Egypt has hired banks to arrange a potential issue of US dollar-denominated bonds split into tranches of four, 12 and 40 years, a document showed on Tuesday.

BNP Paribas, Citi, JPMorgan, Natixis and Standard Chartered have been mandated as joint bookrunners for the debt sale.

The bonds will be of benchmark size, which generally means upwards of $500 million per tranche.