Our friends at EFG Hermes defended their crown as MENA’s top ECM bookrunners, ranking number one on LSEG’s league tables in 2025 for the second consecutive year, the firm said in a statement (pdf). The firm notched several regional firsts along the way, including its first-ever sole financial advisory mandate in Saudi Arabia (Jamjoom’s IPO), acting as joint global coordinator on the largest placement in ADX history (Adnoc Gas’s secondary offering), and taking lead roles on the only IPOs in Kuwait (Action Energy) and Oman (Asyad) last year. EFG Hermes Investment Banking advised on 12 ECM transactions in 2025 — double the second-ranked bank by dealcount.

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