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 portfolio and has tenors ranging from 13 to 60 months, was advised by Alieldean Weshahi & Partners (‘ALC’) […]
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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
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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
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Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences
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Asafo & Co.: MCP in strategic investment agreement with Laprophan
Asafo & Co. provided advisory services to Mediterrania Capital Partners (‘MCP’) as it spearheaded a consortium to execute a strategic investment agreement with Laprophan, a prominent pharmaceuticals entity in Morocco. MCP, a private equity firm
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Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Norton Rose advises Dar Global on London Stock Exchange listing
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has successfully advised Dar Global, a Dubai-based real estate development company, on its direct listing on the London Stock Exchange. The listing was achieved through a complex corporate reorganisation
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Deal & transactions
Egypt
TMT
Sharkawy & Sarhan with Vodafone on the acquisition by Vodacom
Sharkawy & Sarhan acted as Egyptian counsel to the Vodafone Group (“Vodafone”) in relation to the transfer of its 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt to Vodacom. The spam of the transaction took more than a year.
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IPOs
Saudi Arabia
TMT
Saudi-based 2P Initial Public Offering on Tadawul. The advisors
Global law firm White & Case and The Law Office of Megren M. Al-Shaalan have advised Perfect Presentation for Commercial Services Company (“2P”), provider of artificial intelligence and technology solutions, on its initial public offering (“
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Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Dentons with Arada Developments on its USD100 million sukuk tap issuance
Arada Developments (“Arada”), the property developer in the Northern Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, has successfully closed a $100 million tap of its existing $350 million Sukuk, which was issued in June and listed on
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Real Estate Refinance Co. issues SAR3 B guaranteed sukuk
Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (“SRC”), the wholly-owned Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has increased its programme limit from SAR 10 billion to SAR 20 billion and issuance of SAR 3 billion (USD798 million)
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
