Benya Group, the digital solutions and ICT infrastructure provider in Egypt and MEA region signed a cooperation agreement with alfanar company, specialists in the electrical and construction industries in the Middle East and Asia, to establish a USD 200 million tech-focused joint venture in Saudi Arabia that will focus on data centers, smart cities, and cybersecurity. […]
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Baker McKenzie: EFG Hermes and valU in two transactions in
Baker McKenzie has advised EFG Hermes and its buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech platform, valU for consumer finance (valU), on two planned strategic ttransactions. The first of which is the acquisition by valU of a stake
Egypt
News
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
Shalakany secures a favourable USD 40 million settlement for their
Shalakany has successfully represented their client, a major international hotel management company, in settling a claim worth more than USD 40 Million arising out of the hotel management agreement of one of the hotels in Egypt.
Riad & Riad partner Fatma Salah (pictured) has been selected as the vice chairman of the Economic Legislation Committee at the Egyptian Business Association (EBA), a reputable and trusted pressure group aiming at discussing
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
Egyptian Belgian Co. for Industrial Investments (“Egybelg”) has sold some of its assets to Savola Foods Limited, a subsidiary of the Saudi-listed Savola Group, a strategic investment holding company with focus on the food and
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
FAB Egypt and Bank Audi Egypt finalize merger creating FABMISR
First Abu Dhabi Bank – FAB Egypt has completed the legal merger of Bank Audi Egypt, where all the bank’s assets in Egypt will accordingly operate under FAB’s newly introduced brand identity “
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
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has appointed Sara Abdelaziz (pictured) as head of legal Egypt. The announcement was made by Abdelaziz via a Linkedin post saying: “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new
Baker McKenzie has successfully advised a consortium of financial investors led by Amethis and included SPE AIF I (SPE Capital) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on the acquisition of a 95% stake of
