M&A Deal Summary

Compass Capital Acquires Bonyan

On July 1, 2018, private equity firm Compass Capital acquired real estate company Bonyan from Qalaa Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Compass Capital’s 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is Compass Capital’s 2nd transaction in Egypt.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-07-01
Target Bonyan
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) Compass Capital
Sellers(s) Qalaa Holdings
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Bonyan

Cairo, Egypt
Bonyan is a specialty real estate developer operating in Egypt and the wider MENA region. In Egypt, Bonyan is building two state-of-the-art commercial real estate projects, namely design, furniture, and home accessories malls under its Designopolis brand. Bonyan is based in Cairo.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Compass Capital

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2010
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Compass Capital is a private equity firm focused on investments with potential for risk-adjusted returns. The Firm partners with management in a variety of industries, and invests in capital restructuring, growth capital, and operational turnaround situations. Compass Capital was founded in 2010 and is based in Giza, Egypt.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Real Estate) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 1
Country (Egypt) 2 of 2
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-01 Rameda

Giza, Egypt

Rameda is a pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of human and veterinary products. It has successfully built a scalable platform supported by three primary pillars people, product, and production. The company boasts an encouraging pipeline of new molecules in attractive therapeutic areas, has completed its second expansion drive which increased capacities by 40%, and is led by a capable and experienced management team that can deliver results. Rameda is based in Giza, Egypt.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Qalaa Holdings

Cairo, Egypt

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 9.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Qalaa Holdings is an independent private equity firm focused on traditional buyout, consolidation, and turnaround opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Qalaa prefers investments requiring a minimum equity commitment of $100 million. Sectors of interest include energy, cement, specialty real estate, mining, agribusiness, glass manufacturing, transportation and metallurgy. Qalaa generally looks for control positions only when evaluating transactions. Qalaa Holdings was formed in 2004 and is based in Cairo, Egypt.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector (Real Estate) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 2
Country (Egypt) 4 of 4
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-26 Sphinx Glass

Cairo, Egypt

Sphinx Glass Ltd is a manufacturer and exporter of glass containers.

Sell $190M
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