Dubai’s International Financial Centre (DIFC) has emerged as a magnet for globally renowned hedge funds, marking a significant surge in the migration of top-tier financial entities to the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region. Over the last three months, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) authorized a wave of prestigious hedge funds to […]
Global law firm Clifford Chance has successfully guided a syndicate of international banks, led by Bank of China and ING, in securing an unprecedented US$3.9 billion financing deal for the development of a nationwide 4G
Investcorp Capital (Investcorp) has successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), with Latham & Watkins serving as legal advisors to the underwriters and Clifford Chance as international issuer’
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
Saudi Arabia
GLA & Co secures Dual Clearance for Apollo’s Global Transaction
Regional law firm GLA & Company (“GLA & Co“)has achieved a exceptional milestone by obtaining merger control clearance from both the Kuwait Competition Protection Agency (CPA) and the KSA General Authority for Competition (GAC)
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (“MBH”) served as legal counsel for Mashroey Trading Company (“Mashroey”) in a significant EGP 407 million securitization transaction. This marks the fourth issuance under the second securitization program of Capital Securitization Company,
Banking & Finance
IPOs
United Arab Emirates
Clifford Chance: Investcorp’s Record-breaking IPO and ADX listing
International law firm Clifford Chance acted as international issuer’s counsel for Investcorp Capital (Investcorp), a prominent Middle East alternative asset manager, in its historic initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent listing on the Abu
Banking & Finance
Egypt
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
MBH: Hassan Allam secures USD 200M Afreximbank Facility
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (‘MBH’) has provided legal counsel to Hassan Allam Construction and its affiliated entities within the Hassan Allam Group on a USD 200 million facility extended by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). This
The London and Dubai teams at Latham & Watkins have played a pivotal role in advising Tamara, a leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East, on securing an additional
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) acted as legal counsel to the Arab African International Bank (AAIB) for a medium-term facility contract worth EGP 3.5 billion with Tatweer Misr. The financing, split into EGP 1.7 billion and EGP 1.8
ADSERO – Ragy Soliman & Partners served as the Egyptian Local Counsel to the Egyptian Ministry of Finance (MOF) in the issuance of RMB-denominated bonds, commonly known as “Panda Bonds,” in the Chinese market. The issuance,
