EKP has announced the merger of Walid Merhej Law Firm into El-Khoury & Partners Legal Counsel (“EKP”), effective September 1, 2022. The joining of the two regionally recognized law firms based in Beirut resulted in the appointment
Valoris Capital, a private equity management company has successfully launched its first private equity fund, Valoris Equity Fund. The Fund was launched with the support and backing of private and public institutional shareholders,
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
The legal team at National Bank of Egypt (“NBE”) has recently been recognised by the Central Bank of Egypt for obtaining ISO certification along with several international and regional awards. A few months back, NBE
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”) is supporting the green economy in Egypt with a USD 100 million loan to Banque Misr for on-lending to local small and medium-sized enterprises (
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’
