Omneya Anas

Experience

Omneya Anas is a Senior Associate at Shalakany Law Office in Cairo, Egypt. Her practice centers on formation, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, complex commercial and corporate transactions, and general advisory regarding corporate financing strategy. Based in a leading Egyptian corporate law firm, Omneya contributes to sophisticated deal work that spans cross-border and local matters, with a focus on structuring and executing transactional strategies for clients across sectors.

Professional background and career history at Shalakany places Omneya within the firm’s capital markets and corporate practice. She is regularly involved in high-profile transactions and advisory work as part of the firm’s deal teams. Notably, Omneya has contributed to teams handling sizable public offerings, share restructurings, and strategic investments under the firm’s capital markets umbrella. Her work reflects the firm’s emphasis on delivering end-to-end transactional support for issuers, underwriters, and strategic investors in Egypt’s evolving financial markets.

Notable roles and contributions include her participation in major deals where Shalakany acted as lead or key advisor. For example, Omneya was part of the team in the multi-party sale of shares by selling shareholders of Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Company, a government-involved transaction described as a multi-million-dollar sale, where the transaction team was led by Partner Omar Sherif and included Omneya as lead associate. This engagement exemplifies her involvement in large-scale, cross-government, and cross-border capital markets activity.

Early on in her career, Omneya also assisted, under Partner Omar Sherif’s lead, Veon on its very successful submission of a mandatory tender offer which resulted in Veon holding approximately 99% of Global Telecom Holding total outstanding equity with a value of EGP 9.7 billion (equivalent to approximately USD 600 million). 

In another landmark engagement, Omneya was listed as a member of the Shalakany team advising AngloGold Ashanti plc in its recommended acquisition of Centamin plc, with Slaughter and May acting as international lead counsel for AngloGold Ashanti. The deal team, led by Omar Sherif, included Omneya as lead associate highlighting her role in one of the period’s significant mining industry transactions in Egypt. These references illustrate Omneya’s participation in complex, cross-border M&A within sectors such as mining and natural resources, underlining her hands-on experience with major strategic transactions in the region.

Further demonstrating the breadth of her practice, Omneya was part of the M&A team advising Liquid Intelligent Technologies in its 100% acquisition of Cysiv MEA, a notable cross-border cybersecurity transaction. This engagement illustrates her exposure to technology-focused and cross-border deals, reinforcing her profile as a practitioner comfortable handling multi-jurisdictional corporate matters and integration considerations for acquiring entities.

Across these engagements, Omneya’s contributions align with Shalakany’s deep-capital markets and corporate practice, reinforcing her role as a practitioner who supports large-scale capital markets deals, company formations, restructurings, and strategic corporate financing matters within Egypt’s dynamic legal environment. Her work reflects a blend of transactional rigor, deal execution discipline, and strategic advisory across corporate and financial law spheres.

Specialty

Omneya Anas focuses on formation, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, and complex commercial and corporate transactions, with a broad advisory scope on corporate financing strategy. Her practice aligns with Shalakany’s Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A offerings, where the firm handles equity and debt capital market work, structured finance, and cross-border transactions. This combination positions Omneya as a specialist capable of shaping deal structures, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and ensuring regulatory compliance across Egypt’s evolving financial regulatory landscape.

Practice areas attributed to Omneya include formation and corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate advisory related to financing strategy. Her work also intersects with sectors where cross-border investments and strategic partnerships are common, emphasizing her role in high-stakes deal-making within the Egyptian market. Her exposure to oil and gas transactions, combined with complex commercial arrangements, suggests a breadth of experience across energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors commonly engaged in capital markets activity in Egypt.

In terms of focus industries, Omneya has contributed to deal teams handling mining-related transactions (as part of Centamin plc advisory), fertilizers and chemical industries (Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries share sale), and technology/cybersecurity (Liquid Intelligent Technologies’ acquisition of Cysiv MEA). These engagements indicate a versatile practice capable of spanning natural resources, manufacturing, and technology sectors, within the broader capital markets and M&A landscape of Egypt. Her experience with cross-border transactions further underscores her capacity to navigate multi-jurisdictional deals and regulatory requirements in the region.

Education

Omneya is a dual-qualified law graduate with a strong academic foundation in both the Egyptian and French legal systems. In 2017, she obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Cairo University, Egypt, and in the same year earned an LL.B. from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France. She further advanced her legal expertise by completing a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and European Business Law in 2018 from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France.

She has been admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association since 2017 and has been a registered member in good standing since that time.