Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Advisory

Industrial M&A advisory
built on three decades of executed deals.

Solutions advises Kuwait-based investors, family offices, and listed corporates on acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions across the petrochemical, energy, and industrial sectors of the GCC and MENA region.

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30+ yrs
Industry Experience
$3Bn+
Accumulated Experience
15
Board Mandates
GCC · MENA
Regional Coverage
About Solutions

A Kuwait-rooted advisor with regional reach and operator-grade insight.

Licensed in the State of Kuwait, Solutions provides discreet, principal-minded M&A advisory to a select group of clients. Our practice draws on decades of board-level experience across petrochemical, energy, and industrial holdings — meaning we evaluate transactions the way our clients do: as long-term investors, not deal counters.

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    Operator-grade diligence We have built, restructured, and exited the same kinds of assets we now advise on.
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    Discreet, mandate-driven We work with a limited number of clients on each side — never both.
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    Regional fluency Established relationships across Kuwait, KSA, and the broader MENA industrial base.
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    Independent & aligned No proprietary balance sheet. No conflicts. Senior attention on every mandate.
What We Do

Three core mandates. Senior delivery on every one.

We focus deliberately on a narrow set of services where our experience compounds. We do not run auction processes for their own sake — we work where principal experience and regional access genuinely move the deal.

Buy-Side Advisory

Sourcing, evaluating, and executing acquisitions for Kuwait-based investors seeking industrial growth or strategic platforms.

  • Target identification & screening
  • Valuation & commercial diligence
  • Negotiation strategy & deal structuring
  • Closing, financing & integration support

Sell-Side Advisory

Confidential divestitures, partial exits, and shareholder restructurings for owners of industrial and petrochemical assets.

  • Valuation & positioning
  • Information memorandum & teaser
  • Targeted buyer outreach
  • Process management to closing

Strategic Advisory

Selective board-level counsel on capital projects, joint ventures, restructurings, and shareholder agreement reviews.

  • Greenfield project development
  • Joint venture & partnership design
  • Shareholder agreement review
  • Independent fairness opinions
Sector Focus

Where our judgment is sharpest.

We concentrate on industrial value chains where our principal experience translates directly into client outcomes. We will engage outside these sectors only where the strategic logic and our network warrant it.

01 / Core

Petrochemicals

Olefins, aromatics, polyolefins, PTA / PET, methanol, specialty derivatives. Deep familiarity with Kuwait and KSA value chains.

02 / Core

Energy & Downstream

Refining, storage and terminal infrastructure, midstream logistics, and energy transition adjacencies across the GCC.

03 / Adjacent

Industrial Manufacturing

Plastics, glass, building materials, agricultural processing, and other capital-intensive industrials with regional growth profiles.

04 / Emerging

Circular Economy

Tire and plastics recycling, waste-to-value processes, and other industrial sustainability platforms with credible economics.

Selected Principal Experience

Three decades of executed transactions and operating mandates.

The transactions below reflect the lead executive's principal experience across his prior roles at Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Gulf Investment Company, and Independent Petroleum Group. Detailed credentials are available under NDA.

Acquisitions Programme

Industrial Holdings Build-Out

KWD 110 mn → KWD 520 mn assets

Directed multiple complex acquisitions across the petrochemical and industrial value chain, growing the group's asset base nearly five-fold.

Restructuring

KARO — Shareholder & Sales Agreement Restructuring

USD 200 mn loss reversal

Analyzed and lobbied for amended shareholder and sales agreements, converting a USD 200 mn accumulated loss into sustained dividend distribution.

Greenfield Development

Mega-Methanol — Algeria

USD 1.2 Bn project

Participated in the development phase of a large-scale mega-methanol project, including partner structuring and project economics.

Greenfield Development

PTA + PET — Kuwait & KSA

USD 1.5 Bn projects

Led the development stage of integrated PTA and PET projects across two GCC jurisdictions, from concept through partner alignment.

Merger / Swap

Tasnee — Strategic Stake

2nd largest shareholder

Represented the institutional client in the largest merger/swap transaction of its time, securing the second-largest shareholding position in Tasnee (KSA).

Portfolio Management

Petrochemical Portfolio — GIC

~24× value uplift

Managed a regional petrochemical investment portfolio over a decade, increasing value approximately 24-fold while maintaining dividend distribution.

Leadership

Senior, accountable, and on every mandate.

Fuad A. Akbar — Managing Partner

Fuad A. Akbar

Managing Partner

Fuad is a Kuwait-based industrial investments executive with a thirty-year record of leading strategic acquisitions and project development across the GCC and MENA. He served most recently as Chief Projects Officer and BOD Secretary at Qurain Petrochemical Industries, where he directed acquisitions that grew the group's asset base from KWD 110 million to KWD 520 million.

Earlier, as Senior Investment Manager at Gulf Investment Company, he managed a regional petrochemical portfolio that grew approximately twenty-four-fold, and represented GIC in the merger/swap transaction that established its strategic stake in Tasnee. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami (1981).

Current Board Positions

United Oil Projects Co. Kuwait Aromatics Co. Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co. The Kuwait Styrene Co.

Selected Past Boards

North Africa Holding Co. (Chairman) Sascem Industries — Tunisia Kandil Glass — Egypt Cristal — KSA Ibn Rushd — KSA Saudi Polyolefin — KSA Jubail Chemical Industries — KSA
Contact

Discuss a mandate.

All initial conversations are confidential and without obligation. We respond to qualified enquiries within two business days.

Office
Kuwait City, State of Kuwait
Hours
Sunday – Thursday · 09:00 – 17:00 AST

Information shared via this form is treated in strict confidence. Solutions does not act on both sides of any transaction.