Linklater, ZHP to advise banks on eurobond issuance

Linklater LLP and Zaki Hashem & Partners have been chosen as legal advisors to the banking consortium that will manage Egypt’s planned USD 4 bn bond issuance, according to an emailed statement. HSBC, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley, and National Bank of Abu Dhabi will be managing the issuance, as announced at the end of last year. Al Tamimi & Co. and Dechert LLP were chosen as legal advisors to the government.