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Allen & Company advised OCI NV on $1 billion investment from Cascade Investment and others in support of its offer for Orascom Construction

Client(s) Allen & Company LLC

Jones Day advised Allen & Company, the financial advisor to OCI NV, a Dutch company, in the $1 billion investment from Cascade Investment, an entity wholly owned by Bill Gates, Southeastern Asset Management and Davis Selected Advisors, and others in support of its offer for Orascom Construction. The transaction consisted of an offer acquiring all its Ordinary Shares traded in Egypt in exchange for OCI NV shares or cash at E£280 (US$43) a share.