Initial Public Offering

Going public represents a significant milestone in the development of a company – one that can help increase publicity, expand business and marketing opportunities, and elevate the company’s image. How well your company handles the wide range of IPO complexities can determine the overall success of the offering – and your company’s transition into the marketplace.

Our IPO team was created to help pre-IPO companies meet these challenges and remain ahead of the curve. We are proud to have executed the largest follow-on issue in the UAE for the year 2019.

• Extensive ECM experience in the region, having successfully managed most offerings
• A dedicated senior ECM team with decades of experience in the region and internationally, to deliver bespoke solutions
• First team from the region to advise on SPACs
• Finger on the pulse of regional investors, with unparalleled access to all groups of ECM investors, and access to international investors covering the Middle East
• Strong relationships with regulators and exchanges in the UAE, having delivered many “firsts” for the Emirates
• Access to over 5,000 active clients through our brokerage platform

Mergers and Acquisitions

Our M&A group delivers strategic advice and services to companies worldwide on their most challenging and complex transactions. We are a longstanding market leader in M&A advice, including buy-side and sell-side advice, cross-border M&A, special committee assignments and complicated merger transactions.

We executed the largest ever M&A transaction in the Middle East region (GEMS – CVC transaction) and provide advice on a full range of transactions such as:

• Mergers
• Leveraged buyouts
• Spin-offs
• Sales
• Joint ventures
• Divestitures
• Acquisitions
• Other restructurings

We also offer acquisition financing on selected deals, allowing us to further add value for the client in addition to the structuring advisory.

Fund Raising and Private Placements

We assist issuers with non-public offerings of securities (private placements) and place them with institutional investors in the region and worldwide. Our dedicated team has a track record of expertise in private placement and across sectors.

From first-time issuer to repeat issuers, we have the know-how in place to closely guide them through all stages of the issuances process and deliver new issuances in a variety of currencies and tenors.