Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

CMS Cameron McKenna expands PE team

Former members of Linklaters’ 'flying squad' of emerging markets pros will be split between London and Romania.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Temasek to invest $200m in GMR Energy

The smaller of the two Singaporean sovereign wealth funds is backing the Indian company’s energy expansion plans.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Alinda announces $505m gas storage deal

Alinda Capital Partners, the New York-based infrastructure fund manager which closed a new fund on $4bn earlier this year, has made a major move into the US gas storage market through the $505m NorTex Gas Storage Company deal.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Body of ADIA managing director found

The body of ADIA’s managing director, Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nehayan, has been recovered four days after a glider accident.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle seals first Gulf investment

The global private equity firm has taken a 30% stake in Saudi lighting business General Lighting Company.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis invests $100m in Nigerian mall

The emerging markets specialist is taking a majority stake in a project in Ikeja, Lagos, with debt funding coming from local players Stanbic IBTC Bank and Standard Bank of South Africa.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: ADIA MD missing after air crash

Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahayan, managing director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has reportedly gone missing after a glider he was in crashed in Morocco on Friday.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Shuaa Capital completes first PE Saudi Arabia land purchase

Shuaa Capital Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of Dubai-based Shuaa Capital, has completed a land acquisition on behalf of its Shuaa Hospitality Fund. According to an announcement by the firm, the deal is the “first of its kind” in the country.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

View from the Burj

PERE’s Jonathan Brasse reports from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Dubai growth was never “long-term sustainable”

With investor confidence sapped following the Dubai government's decision to seek a six-month “standstill” on the debt of Dubai World and Nakheel, Jones Lang LaSalle says the real danger is sovereign – not corporate – default.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

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