Yariv Elbaz, president of Forafric, during a meeting with the Autonomous Port of Abidjan on 25 August 2020. © Story & Brands via PAA

In Focus | Morocco
Elbaz opens up Forafric's capital to Trumpists and Kazakh oligarch Machkevitch via Nasdaq listing

Published on 31.01.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 8 min

Financier Yariv Elbaz, who specialises in complex financial operations, particularly for the Gabonese sovereign fund, is putting the final touches to a stock exchange operation that will turn his Forafric milling group into a leading force in the cereals "diplomacy" stakes with powerful financial and political allies.

There is a studious atmosphere in the offices of McDermott Will & Emery on the 45th floor of the One Vanderbilt tower overlooking Manhattan, as there is at Hassans Law Firm in Gibraltar on the other side of the Atlantic. The two law firms have until 15 March to settle the details of an unusual stock exchange operation planned by their respective clients,

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