Rehan is a Partner at ADSERO and the Head of the Venture Capital & Startups practice group.
She is a transactional lawyer with 16 years of experience advising founders, investors, family offices, and multinational companies on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, equity and convertible debt funding rounds, divestitures, corporate structuring, and complex restructurings.
Rehan also brings in-house experience from her role as Legal Affairs Manager at Gemini Egypt Holding for Financial Investments (Sawiris family office) where she managed high-profile transactions across the financial services, real estate development, and tourism sectors.
Prior to joining ADSERO, Rehan served as a Partner and Head of the Venture Capital and Startup practice group at a renowned law firm, where she led equity rounds across all stages and advised high-growth technology, fintech, e-commerce, and digital businesses throughout their lifecycle. Her recent work includes advising on equity funding rounds for leading digital payment and B2B e-commerce platforms, as well as transactions involving regional and international investors in Egyptian and regional technology-driven businesses.
Assisted a leading real estate development group in the acquisition of a significant stake in a portfolio of seven historic hotels, in a landmark transaction valued at more than USD 800 million.
Acted as lead counsel for a state-affiliated digital and financial services group in its acquisition of minority stakes in a digital payments company and a financial technology platform.
Acted as lead counsel for a state-affiliated digital and financial services group in an equity funding round for a digital payments company.
Assisted a UK-based advanced data and analytics company in its acquisition by a global sports technology company.
Assisted a female-led special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in its USD 1.5 billion business combination with a regional technology-driven mobility platform.
Acted as lead counsel for a B2B e-commerce platform in a USD 4.5 million pre-Series A equity funding round.
Acted as lead counsel for a regional venture capital firm in a USD 2.5 million Series A equity funding round.
“Rehan is a top-notch lawyer who is dedicated to helping us” – Chambers and Partners | Venture Capital.
“Rehan Elbashary was ours during the entire process. She possesses very strong communication and collaboration skills with international counterparts and clients as well as with local ones. She always advised us on the right course of action and spent a lot of time to educate us on the legal process” – the Legal 500 | Corporate and M&A.
Member of Businesswomen of Egypt (BWE 21)
Board member of Banati Foundation
Member of the Egyptian Bar Association
