Treasury
Navigating New Horizons of Treasury & Finances
The GCC’s treasury and deal market is dynamic, driven by robust financial infrastructure and strategic economic diversification efforts. With significant liquidity, active sovereign wealth funds, and a strong focus on innovation, the region attracts substantial investments and facilitates high-value transactions in sectors like real estate, energy, and technology, enhancing regional economic growth. Our Treasury team comprises seasoned professionals, focused on providing innovative and efficient financial solutions. With decades of combined experience, our team is devoted to guiding our clients through the complexities of treasury management, improving financial stability, and enhancing asset performance.

01. Our Comprehensive Suite of Treasury Services

Fund Raising
Our debt and equity financing experts advise on diverse bilateral/multilateral/syndicated, Islamic/Conventional debt structures, and ECA/ESG/Green Financing, private equity placements, dealing with venture capital, angel investors, and crowdfunds, and presenting businesses capital raising avenues by selling equity stakes. We have unique expertise in transaction (re)structuring to optimize the tenor, pricing, terms and conditions.

Treasury Strategy
We assist in developing a comprehensive treasury strategy that aligns with our client’s corporate goals and risk appetite, and help formulate fundraising, risk management, cash, and investment management policies tailored to the GCC economic environment.

Liquidity Management
Our liquidity management services aim to optimize cash flow forecasting, design cash concentration systems, implement liquidity solutions such as cash pooling, and identify and evaluate the best investment opportunities and products.

Financial Risk Management
We support our clients to design frameworks for managing their foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity price risks through hedging strategies, implementation support, developing and negotiating hedge documentation, ISDA Master Agreements and long forms confirmations.

Working Capital Management
We advise on working capital optimization strategies through effective receivables, payables, and inventory management that can significantly enhance liquidity and profitability. These strategies include but are not limited to factoring, payables and receivables discounting programs, supply chain financing platforms etc.

Bank Relationship Management
With our long-standing relationships with local, regional, international financial institutions, we help our clients establish and maintain strong banking relationships. Our services in this regard include negotiating bank fees, optimizing banking structures, and managing credit facilities.

Technology and Systems Integration
Our treasury consulting team supports businesses in implementing financial market data platforms and integrating the latest treasury management systems (TMS). This may cover vendors and system and modules selection, implementation support and training.

Capital Market
With a long track record of capital market transactions, our treasury experts support our clients in bonds and Sukuk issuance under different formats Reg-S and 144A. Our advice covers a wide range of services including drafting and negotiating bonds and Sukuk programs, selecting lead banks, optimal timing, size, and currencies mix of issuance and associated hedge if needed.

Documentation Support
We assist our clients with comprehensive documentation support, covering financial negotiations, pricing, terms and conditions, financial covenants, undertakings, EOD protocols, documentation review, post-signing covenants, and compliance monitoring.

Third Parties Mandate
Leveraging our extensive network of regional and international financial institutions, legal firms, treasury management system providers, and financial markets platforms, we are well positioned to help our clients select third parties to ensure the best services and pricing tailored to their business needs.
02. Our Credentials
Over the last decade, we have worked with prestigious clients in telecom, energy, commodity trading and other sectors serving their treasury, financing and liquidity needs in a manner that meets their expectations.
Leadership

Muhammad Altaf Hussain
Head of Consultancy and Tax Division
altaf@szca.ae
+971 50 971 7890
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