International law firm CMS bolsters its financial services offering in the UAE with the appointment of Gabriella Savastano (pictured) as legal director in its Dubai office. Savastano specialises in financial services regulation and has a wealth of experience advising on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional contentious and non-contentious matters. A senior lawyer with over nine years of […]
BMCE Capital Investment, part of the BMCE Capital Group, has launched Fonds Capital Venture, its first private equity fund to support growth in Morocco’s start-up ecosystem. The newly formed MAD 50 million (USD 4.5
Alieldean Weshahi & Partners acted as legal advisor for Contact Financial Holding, a non-bank financial service provider in Egypt, on the closing of an EGP 2 billion (approx. USD 102.5) sukuk issuance, following Financial Regulatory Authority (“FRA”)
Appointments
Banking & Finance
United Arab Emirates
Jamie Levy named senior advisor at Abu Dhabi Investment Office
General counsel at Abu Dhabi Investment Office (“ADIO”), Jamie Levy (pictured), has been named as the company’s Senior Advisor, effective September 2022. The announcement was made by Levy via a LinkedIn post that read:”
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Egypt
Dreny & Partners: Efg Hermes completes securitization transaction
Efg Hermes Corp Solutions has successful completed the second securitization transaction amounting to EGP 2 billion, from a multi-issuances program amounting to EGP 3 billion. The issuance was comprised of three tranches, where the first tranche is
Valoris Capital, a private equity management company has successfully launched its first private equity fund, Valoris Equity Fund. The Fund was launched with the support and backing of private and public institutional shareholders,
The legal team at National Bank of Egypt (“NBE”) has recently been recognised by the Central Bank of Egypt for obtaining ISO certification along with several international and regional awards. A few months back, NBE
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”) is supporting the green economy in Egypt with a USD 100 million loan to Banque Misr for on-lending to local small and medium-sized enterprises (
Banking & Finance
Transport
United Arab Emirates
Allen & Overy advises Investcorp on Trukker’s Pre-IPO round
Saudi-based Trukker Holding Limited (“Trukker”), digital freight network providers in the MENA region, has successfully raised USD 100 million in its pre-IPO financing round. The investment was led by the recently-launched Investcorp Saudi Pre-IPO Growth
Abou Ghaly Motors (“AGM”), specialists in the automotive industry in Egypt, has successfully secured a finance extension from The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”) to finance AGM’s fleet of range-extended electric vehicle
