HBJ: The dealmaker returns

Following the late April deal by Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani (HBJ)’s Al Mirqab Capital to buy Heritage Oil, the former premier and foreign minister is back in the news, this time in connection with a E1.75bn ($2.4bn) injection into Deutsche Bank, through his vehicle Paramount Holdings Services. “Deutsche Bank placed approximately 60m shares at a price of E29.20 per share with Paramount Holdings Services Ltd,” the bank said in an 18 May statement. In a television interview with US journalist Charlie Rose aired on 14 May, HBJ talked about the transition of power in Qatar in June 2013.