Spotlight On: Youssef Kassem

Tell us about your career highlights to date?

There have been a number of highlights in my career so far. One that stands out is my early experience working at HSF Kramer on advising Lufthansa Group on the sale of their global catering business to a private equity investor. As a trainee lawyer fresh from law school at the time, this was one of my first major transactions. What struck me most was the international dynamic and sheer global scale of the deal. Beyond the legal work, it involved significant project management and close cooperation with local counsels and law firms across multiple jurisdictions. It gave me invaluable insight into how complex cross-border transactions are run, and how lawyers play a central role in coordinating different cultures, legal systems, and commercial interests.