M&A
Yassien and Partners has experience in the fields of Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Investments, Takeovers and takeover defence. We take on some of the largest, most complex and demanding transactions in the Egyptian Market.
We counsel both public and private acquirers and targets, handle sensitive investigation and litigation matters and corporate restructurings, and counselling the boards of directors and top management in critical situations.
Our lawyers advise on the full range of domestic and international governance issues, indemnification and insurance to conflicts of interests, internal investigations, defensive mandates and crisis management. As well as, advising and supporting the clients to follow all regulations relevant to their industry. Moreover, we also support you on corporate governance requirements and procedures to comply with regulatory procedures before GAFI and other relevant government bodies.
Business setup
We provide legal advice and guidance to new start-ups, growing companies and successful entrepreneurs that may need help to plan the next steps for their business. We assist small to medium-sized businesses with a variety of services, providing different levels of assistance and different legal solutions & methods which is suitable to your business lifecycle.
Our team advise the clients to follow all regulations relevant to their industry our primary duties involve advising clients on business transactions, analysing laws and regulations With our extensive knowledge of local regulations and our multi-jurisdictional capabilities, we are dedicated to help clients deal effectively with regulatory and compliance issues.
We commit our resources to help our clients to meet the regulatory requirements and keep their businesses running smoothly.
Compliance & Corporate Governance.
Compliance is the process of practical application of law to the business and it is very regulatory in nature, it means to follow the rules, policies, and procedures of various legal and administrative authorities. Risk management is a regimen that cuts across all activities, from strategic to operational. The core of risk management is the assessment of significant risks and the execution of suitable risk solutions and treatment. The aim is to achieve maximum sustainable value, increase the probability of success and reduce both the probability of failure and the level of ambiguity associated with achieving your organizations objectives.
Our lawyers advise on the full range of domestic and international governance issues, indemnification and insurance to conflicts of interests, internal investigations, defensive mandates and crisis management. Our experience includes advising on board and committee formation including board diversity, leadership structures and overview of risk management, as well as board roles and duties including reviewing bylaws and guidelines, codes of ethics and other governance-related matters issued to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and best practices. We also have an extensive experience to represent board committees on precise transactional and litigation-related matters ranges from related party transactions, going private and other related transactions to matters involving potential conflicts of interest to avoid Corporate Crime Cases.
Anti-Fraud
Our outstanding experience in pursuing fraud related claims means that we understand the need to act swiftly to provide strategic advice enabling you to trace and freeze stolen assets.
We know which of the many tools and methods available in the civil courts will be best suited to enable you to recover your losses & debts effectively and efficiently. We have a wide experience in conducting internal fraud investigations, to monitor and determine the way the fraud has been carried out, identify all those involved, and specify where the assets have gone.
Our lawyers have experience in a wide range of criminal and regulatory areas, including the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, corporate fraud and other financial offenses, antitrust, securities, health care, government contracts, etc.
Business Crimes - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Our lawyers are able to support a variety of sectors. We can provide comprehensive advice at an early stage to help you minimize the risk of committing regulatory offences. We may assist you in providing complete support from start to end.
We have an extensive experience in advising and representing companies and individuals involved in corporate crime cases.This includes corporate crime cases. We are highly confident and capable of offering practical advice that suits your business and your circumstance.
We ensure you to be aware of your legal rights and work hard to protect your business interests.We have extensive experience in defending companies and individuals against allegations related to all significant areas of white-collar crimes.
We conduct internal investigations in allegations of misconduct matters. We also advise and guide through the entire investigation.
Capital markets
With our extensive knowledge of local regulations and our multijurisdictional capabilities, we are dedicated to help clients’ deals thru advising on large and complex transactions and our ability to deliver results within challenging timelines. Clients seek us out for our legal and technical expertise as well as our understanding of their commercial needs. Yassien & Partners advises on different matters of Capital markets (. e.g., Equity Capital Markets- Alternative Capital – Debt Capital Markets, etc.)
Where capital market and securities laws in Egypt continues to develop and change, the legal and regulatory environment governing the listing, delisting and the introduction of local and foreign securities into the market continues to evolve and become more sophisticated and stricter. Yassien & Partners offers comprehensive guidance interrelated to complying with the current and evolving regulatory requirements.
Our practice includes:
Advising and assisting parties such as local and regional financial institutions, investment companies, placement agents, portfolio or fund managers, local agents and subscribers.
Advising on a range of matters including the issuance of bonds and sukuk, securities regulation, initial public offers and the prospectus marketing, offer and/or sale of local and foreign issued securities.
Restructuring & Reorganization
We advise on 360o broad-range structure and reorganization for our clients' businesses including advising on and producing all releated documents and action plan as well as the restructuring strategy-writing outlining future scenarios for the alternative ways of restructuring.
Reorganization being a proceeding conducted via or outside courts our restructuring team are experienced to contentiously and/or incontentiously provide adequate solutions for overcoming the period of economic difficulties caused by the impact of the insolvency, restoring liquidity and granting that the company can be sustainably managed.
Reorganization practice include reperforming monetary obligations, reducing the company’s debt as well as running a full functional allignment and integration plans and stategies.
We assist in providing a suitable legal solution for reorganizing the company by helping you draw up relevant transaction documents and supporting you in negotiating the deal.
Corporate Secretary
General corporate practice involves a wide scope of legal and business issues.
Our Corporate team consists of many corporate lawyers work precisely with highest speed and ability achievements of best results, particularly for large or mid-size companies, in which we counsel our clients and handle transactions including negotiation, drafting, ratification, minutes of General Assemblies and Board of directors, regulatory works at many authorities among them General Authority for Investment "GAFI" in Egypt.
SPAC - Special Purpose Acquisition Company.
A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is considered a company with no commercial business or transactions and is incorporated for a unique purpose which is to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the purpose of acquiring or merging with an existing company.
We have a wide experience in conducting and executing SPAC transactions by our team which includes expert corporate lawyers in capital markets, mergers & acquisitions.
We help our clients understand the SPAC process at all stages.