AD Ports Group’s Safeen Feeders has signed a strategic agreement with Invictus Investment to launch a new international dry bulk shipping service. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will purchase ships through Special Purpose Vehicles, owned 85% by Safeen Feeders and 15% by Invictus Investment. In addition, Safeen Feeders and Invictus Investment […]
Deal & transactions
Egypt
Fashion, Luxury & Design
Al Tamimi & Co advises ECC on the acquisition into
Egyptian Company for Cosmetics (“ECC”), an Egypt-based specialised contract manufacturer for the cosmetics and personal care industries, has acquired a majority stake in beauty products marketplace Source Beauty, for an undisclosed amount.
Deal & transactions
Oil & Gas
United Arab Emirates
Adnoc Drilling acquires two Premium Jack-Up Rigs for USD140m
Adnoc Drilling Company has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) to acquire an additional two premium offshore jack-up drilling units (the “rigs”) for USD140 million to meet Adnoc’s plan to raise and sustain
Deal & transactions
Transport
United Arab Emirates
UAE’s Etihad Rail signs four MoUs during Innotrans
UAE’s national railway network Etihad Rail has entered into four memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with SNCF International, Alstom, Thales Group and Progress Rail at the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, Germany. The agreements come as
Deal & transactions
Transport
United Arab Emirates
Air Arabia launches new airlines with Sudan’s Dal Group
United Arab Emirates-listed carrier Air Arabia and Sudanese conglomerate DAL Group have partnered to launch a new airline based in Sudan’s Khartoum International Airport. Air Arabia Sudan will be a joint venture
Insurance
News
United Arab Emirates
Orient Insurance fails to reclaim $340m for Address Downtown fire
Orient Insurance, part of UAE’s Al-Futtaim Group, has lost a claim case to recover the amount it paid to Emaar Properties for losses resulting from the fire that broke out at the Address Downtown
Deal & transactions
Egypt
Food & Beverage
Expedition Investments consortium completes acquisition into Domty
Expedition Investment consortium (the “Consortium”) has successfully completed the Mandatory Tender Offer (“MTO”) of a minority stake (32.9%) in of Arabian Food Industries Co. (“Domty”). The Consortium acquired 97% of the offered shares (96.2 million shares) at a
Shalakany Law Office litigation team has successfully defended a major French automotive company against a EGP 3 billion (approx USD 154 m) court claim. The case was heard before the South Cairo Court after being filed
Deal & transactions
Oil & Gas
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
TAQA acquires Al Mansoori Petroleum Services. The advisors
Industrialization and Energy Services Company (“TAQA”) and the shareholders of Al Mansoori Petroleum Services LLC (“AMPS”) have announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for TAQA to acquire 100% of AMPS, expanding TAQA’
Egypt
News
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
Misr Italia Properties invests USD 77m in launch of Vinci Lagoons
Egyptian real estate developer, Misr Italia Properties, the real estate subsidiary of Misr Italia Holding, has launched the new phase of Vinci project with an investment of EGP1.50 billion (USD77.3 million). The
