{"id":5585,"date":"2018-04-09T08:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2018-04-09T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:10:16","slug":"mena-witnessed-significant-ma-deals-in-medical-insurance-and-education-in-q1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/mena-witnessed-significant-ma-deals-in-medical-insurance-and-education-in-q1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"MENA Witnessed Significant M&#038;A Deals In Medical, Insurance, And Education In Q1 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mergermarket.com\/\">Mergermarket<\/a>, the leading provider of M&amp;A data and intelligence, reports that the M&amp;A first quarter of 2018 has already witnessed deals of significant value in the Insurance, Medical, and Education sectors. The largest deal of the quarter was Total&#8217;s investment into the Umm Shaif and Nasr fields and Lower Zakum off-shore concession for a combined US$1.45bn. Key deals were discussed today at Mergermarket&#8217;s MENA Mergers 2018 forum hosted at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, which serves as a platform for the M&amp;A, Private Equity, and Corporate Restructuring industries.<\/p>\n<p>In line with global trends, pressure from shareholders seeking gaining market share pushed companies towards defensive consolidation through M&amp;A. Domestic deals recorded 13 deals worth $2.5bn, driven by the acquisition of a 53.37% stake in Moroccan insurance firm Saham Finances for $1.05 billion by Sanlam and its general Insurance subsidiary, Santam, the highest quarterly value for the region on since Q1 2017 (US$ 2.6bn).<\/p>\n<p>This trend was also particularly evident in the Medical sector. Two of the top ten deals targeted the Medical sector, both of which were conducted by UAE-based NMC Health Plc. The firm acquired a 49% stake in Fakih IVF Group and a 70% stake in CosmeSurge, for $205 million and $177 million respectively. There were also two significant deals in the Education sector, with Khazanah Nasional Berhad&#8217;s $130 million investment into GEMS Education and KMR Holding Pedagogique&#8217;s $54 million into the Universite Internationale de Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5586 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image002-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image002-3.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image002-3-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&amp;A data and intelligence, reports that the M&amp;A first quarter of 2018 has already witnessed deals of significant value in the Insurance, Medical, and Education sectors. The largest deal of the quarter was Total&#8217;s investment into the Umm Shaif and Nasr fields and Lower Zakum off-shore concession for a combined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5587,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/5587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}