White & Case has advised African mobile services provider Africell Global Holdings Ltd (Africell) on the refinancing of its existing capital structure with a US$300 million bond issuance and the introduction of a US$30 million revolving credit facility. Africell is a regional African mobile network operator with operations in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Angola and […]
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law represented both Algebra Ventures and Banque Misr in their successful investments in the USD 8 million Series A Funding round of Connect Money which took place last month. Separately, Algebra Ventures’
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (“MBH”) advises Commercial International Bank (CIB), National Bank ofEgypt (NBE) and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (“ADCB “) and Al Baraka Bank in connection with asyndicated financing granted to Ora Developers Egypt for
Dentons has advised on the project financing and development of the Hafeet Rail project. This initiative marks the GCC’s first cross-border rail project, including the future connection between Abu Dhabi and Sohar Port in
ASAR Bahrain acted as sole lead counsel for Eskan Bank in their landmark syndicated finance transaction which was comprised of two Sharia-compliant Murabaha facilities, a USD 266 million term facility and a BHD 150 million term and
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Helmy, Hamza & Partners Baker McKenzie with Banque Misr on
Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo office, has advised Banque Misr and a consortium of seven participating banks as lenders in connection with a real estate financing to Palm Hills Developments, one of Cairo-based
AFG Holding, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher (France), has acquired a controlling stake in Access Microfinance Holding (AccessHolding) and indirectly its African subsidiaries, advised by Dentons (Germany). The former investor group behind AccessHolding included
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium of six banks on the cross-border project financing of the UAE’s new 1,500-megawatt-ac Al Ajban Solar Photovoltaic IPP plant in Abu Dhabi. The project was awarded to
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law advised Aman Holding on a securitization issuance with a remarkable amount of EGP 1,297,200,000. CI Capital Holding acted as the sole lead-arranger and underwriter of the issuance, while Banque Misr acted
Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo office, acted as legal counsel to Banque Misr and Commercial International Bank Egypt (“CIB”) as lenders in connection with a real estate financing to Sixth of October Development
