Insights

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.

IPOs and Family Businesses in the UAE

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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