Mahmoud Hosny Ibrahim

Mahmoud Hosny Ibrahim is one of the specialists in capital market and non-banking financial activities law in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with professional experience exceeding seventeen years in areas related to the capital market, governance, compliance, supervision, investigations, economic litigation and non-banking financial activities.

Mahmoud Hosny combines the regulatory expertise gained from working for many years within the Financial Regulatory Authority with practical experience in advising companies and investment and financial institutions, providing an integrated understanding of the legislative and regulatory framework governing the financial and investment sectors and of how supervisory and executive authorities operate.

He began his career in 2008 at the Capital Market Authority and continued to work within the regulatory system until July 2024, during which he took part in establishing and developing many of the regulatory and supervisory frameworks governing the capital market and non-banking financial activities, and rose through several leadership positions at the Financial Regulatory Authority until he became General Manager of Initiating and Following Up Criminal Proceedings.

During that period he took part in the incorporation and licensing of a large number of securities companies, investment funds and entities operating in non-banking financial activities, and contributed to preparing and drafting several regulatory rules governing the market, including the rules regulating market-making activity and the same-session trading mechanism (Intra-Day Trading), in addition to contributing to the preparation and review of the contracts and legal templates governing a number of regulated financial activities.

He was also among those who took part in establishing the Central Department of Enforcement at the Financial Regulatory Authority, and contributed to preparing the frameworks, policies and procedures governing legal and regulatory investigations and reviews, supporting the enforcement and compliance system within the Authority.

While working at the Central Department of Enforcement, he reviewed and followed up on a number of the most important regulatory files relating to the Egyptian capital market, overseeing the review of more than 800 periodic and surprise inspection reports on companies operating in the securities field, more than 300 complaints from investors and market participants, and over 400 files of violations and market manipulation, and he took part in preparing and drafting many of the decisions, supervisory measures and legal and regulatory procedures issued by the Authority.

Among the most notable milestones of his career was his participation in the working team tasked with representing the Financial Regulatory Authority before the committee responsible for drafting the Egyptian Constitution, where he contributed to preparing the legal studies and memoranda highlighting the Authority’s supervisory role, which helped include the Financial Regulatory Authority among the independent regulatory bodies of the State.

In 2021 he assumed the position of General Manager of Initiating and Following Up Criminal Proceedings at the Financial Regulatory Authority, where he led the team responsible for preparing more than 350 memoranda initiating criminal proceedings across the various non-banking financial activities, overseeing the follow-up of more than 700 criminal and economic cases, taking part in initiating over 500 criminal actions, and overseeing the conclusion of settlements in more than 150 cases, as well as developing the legal and regulatory working mechanisms for initiating and following up criminal proceedings at the Authority.

In addition to his regulatory experience, he was selected as an expert in capital market disputes before the Economic Courts of the Arab Republic of Egypt, where he was entrusted with preparing specialized technical and legal reports in a number of cases relating to financial markets and securities.

Following the conclusion of his career at the Financial Regulatory Authority in July 2024, he joined Gomaa, Moharram, Sallam & Partners Law Firm as a legal counsel, where he led and developed the corporate, capital market and non-banking financial activities practices, and oversaw a number of complex legal, regulatory and investment projects.

During this period he advised a number of companies and institutions operating in the investment, financial services, fintech, healthcare, real estate and industrial sectors, took part in the incorporation and restructuring of many companies, oversaw due diligence and acquisition processes, drafted and reviewed commercial, investment and financing contracts, and represented clients before various regulatory and supervisory authorities.

He has also contributed to specialized legal and regulatory studies and research on non-banking financial activities, financial technology, investment funds and mergers and acquisitions, and has taken part in regulatory and legislative matters before the Financial Regulatory Authority, the Central Bank of Egypt, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, the Egyptian Competition Authority and many other regulatory bodies.

He currently serves as Founder and Managing Director of Hosny & Partners Legal Consultancy, where he leads a team specialized in providing legal and regulatory advice to companies, institutions and investors, with a focus on the capital market, non-banking financial activities, governance and compliance, investigations and economic disputes.