property and patents and establishing “Goodix Technology” Center of Excellence (CoE) in Cairo. (2019)

- Advising Raya Holding on the offshore Acquisition of a Minority Stake in Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited. (2018)

- Supporting the Commercial International Bank (CIB) in different acquisitions and assisted the Bank in developing and implementing exit strategies from existing investments. (2017 / 2020)