12. Walied Soliman - Where There is Life There is Faith

Walied Soliman is the Canadian chair of Norton Rose Fulbright. He is widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in his field of practice, having been involved in some of the most significant and complex M&A transactions and proxy battles in the country. As co-chair of the firm’s Special Situations team, he advises buyers and sellers, boards of directors, hostile bidders as well as shareholder activists. In addition, his practice focuses on restructurings, corporate finance, corporate governance and structured products.

Sought after for his depth of knowledge and experience, Mr. Soliman was mandated in 2020 by the government of Ontario to chair the landmark Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce, which conducted a full review of the capital markets regulatory regime. In 2019, Mr. Soliman was chosen by the United Nations Association in Canada to be its Global Citizen Laureate, an honour bestowed upon him for his professional merit and service to the community. He was the only lawyer recognized in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine Power 50 list for 2017; was designated as a "Star Lawyer" by Acritas that same year for ranking in the top 28 lawyers globally among more than 5,000 practitioners, as selected by a panel of over 3,000 senior in-house counsel; has been ranked as a leading Canadian corporate lawyer by both Chambers Canada and Lexpert Canada since 2016; was named one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine in 2014; has been ranked by Best Lawyers in Canada since 2013; and was named one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 in Canada by Lexpert magazine in 2009. Mr. Soliman sits on the boards of the BlackNorth Initiative against anti-Black racism, Ryerson University, and the Toronto SickKids Hospital Foundation, among other philanthropic endeavours.

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