Motaz El-Dreny

Practice Areas

M&A

Corporate

Non Banking Financial Services

Project Finance

Banking

Capital markets: Debt

Capital markets: Equity

Securitisation

Professional Memberships

Egyptian Bar Association

International Bar Association

British Egyptian Business Association

Equity and Venture Capital Association

Egyptian Private Equity Association

Egyptian Credit Risk Association

Egyptian Fixed Income Association.

Work Highlights

- Advised Vodacom Group €2.5 billion acquisition of 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt.

- Advised Premium International Company for Credit Services securitization transaction amounting to E£ 170,150,000.

- Advised the lenders in a syndicated finance deal of EGP 12.3 billion, between 11 of the top banks in Egypt and borrower, Gharably Integrated Engineering Company (GIECO).

- Representing a syndicate of 22 lenders for the arranging of Egypt’s largest locally long-term syndicated loan underwritten EGP 6 billion.

- Advised The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) on its 10 billion EGP bond issuance.

- Advised Egypt’s leading BNPL ValU on Egypt’s 1st Fintech bond asset backed securities transaction amounting to EGP 322.550 million of a 2 billion short-term multiple issuance program

- Advised a major consumer finance company on its securitization transaction with a value of EGP 497,500,000 and its securitized bond issuance with a value of EGP 562 million

- Advised Premium International for Credit Services (Premium Card) on its program of multiple securitization issuances worth EGP 2 billion.

- Advised a leading real estate developer on two securitization transactions, for a value of EGP 498 million and EGP 469 million, respectively.

- Advised Arab African International Bank in granting sky investments a MTL amounting to EGP 1.3 billion.

- Advised New Urban Communities Authority “NUCA” on its securitization transaction with a value of EGP 6 billion.

- Advised Beltone Venture Capital SAE (“Lender”) for the facility transaction of Touma Company for Commercial and Industrial Investments (“Borrower”), where the lender has submitted a mandatory tender offer (“MTO”) on 99% of the shares of Dice Company.

- Represented the shareholders of Fancy Foods Co. in the acquisition of 100% of its shares by Edita Food Industries SAE.

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking

Consumer goods and services

Financial services

Tech and telecoms

Real estate

Expert in these Jurisdictions

MENA Region

Languages Spoken

English

Arabic

Experience

Motaz El Dreny is the Founder & Managing Partner of Dreny & Partners, and Head of Corporate and M&A Department, with a career spanning over 22 years allowing him to be considered an expert in the corporate & securities fields, with a particular focus on debt and equity offerings. He has broad experience in various types of capital market transactions, including public offerings, private placement, and debt restructuring.

El Dreny is well renowned in the mergers and acquisitions field, where he advises both international and local entities on major deals, resulting in the significant growth that is now attributed to the firm.

During his career path, Motaz advised leading corporate, financial institutions and governmental bodies, where his name appeared on many of the most challenging, high profile & significant offerings of recent years.

El-Dreny has represented clients in structured finance transactions including mezzanine finance and equity-linked (convertible and exchangeable) bond issues. In addition, he represented an Egyptian issuer in Egypt’s first Sharia’a compliant asset backed securities offered on a multi-tranche structure.

Clients

Vodacom Group

EFG Holding

Premium International Company for Credit Services

Raya Holding

The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA)

Arab African International Bank

ValU

Talaat Moustafa Group

Fancy Foods Egypt S.A.E

Amel For Financial Services

Global Corp for Financial Services

Ollin Consumer Finance

Barq Systems

Dyne

ManFin Holding

United Company for Trade & Distribution

United Company for Pharmaceuticals

O2 Finance

Beltone Venture Capital SAE

Education

Awards