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Transactions & Capital Markets

EFG Holding Advises on Strategic Transaction Involving Eastern Company

EFG Holding continues strengthening its advisory and capital markets presence through strategic transaction advisory involving Eastern Company, reflecting continued activity within Egypt's corporate finance and strategic investment landscape.

HMHany MahmoudManaging Partner
May 24, 2026 6 min90 words

EFG Holding has reinforced its position at the centre of Egypt's corporate finance and capital markets landscape through ongoing advisory mandates involving Eastern Company, one of the country's most strategically significant industrial issuers.

The transaction underscores the depth of institutional advisory activity supporting state-linked divestments, strategic stake transfers, and structured capital markets execution across Egypt's priority sectors.

For international investors, mandates of this nature reflect a maturing transactional environment — one defined by disciplined process design, alignment between sponsors and regulators, and growing GCC and global participation in Egyptian assets.

"The transaction underscores the depth of institutional advisory activity supporting state-linked divestments, strategic stake transfers, and structured capital markets execution across Egypt's priority sectors.."

Hany Mahmoud, Managing Partner
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