Equity Global
Our vision
To maximise the long-term growth prospects and return on investment for our clients & investors
Advisory & Management Board
Emerging & Frontier Markets
We possess an average of 37 years of experience managing and turning around institutions across geographies
Strategic Partnerships & Relationships
Areas
Strong relationships in the Middle East, Europe & Asia
Our Experience
Highlights of our teams' global management & transactional experience
Voith
Renewables
Preferred partner of Voith Hydro GmbH for Pakistan
Warid
Telecom
Rolled out greenfield cellular networks in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Uganda, & Republic of Congo
Bank Alfalah
Banking
Acquired Pakistan's smallest bank in 1997 and expanded it to the 5th largest
NREC Kuwait
Real Estate
Advised on the divestment and disposal of its strategic real estate asset in Pakistan
Singtel
Telecom
Negotiated the sale of 30% of Warid's business in 2007 to Singtel at an enterprise valuation of $2.9 billion
Huawei
Enterprise
Introduced Huawei to the Pakistani GSM sector after the launch of Warid
Wateen
Communication
Originated & co-managed Wateen Telecom’s PKR 2,000 m (US$25 m) IPO
KOR Standard Bank
Banking
Bought this Georgian Bank for $25m; valued at $100m+ today
United Bank Ltd.
Banking
Led the acquisition of a 51% stake in UBL for $205m in 2002. Market cap today: $1.85 billion
SGM
Manufacturing
Set up $40m, 8,000 TCD capacity sugar mill in a record time of 11 months
BoComm China
Banking
Led due diligence and negotiations on BoComm's behalf for its attempted $225m acquisition of a Pakistani Bank
Galatasaray
Sports Infrastructure
Jointly advised for raising convertible debt funding and introducing an equity partner for the construction of Galatasaray Football Club's new stadium in Turkey
Past Transactions
Equity Global & its team have worked on and closed transactions with a cumulative value of several billion dollars
Debt Capital Markets – Loan Syndication & Debt Restructuring
• Advised Pakistan-based corporates such as Portia Fabrics, Arus Group, and Preston University for raising long-term conventional and Islamic financing facilities totaling PKR 600mn (US$60mn) during 2012-14
• Jointly advised Dhabi Erentalu Alke Insaat (UAE-Turkey JV) alongside the German investment bank EquityGate Advisors GmbH for raising convertible debt funding and introducing a financial investor into Turkey’s largest mixed- use real estate development project and construction of Istanbul’s new Seyrantepe football stadium for Galatasaray• Adroitly advised defaulted BRR Guardian Modaraba (Pakistan-based Islamic asset manager) and led difficult negotiations with bondholders/investors for the successful restructuring of its PKR 800mn (US$10mn) Sukuk in 2011
• Expeditiously negotiated and arranged a PKR 2,000mn (US$25mn) bilateral short-term working capital facility securitized against future IPO proceeds for Wateen Telecom from Habib Bank Limited (HBL) in 2010
Mergers & Acquisitions – Buy Side Advisory
• Jointly advised with Deloitte UAE a consortium of GCC and US-based private equity investors for the US$50mn acquisition of Afghanistan’s largest bank (New Kabul Bank) through an IMF-monitored privatization process in 2012
• Co-advised Bank Alfalah Limited (Pakistan’s 5th largest bank) and conducted due diligence and negotiations on the bank’s behalf for its attempted acquisition of Emirates Global Islamic Bank Limited in 2009
• Advised Indus Sugar Mills and arranged fast-track acquisition finance for its attempted PKR 1,400mn (US$18mn) leveraged buyout of Shakarganj Sugar Mills’ 4,000 metric tons per day cane crushing unit in 2010• Co-advised Bank of Communications (China’s 5th largest bank) and led due diligence and negotiations on its behalf for its attempted PKR 13,500mn (US$225mn) acquisition of a 68% controlling stake in Saudi Pak Commercial Bank Ltd.
• Advised Ravi Gas Group, Pakistan’s largest LPG storage, distribution, and marketing conglomerate, for its attempted acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s 67% controlling stake in Shell Gas (LPG) Pakistan Limited in 2010
Mergers & Acquisitions – Sell Side Advisory
• Advised Colony Group and held protracted negotiations with potential bidders for its PKR 3,200mn (US$40mn) 7,500 MTPD integrated Phalia Sugar Mills unit which included a 125,000 litres/day distillery and a 48MT CO2 plant
• Advised one of MENA’s largest integrated real estate-to-logistics conglomerates, NREC, on the defense and dismissal of all litigation prior to the divestment and disposal of its PKR 4,500mn (US$40mn) strategic real estate asset in Pakistan
Equity Capital Markets – IPO
• Assisted Arif Habib Corporation Limited in its distribution efforts for the PKR 2,000mn (US$25mn) initial public offering (book building IPO) of the US$750mn Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited in 2010
• Originated & co-managed Wateen Telecom’s PKR 2,000mn (US$25mn) initial public offering in 2010, getting the IPO 1.82 times oversubscribed in difficult market conditions. It was one of Pakistan’s largest IPOs at the time
