Marwan Elaraby is the EMEA Regional Managing Partner and a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions practices.

Marwan advises both issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings and bond offerings. He also advises clients on M&A, private equity and project development transactions, as well as governments on strategic and regulatory matters.

Marwan represents corporate and private equity clients including Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Public Investment Fund, EFG-Hermes, Emaar Misr, Gulf Capital, Ripplewood Advisors, Investcorp, GB Capital, NMC Healthcare LLC, Qalaa Holdings, Satya Capital and TPG Growth.

• ADNOC Distribution on its initial public offering and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange listing, one of the largest public offerings in the UAE and one of the first listings to be done under the Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority’s new listing regulation
• Currently advising the underwriters in connection with an IPO and DFM listing of a UAE company
• Currently representing the underwriters in connection with the proposed privatisation, initial public offering and listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange of Banque du Caire
• The initial purchasers on Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC’s inaugural $3.037 billion bond offering
• The initial purchases on the $814 million bond offering by ACWA Power Management and Investments One Limited
• Emaar Misr on its approximately $300 million initial public offering and listing of shares on the Egyptian Stock Exchange
• The underwriters on the initial public offering of Edita Food Industries S.A.E. on the Egyptian Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange
• The underwriters on the initial public offering and London Stock Exchange listing of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc
• EFG Hermes Promoting and Underwriting, as sole global coordinator and bookrunner, on the initial public offering and listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange of Cleopatra Hospital Company, the second IPO on the Egyptian Stock Exchange
• NMC Healthcare LLC on its proposed acquisition of a stake in a Saudi listed company
• GB Finance and GAIA Lux S.a.r.l on the EGP 750 million sale of a one-third stake in MNT Investments B.V. to ADP II Holding 9 S.a.r.l.
• EFG Hermes UAE Limited (EFG Hermes), a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E, on its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Frontier Investment Management (FIM)
• Gulf Capital on an investment in a Gulf-based auction business
• Ripplewood Advisors on several investments in the Middle East
• HM Partners on its creation of a new hard-discount retail operation in Egypt under the brand “Kazyon”
• Qalaa Holdings, an African leader in infrastructure and industry, on an asset exchange transaction with one of its major co-investors
• A prominent Saudi Arabian Family Office on its minority investment in a large Dubai-based real estate venture
• The Dow Chemical Company on the sale of its ownership interest in MEGlobal to EQUATE Petrochemical Company K.S.C. for $1.5 billion in pre-tax proceeds
• MENA Infrastructure Fund on the sale, by way of auction, of a 30.3% indirect interest in Alexandria International Container Terminals
• ADNOC on the $4.5 billion refined products for crude oil supply arrangements with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the Government of the Republic of Egypt
• SACE and commercial lenders on the $1.2 billion financing of a refinery upgrade project in Egypt

Awards & Accolades

• Awarded MENA Regional M&A Legal Advisor of the Year at the Mergermarket Awards 2018
• Highly regarded for M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000 2018
• “Marwan Elaraby is picked out by peers as one of the best lawyers in the region” – Chambers Global 2018
• Clients have told Chambers Global 2018 that Marwan is “very well respected” and “has a very practical commercial background and is deeply entrenched in the market”
• Highly ranked for Corporate/M&A by Chambers Middle East-wide, United Arab Emirates and Egypt 2018