Realizing the increasingly diverse needs of its customers for advisory and structured finance transactions, a specialized department focusing on Investment Banking services has been established at Meezan Bank that is equipped to provide comprehensive and innovative financial solutions through a diverse product offering to its clients. In a short span of time, the Bank has established itself as a market leader in the Investment Banking market of Pakistan through providing Shariah-compliant Investment Banking services. The Bank has developed core expertise in arranging syndicated, structured and Project finance and providing advice on mergers and acquisitions, buy-side / sell-side advisory, financial restructuring, structured equity and venture capital investments.
Meezan Bank’s Investment Banking team, with highly qualified and experienced professionals including ACAs, CFA charter-holders, ACCAs and MBAs, offers its specialized services across the spectrum of Investment Banking activities, which includes arranging syndicated, structured and Project finance transactions and providing financial advisory services for the following:
We facilitate corporations to raise large ticket financing requirements by forming a consortium of financial institutions. We offer numerous financing solutions for our clients to fulfill their long-term as well as short-term financing requirements.
We provide complete financing solutions to green field / brown field projects, with limited or no recourse basis.
Meezan Bank’s Investment Banking department has a proven track record of successfully executing numerous Project Finance transactions and to date has arranged various project finance deals of over Rs. 100 billion.
Meezan Bank, also has the credit of structuring and arranging the first ever syndicated Islamic Project Finance Facility and first ever private to private power project in Pakistan.
Depending upon customers’ requirements, we provide arrangement, shariah structuring / advisory, underwriting and placement services for privately placed and listed sukuks.
Meezan Bank has the credit of advising the first ever series of short-term Sukuk and arranging for first ever Sukuk backed Project financing in Pakistan. We are also acting as Joint Financial Advisor to GoP for the Sovereign Sukuk program.
Structured finance involves highly complex financial transactions. It is useful in cases where standard financing products do not meet a company’s unique requirements.
Meezan Bank’s Investment Banking department offers creatively structured transactions including off balance sheet working capital and capital expenditure financing to fulfill our customers’ business needs.
Our specialist team offers a wide range of equity and advisory products including innovative shariah compliant solutions for :
Underwriting involves the Bank absorbing the risk of under-subscription in relation to new and secondary issues.
Meezan Bank is a registered underwriter under Underwriting Rules 2015. The Bank offers underwriting services both as lead underwriter and as a consortium member. The Bank’s underwriting services include both private as well as public offerings of equity and debt transactions.
Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company Limited
Sydicated Project Finance Facility
PKR 52,2000 Million
Lead Arranger
Frontier Works Organization (M9)
Syndicated Project Finance Facility
Rs. 25,200 million
Mandated lead arranger, financial and shariah advisor
Engro PowerGen Thar Limited
Syndicated Project Finance Facility
Rs. 22,000 million
K-Electric
Rated Listed Retail Sukuk
Rs. 22,000 million
Mandated lead arranger and shariah structuring advisor
Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited
Syndicated Term Finance Facility
Rs. 17, 700 million
Mandated lead arranger
Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd.
Syndicated Term Finance Facility
Rs. 16,000 million
Financial advisor and lead arranger
Sui Southern Gas Company
Syndicated Term Finance Facility
Rs. 15,000 million
Mandated lead arranger
Tapal Wind Energy Limited
Syndicated Project Finance Facility
Rs. 6,400 million
Lead advisor, arranger and shariah advisor
Master Wind Energy Limited
Syndicated Project Finance Facility
Rs. 5,456 million
Mandated lead advisor, arranger and shariah advisor
Lalpir Power Limited
Short Term Sukuk
Rs. 2,000 million
Advisor and arranger
Peshawar Particle Board
Syndicated Term Finance Faclity
Rs. 1,350 million
Lead advisor and arranger
FatimaFert Limited
Syndicated Term Finance Facility
Rs. 4,466 million
Financial advisor and lead arranger
Our comprehensive and innovative financing solutions have been accredited by various international bodies. Some of the notable awards received by Meezan Bank includes:
2012 & 2014
2011 - 2014
2008 - 2015
Whether it’s advising a client on a multi-billion Rupee merger / acquisition transaction or marketing & distribution of structured finance transactions, our Investment Banking brings superior innovation, experience and the required skill set to deliver according to the exact requirements of our clients.
Contact Details
Investment Banking Department 2nd Floor, Meezan House C-25, Estate Avenue, SITE, Karachi Karachi
Tel: 021-38103500
Fax: 021-36406074
