With the legal guidance of a cross-border team from Shearman & Sterling, Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company’s asset management subsidiary, Mubadala Capital, and Fortress Investment Group have announced their definitive agreements to acquire a 90.01% stake in Fortress from SoftBank Group Corp. The deal marks a significant transition in ownership for Fortress, which has been […]
Capital Markets
Egypt
Insurance
Zulficar & Partners assists Sika Group in strategic acquisition deal
Zulficar & Partners Law Firm has acted as legal counsel to Sika Group in its acquisition of 50% of MBS Construction Chemicals Egypt and 4% of MBS Construction Chemicals Trading from United Holding Company and Middle East
Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Z&P) has acted as the legal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Egypt on the successful offering 10% of Telecom Egypt’s share, advised by ADSERO – Ragy Soliman &
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (“MBH”) acted as the legal counsel to National Paints Holdings (“NPH”) in connection with its mandatory tender offer (“MTO”) which resulted in NPH’s acquisition of approximately 81% of the total issued
Capital Markets
Saudi Arabia
Uncategorized
Saudi Arabia: Launching of four new Dedicated Economic Zones
The Saudi Arabian government has recently announced the establishment of four new Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in various regions of the country. These zones aim to offer competitive incentives for businesses who invest in them,
Dubai-based National Paints Holding (NPH) has acquired over 80% of Pachin for around EGP 770.5 million (around USD25m) in its mandatory tender offer that was executed yesterday. Shalakany acted as legal advisors
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Egypt
ALC: Aur Leasing concludes EGP790m Securitized Bond Issuance
Private equity firm Aur Capital and Al Ahly Pharos have successfully concluded a securitized bond issuance worth EGP 790 million for Aur Leasing and Factoring. The issuance is backed by a portfolio of receivables valued at
Contact Financial, an Egyptian consumer finance company, has successfully completed an EGP 1.9 billion securitized bond issuance for its consumer finance arms Contact Creditech and Contact Credit. The issuance, which is supported by an EGP 2.9 billion
Capital Markets
Egypt
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
MNHD closes Securitization transaction amounting to EGP 805.5m
Dreny & Partners has played a key role in the successful completion of Madinet Nasr for Housing & Development’s (MNHD) second securitized transaction, which amounted to EGP 805.5 million. This is part of a larger
Capital Markets
Energy & Trading
Saudi Arabia
DLA Piper with Saudi Tabreed on major equity investment by
DLA Piper Middle East provided legal counsel to the Saudi District Cooling Company (‘Saudi Tabreed’) on its recent 30% equity investment by the Public Investment Fund (‘PIF’), a sovereign wealth fund. As a major district cooling
