SHP advises clients on all aspects of acquiring and selling companies and/or businesses. Our extensive experience in this practice area allows us to maintain a commercial approach that optimizes efficiency, reduces costs and enhances effective deal execution.
SHP advises buyers, sellers and financial advisers (including private equity) on both public and private mergers and acquisitions.
SHP’s services cover, inter alia, the following:
- Conducting detailed/high level legal due diligence on target companies or assets;
- Negotiating our client’s proposal with counterparty/ies;
- Drafting, reviewing, advising on and/or negotiating projects documents;
- Obtaining relevant licenses and/or authorizations that may be required to execute transactions; and
- Assisting in the closing of mergers and/or acquisitions transactions.
Outlined below is a list of the notable M&A transactions that SHP handles:
- Advised Africa Crest Education Group on an acquisition of two leading international schools in Egypt.
- Advised SABIS on restructuring of its subsidiaries in Egypt.
- Legal counsel to Polimeros Mexicanos with respect to the acquisition of two leading rotomoulding companies operating in the Free Zone in Egypt.
- Local legal counsel to Alstom with respect to the acquisition of its grid and power sectors by General Electric.
- Advised Computer Sciences Corporation with respect to the acquisition of its business in Egypt by CSRA Inc.
- Advised Zircodata Information Holdings Proprietary Limited on its acquisition of E-File in Egypt.
- Legal counsel to Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG) with respect to its merger with Dubizzle and OLX MENA in Egypt.
- Legal counsel to Alameda on its acquisitions of the entire shares held by International Finance Corporation in Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Egypt.
- Local legal counsel in Egypt to Orange with respect to the acquisition of equity in Jumia (formerly Africa Internet Group).
- Legal counsel to one of the world’s largest shipping companies in the acquisition of major business in Egypt.