Commercial International Bank (“CIB”), a private sector bank in Egypt, has acquired a minority stake of 15% of El Sewedy for Engineering Industries (“SEI”). The acquisition will see SEI expanding in the local and regional markets. Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (“MBH”) acted as the legal counsel to CIB. The MBH team was led by partner Amr […]
Capital Markets
Energy & Trading
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Dentons advises Tabreed on the sale of its 44% stake
National Central Cooling Company (“Tabreed”) has disposed of a 44% stake, valued at AED417 million (USD113.5 million), in Qatar District Cooling Company (“Qatar Cool”) to United Development Company. The proceeds of the transaction will be used
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Egypt
MBH: Chimpe 1 Investment acquires stake in Beltone Financial
Chimpe 1 Investment, an entity affiliated with Chimera Investment, has acquired a majority stake (56%) in Beltone Financial Holding at EGP 384.8 million (approx. $20.11 million). The acquisition came as part of Chimera Investment’s plans to
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Egypt
MBH advises Tasaheel in its EGP 2.66 Billion Securitization Transaction
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (“MBH”) acted as the legal counsel to Tasaheel Microfinance Company (“Tasaheel”) in connection with an EGP 2.66 billion securitization transaction. The transaction is considered the first issuance of Tasaheeel and Mashroey’s
Capital Markets
Oil & Gas
Saudi Arabia
Petro Rabigh completes capital increase of SAR 7.95B by rights offering
Saudi-Listed Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company’s (“Petro Rabigh”) has completed a capital increase of SAR 7,950,000,000 by way of a rights issue (“Rights Issue”), offering 795,000,000 new shares at an offer price of SAR 10 per share
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
United Arab Emirates
Mashreq Bank prices its Inaugural USD300m Additional Tier 1 Offering
Mashreq Bank (“Mashreq”) has announced the pricing of an aggregate principal amount of USD300 million of its 8.500% Perpetual Non-callable 5-year Additional Tier 1 Notes. The offering closed on 7 July 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. The issuance
PKO Bank Hipoteczny launched a subscription for institutional investors for another issue of mortgage covered bonds with a value of EUR 500 million and maturity on June 25, 2025. This issue was the first issue of the
Capital Markets
Egypt
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
At Lease closes EGP 1.6 bn in securitized bond issuance.
Shari’ah-compliant leasing company AT Lease has closed its third securitized bond issuance worth EGP 1.6 bn The proceeds from the securitization process will be used to enhance the company’s financial position as well as
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Egypt
EBRD, Amethis and SPE Capital acquire GlobalCorp. The advisors
A consortium of investors made up of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), French financial fund manager Amethis and private equity firm SPE Capital has acquired a majority stake in GlobalCorp for
Capital Markets
Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences
United Arab Emirates
Baker McKenzie advises on the sale of New You Medical
New You Medical Center, a day surgery medical and beauty center in Saudi Arabia focused on bariatric procedures, has completed the sale of a majority equity stake of 51% to Nomu-listed Arabian International Healthcare Holding Co. (“
