Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised Salamtak in connection with the sale of its 98.8% stake in Egyptian consumer finance platform ADVA, to Maseera, a digital financial services company backed by 2PointZero. Pursuant to the deal,
Matouk Bassiouny advised BECO Capital in connection with their investment in investment platform Thndr. The context The operation represents Thndr’s second funding round, raising USD 15.7 million. Prosus Ventures led the transaction, with further
Matouk Bassiouny (MB) advised Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund, a fintech focused venture capital fund in Egypt in connection with its role in Nawy’s USD 52 million Series A funding round. The context Through
Dreny & Partners advised EFG Holding securities brokerage arm, Hermes Securities Brokerage (HSB), on its EGP 900 million senior unsecured short-term notes. For HSB, The transaction represents the inaugural issuance of an EGP 3 billion multi-issuance program.
Matouk Bassiouny (MB) advised DPI Venture Capital, the venture arm of Development Partners International (DPI) in connection with their role as lead investors in Sylndr’s Series A funding round via Nclude Fund. The round
Dentons Morocco signed a cooperation agreement with Ningbo Lawyers Association (NLA), a professional legal organization based in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. It was infact in the Chinese city, home of NLA, that the parties officialised
Italian corporate affairs advisory group Excellera acquired Instinctif Partners MENA, Instinctif Partners’ strategic communications consultancy in the region, specialising in financial and corporate communications. The context The acquisition fits within Excellera’s growth strategy which
Baker McKenzie advised Gulf Cement Company (GCC) on the completion of a conditional mandatory cash tender offer launched by TC Mena. The offer Pursuant to the operation, TC Mena acquires approximately 63% of GCC’s issued
Bird & Bird prepares for the opening of a new location in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Initially, the office will concentrate its advisory across matters of technology and intellectual property law, besides transactional and
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Clifford Chance with Disney on Abu Dhabi theme park opening
Clifford Chance is advising The Walt Disney Company (Disney) on its partnership with Miral for the development and operation of a new Disney theme park resort on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The context The Abu
