Vodafone has announced that it has agreed to transfer its 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt to its sub-Saharan African subsidiary, Vodacom Group Limited, for cash and new ordinary shares in Vodacom. The transaction is valued at €2.72bn on a debt-free, cash-free basis, with 80% of the purchase consideration being settled by the issue of 242 […]
Global law firm, White & Case has provided legal counsel to A.P. Moller Capital on its joint venture with Hassam Allam Utilities to establish an integrated logistics platform. The new platform will provide a
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Libya’s Zliten power plant to be built by Qatari-Egyptian consortium
General Electricity Company of Libya (‘GECOL’) has entered into a Euro1.19bn (USD1.3bn) contract with an Egyptian-Qatari consortium for the construction of the Zliten power station. The power station will be supplied
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Clifford Chance advises on Red Sea wind energy project in Egypt
Clifford ChanceClifford Chance has advised the sponsors Engie, Toyota Tsusho & Eurus and Orascom Construction in relation to the 500mw Red Sea wind energy project in Egypt. has advised the sponsors Engie, Toyota Tsusho &
Shalakany advised Liquid Intelligent Technologies on the 100% acquisition of Cysiv MEA, specialists in the cyber security services sector, advised by Baker Mckenzie Egypt. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is a technology group that operates in the areas
Nour El-Hajjaji, a well-known lawyer in the Egyptian legal community, passed away a week ago, leaving a great void in the hearts of all who knew him. Nour’s contributions to the Egyptian legal community
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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
It is with great sadness that the Egyptian legal community mourns the loss of Ehab Taha, a legal mentor and tycoon, who passed away on Friday during the holy month of Ramadan. Ehab was a
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Shalakany advises lenders in the ras ghareb wind farm project
Shalakany has acted as local counsel to several foreign and local financial institutions (including Japan Bank for International Cooperation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the Norinchukin Bank, Socié
