Alvaro Abella

Alvaro Abella

Dubai, UAE Website

Mr. Alvaro Abella is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Team at Gulf Capital, and co-host of The GC Call.

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Nabil Ismail
Alvaro Abella

The exit process, with Sherif El-Helw

This week, we’re talking with Sherif El-Helw about the timing and considerations ahead of an exit, and the role of an external advisor to support the sale process. The GC Call: Sherif El-Helw 0:00 / 0:00 1× Sherif has worked with with firms such as Morgan Stanley, Booz...

Nabil Ismail
Alvaro Abella

Debt refinancing, with Mohamed Khalifa on The GC Call

We’re joined today by Mohamed Khalifa, Group CFO of Middle East Glass, to talk about debt refinancing. Khalifa led MEG’s debt refinancing with the IFC and CIB as a way of securing the company’s balance sheet, in addition to steering the company through multiple devaluations of the...

Alvaro Abella
Nabil Ismail

Understanding Mergers & Acquisitions

We’re joined today by Mohamed Madani and Rick Dallas to talk about mergers and acquisitions. We talk about the tactical and strategic reasons to pursue a merger or acquisition, and how these are structured once they have buy-in with some regional examples. The GC Call: Mergers & Acquisitions 0:...

Nabil Ismail
Alvaro Abella

The role of the operating partner, with Asaad Salhab

We’re joined today by our Senior Operating Partner, Asaad Salhab to understand the role of the operating partner. Asaad has been with Gulf Capital for the past decade, and has over 30 years of experience in leading several integrations across Europe and MENA. We discuss what happens before the...

Nabil Ismail
Alvaro Abella

Constituting the Board, with Nick Ogden

We’re joined today by Nick Ogden to discuss corporate governance, specifically the role of the Board of Directors. Nick is a serial entrepreneur, having founded WorldPay back in 1995 as the first internet payment service to guarantee worldwide payments; since then he founded ClearBank in 2014, RTGS Global in...

Alvaro Abella
Nabil Ismail

Legal due diligence, with Fraser Dawson

Following up on our episode about financial due diligence, Fraser Dawson joins us today to talk about all things legal due diligence. Fraser is a Partner at Addelshaw Goddard, and has covered a broad range of M&A and other corporate transactions in both Europe and the Middle East....

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