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IPOs and Family Businesses in the UAE

Deloitte Middle East facilitated a dialogue with key market participants on the trend of family businesses and IPOs, given the growth we have witnessed in regional family groups considering listing of one or more of their businesses.

The discussion centred on the raft of change in recent years to the IPO landscape, key factors and characteristics of a successful IPO of a family business, how pivotal a factor valuation is in the mind of the family given the range of other market forces at play, common challenges and the questions families are asking when it comes to the process, and, finally, the relationship and dynamics between the family, business, exchange and regulator in the jurisdiction it chooses to list in.

Voluntarily, this whitepaper captures the highlights from an insightful roundtable discussion in a conversational format.

Roundtable contributors

Hamed Ali

CEO
Dubai Financial Market

Scott Whalan

Deloitte Private Family Enterprise Leader
Deloitte Middle East

Wayne Thomas

Managing Partner | Financial Advisory
Deloitte Middle East

Adnan Fazli

Equity Capital Markets Leader
Deloitte Middle East

Sara Boomsma

Assistant Manager
Family Business Council Gulf

Carolina Arbelaez

Senior Manager | Clients & Industries Deloitte Middle East

Husam Hourani

Senior Partner
Al Tamimi & Company

Sara Mohammadi

CEO
Family Business Council Gulf

Richard Nunn

Director | Deloitte Private
Deloitte Middle East

Tahir Mahmood

Head of Business Development
Dubai Financial Market

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