Walied Soliman
Global Chair & Canadian Chair
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Walied Soliman is global chair and Canadian chair of Norton Rose Fulbright. He is also co-chair of our 
Canadian special situations team, which encompasses Canada’s leading hostile M&A, shareholder 
activism and complex reorganization transactions. Over the past several years, Walied has been 
involved in almost every major proxy battle in Canada, acting for both issuers and activists. He is 
widely regarded as one of the leading special situations practitioners in Canada. In addition, his practice 
focuses on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, financings, corporate governance and
structured products.

Walied was the only lawyer recognized in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine Power 50
list for 2017; designated as a "Star Lawyer" by Acritas in 2017 for ranking in the top 28 lawyers globally
(over 5,000 lawyers) as selected by a panel of over 3,000 senior in-house counsel; was 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; ranked by Best Lawyers
in Canada since 2013; and was ranked as one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 in Canada by Lexpert
magazine in 2009. Among other philanthropic endeavours, he is a board member of the
Toronto SickKids Hospital Foundation.

See Walied speak on M&A Activity & Trends on Monday, June 10.