Our Profile
In Gate Capital we work in close synergy with our clients to ensure that their business and growth strategies are supported by efficient financial solutions. We are a strategic advisory firm dedicated to unlocking value through high quality services and innovative solutions.
Gate Capital offers a unique expertise in deal making, financial restructuring and opportunity investing by blending extensive experiences across the Middle East and North Africa in multiple industry sectors. Our team is backed by a solid track record, a wide network of investors and companies and supported with thorough technical, industrial and investment banking skills.
Through our experience with private and family-owned businesses, we understand the value of strategic and non-financial objectives, which are often as important to our clients as our global capital markets experience and local investor relationships. We believe we are the sum of our parts; our principal strength is our team of dedicated professionals with excellent strategic, legal, financial, analytical and communication capabilities intertwined with our broad network of relationships.
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Mission
To be the preferred partner for clients looking for a unique strategic and investment banking relationship based on our innovative strategies, our customer-focused approach and our execution capabilities, all designed to achieve tangible and timely advantages.
Advantages
- Our market intelligence, from proprietary research and constant market watch, is tuned to moniter and gauge external developments and changing trends in the marketplace to the benefit of our clients' business and investment requirements.
- We ensure our clients' ultimate success through a dedicated strategic, technical and entrepreneurial approach in identifying and closing complex financial and business opportunities.
- We thrive on the challenge of the unknown and we pride ourselves with our solid execution success.
- We are a group of core investment professionals, supported by multiple technical and functional experts. Our team and engagement structure moulds itself to client projects’ needs.
Leading Regional Firms
Proven track record in structuring complex deals and innovative funding structures. Gate has successfully closed over USD 300 million transactions during the past 5 years, a simple of which are listed here:
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Core Team
Experienced and Dedicated Team
MUNTHER M. HILAL
CEO & Founder
SAMER KHALIDI
Venture Partner
Samer was a Managing Director at NBK Capital Partners. Samer’s career spans over 23 years of experience in private equity, management consulting, and investment management.
Before joining NBK Capital, Samer was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Dubai where he assisted companies in developing and implementing business and operating strategies. Prior to McKinsey, he spent several years executing and managing investments on behalf of the ASTRA Group in Jordan and Olayan Financing Company in Saudi Arabia.
MICHEL GAUDREAU
Venture Partner
Michel’s global experience spans over 25 years across private equity, M&A, investment management, business development, and C-level roles in various industries, including hospitality, aviation, telecom & technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, and consumer products.
Michel was the
co-founder of Alioth Capital, an M&A and private equity firm based in Dubai
and Montreal. Prior to this, he was
Managing Director at Dubai International Capital. He previously spent 15 years with telecom
operators in Canada, Europe, and the UAE. He has participated in over $4 billion of
transactions across North America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia, and has board
experience with both large (> $1b) and SME businesses.
He has also been an active investor in early-stage businesses.
NADINE BENCHAFFAI
Partner - F&B
With over 20 years of diverse experience covering a variety of roles from Entrepreneurship, to brand management and strategy development.
She is the Co-Founder & Managing partner at Taqado Mexican kitchen in UAE,
one of the fastest-growing food chains in the GCC; and has also been a
co-founder of Tortilla in London, UK which has over 30 stores. Nadine holds an
MBA from the London School of Business.