Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, November 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
First Equity Partners (FEP) participated in
SuperReturn Middle East 2015, the leading private equity forum in the
MENA region, which took place from 8-11 November at the Ritz
Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre.
SuperReturn Middle East
welcomes more than 400 attendees from across the private equity
industry, including leading General Partners (GPs)
and influential international and regional Limited Partners (LPs). FEP
brought its own unique experience to the forum, through its status as
a GCC Private Equity investor with the largest presence in Egypt,
managing the country’s foremost steel producer, Egyptian Steel.
Egyptian Steel was established in 2010, in the field
of manufacturing and rolling of steel. Egyptian Steel owns four
factories, of which two are green field projects. By 2017, when all
factories are operational, it will control around 20% of Egypt’s local
steel market.
As part of the forum, three senior members of FEP’s
team have been invited to lead panel discussions on essential talking
points in today’s private equity industry. On 8 November, Omar El
Maghawry, Deputy CEO of First Equity Partners and Managing Director of
FEP Capital, examined: “Sourcing & Accessing Deal Flow in North
Africa”. Subjects he explored include whether there
is such thing as proprietary deal flow in North Africa, how companies
can convince a family business that private equity is the right source
of capital, and how hands on companies need to be.
The following day, Qais Al Maskati, Managing
Director and CEO of FEP, lead a discussion on ‘Who wins the Quality
Deals?’. This encompassed an understanding of how local GPs,
international GPs and strategists have collaborated on some
of the MENA region’s most successful deals – and how this is changing
the deal landscape.
Finally, Hakim Saligane moderated a session entitled
“Drilling into Infrastructure”, which discussed how governments
in Mena region are encouraging infrastructure
investments and which opportunities have the potential to provide
protected, risk-adjusted returns. The session also looked into how
managers can account for lumpiness in such projects given the nature
of these investments.
According to Qais Al Maskati; "the Super Return event
was a great platform for FEP to demonstrate its thought and operational
leadership in the MENA private equity marketplace and it's our honor to
be part of such a prestigious conference as sponsors"
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