track record
track record
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Our team of experienced professionals have more than 60 years of collective experience covering in excess of 50 transactions and projects valued at more than $172 billion in the Middle East region and internationally.

Select transactions of our team include:

  • Sole advisors on USD 172m acquisition of the UAE based Pioneer Cement Industries Co. between a sovereign wealth fund and a listed Middle East company.
  • Sell side advisors to Middle East investors for the sale of Sheraton Hotel based in Eastern Europe.
  • Restructure of a UK company owned by a Sovereign Wealth fund.
  • Advisors to principal of a USD 10b Hedge Fund on integration and business development of an asset management firm specialising in listed equity resources (mineral and natural) companies.
  • Management of Galfar IPO Oman, RO 60m and 14.5 times oversubscribed
  • Gulf Navigation IPO AED 3.1b equity distribution in U.A.E, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.
  • Management of the private placement of Magan Real Estate Company in Oman.
  • Dana Gas US $78bn IPO. Post transaction review and processes optimisation.
  • Project promotion, development, and finance of a plastic manufacturing facility.
  • Debt finance of a Plastic manufacturing facility and debt finance re-scheduling.
  • Adviser to a UAE based Group on restructure of their media assets including City7 TV.
  • Adviser to investors of Arab Asia Business TV, a Chinese TV station based in U.A.E.
  • Movieline Australia strategic alliance and joint ventures between Village Roadshow (Cinema, Movie Production, Film Distribution, Radio and Theme Parks), Hoyts Cinemas, Greater Union and First Data.
  • Project Manager for private offering of 25% capital increase for an Egyptian private shareholding Real Estate Company.
  • Arrange the international acquisition of shares from a European quoted company of shares in a second European quoted company in a different jurisdiction through a complex bespoke off-shore structure. Managing multi-currency risk through two accounting periods.
  • Delivery of successful outcome and dealing with complex regulatory issues.
  • Acquisition of two redundant steels mills requiring demounting and site clearance from European government entity. Arranging back to back sale to Far Eastern purchase, sale of scrap locally and site clearance.
  • Advice on successfully unfreezing assets frozen by US Federal Authorities for Middle Eastern client.
  • Resolving disputes over off-shore trusts/company assets and advising on restructuring the same.
  • Financial advisors for the Government of Egypt for the divestiture of their stake in Cairo Far East Bank (CFEB).
  • Advisors for the Egyptian Chemical Industries Holding Company for the Privatisation of five public sector companies. The project was funded by CIDA (Canadian International Donor Agency).