Capital Markets
Global Guide 2024 : Egypt
Band 1
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Provided by Zulficar & Partners
Our Capital Markets practice group is the market leader in Egypt with extensive and significant hands on experience in all capital market transactions. The Group is not only known for its in depth knowledge of the regulatory framework, but is also proactively helping to shape regulations through its constant interaction with the regulators. Recently the Group assisted in the preparation of the first SPAC regulations and is currently advising on the first SPAC to be implemented in Egypt.
The Group is known to provide capital markets advice on some of the most complex securities, listings and offering matters that clients encounter. The Group consistently advises on tender offers, rights issue, swaps, public and private offerings, , structuring and restructuring and is pioneer in the domain of Employees Stock Option Plans having handled creation of such plans for the majority of the companies including top listed companies on the Egyptian Exchange,.
The Group has been involved in most of the landmark successful tender offers and IPOs executed in Egypt during the last ten years. The Group is working closely in synergy with the M&A Group.
Chambers Review
Zulficar & Partners has a well-earned reputation as one of Egypt's leading law firms. It offers an outstanding capital markets group whose lawyers are especially praised for their robust understanding of equity transactions. The team possesses deep expertise in acting for issuers on IPOs and follow-on offerings, as well as in regard to tender offers and rights issuances. The team receives further praise for its comprehensive understanding of regulatory matters pertaining to the listing of shares on the Egyptian Exchange.
Notable Practitioners
Anwar Zeidan is a leading lawyer who receives the highest praise from interviewees and maintains an impressive track record in this field. Chairing the capital markets team, he is active on numerous major transactions in both the equity and debt arenas.
Ashraf Ihab heads up the banking and finance team at Zulficar & Partners, where he has built strong relationships with many of the market's leading financial institutions. In addition to pure finance work, he is noted for his in-depth knowledge of bond issuances and securitisations.