Patrick Obeid
Senior AssociateLEBANON
From acquisition, asset-backed or mezzanine financings, to workout and restructurings, private placements and investment-grade financings, our lawyers represent lenders and borrowers in some of the largest and most complicated financing transactions in the region. Our clients include many of the region’s largest commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, finance companies, investment and merchant banking firms, private investment funds and other institutional lenders and investors, as well as private equity sponsors, strategic buyers, borrowers and issuers of securities.
We are delighted to announce Meysan’s role as Kuwait law counsel to Warba Bank K.S.C.P., as obligor, in updating the $2 billion Trust Certificate Programme of Warba Sukuk Limited to incorporate a Sustainable Sukuk Issuance Framework and its first issuance of Sustainable Trust Certificates of $500 million (5.351%). This groundbreaking issuance marks the first-ever… Read more ...
Kuwait June 11, 2024 - Meysan advised Beyout Investment Group Holding (“BIG”), a family business group managing integrated services portfolios, on the successful offering of 90,000,000 ordinary shares, representing 30% of BIG issued share capital and its listing on the Premier Market of the Kuwait Stock Exchange. This landmark transaction… Read more ...
After much anticipation, Egypt’s Prime Minister issued Decree No. 1120 of 2024 (Decree) revealing the long-awaited amendments to the Competition Act’ executive regulations (Regulations). By way of background, in December 2022, the Egyptian Competition Act underwent a major overhaul with the introduction of a pre-merger control regime that grants the… Read more ...