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Our legal work in the Middle East
Our lawyers provide advice to help businesses across the Middle East diversify and seek new opportunities. We steer our clients through their most complicated challenges, combining practical legal advice with local insight.
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Business across the Middle East continues to diversify and become more sophisticated. Shareholders are seeking a new way of doing business. Streamlining operations. Responding to evolving regulations. Focusing on economies of scale. Taking advantage of new strategic programs. Thinking smarter. We steer our clients through their most complicated challenges, combining practical advice with local insight. We anticipate pitfalls before they materialize. We work together to ensure success.
Engaging with you. Sourcing the best talent. We aim to satisfy our clients through a deep understanding of their needs, their businesses, and their industries, by providing excellent, responsive and innovative advice. We think globally and have access to international best practice approaches, standardised document templates, lawyers who are lauded in their fields, global technology and information systems and various other resources developed to ensure efficient and effective legal advice.
We have the right knowledge and experience to understand your commercial drivers. Providing practical solutions and fresh thinking, we will navigate laws and regulations, drive your cross-border transactions and cement strong foundations for growth for your business.
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An EPC contractor in relation to the Hassyan CCGT power and desalination complex in Dubai.
An EPC contractor in respect of the design and construction of the Jazan Industrial Gas Project.
An international contractor in relation to financing the Sheikh Zayed Road extension over the creek.
An international contractor on material variation to the operation and maintenance subcontract in respect of the NYU Abu Dhabi campus PPP project.
An international contractor regarding the development of Al Maktoum International Airport.
Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company on the US$1bn acquisition of Twelve Seas.
Dubai Islamic Bank on an infrastructure financing in the Dubai aviation sector.
ECGD on their successful US$913m Sukuk issuance. This marks the world’s first UK government supported guaranteed Sukuk for aircraft financing.
HSBC, Dubai Islamic Bank, Kuwait Finance House, and Liquidity House, on a US$100m sukuk for a member of World Bank Group.
ICD and Citi on inaugural US$200m Sukuk offering by the State of Senegal. First of its kind in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) zone.
Iliad Partners on the establishment of the Iliad Partners MENA VC fund.
Imperial Mercantile Solutions DMCC on the acquisition of 51% of Mi-Fone International DMCC.
JGC Corporation, United Industrial Development Company (part of the Bahwan Engineering Group) and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, the successful bidder on the Sharqiyah IWP Project in Oman
Kingdom Holdings on the US$3.1bn acquisition of Careem by Uber.
Lenders and sponsors on various independent water projects in the MENA region.
Mandated lead arrangers on the successful project financing of the Fujairah Oil Terminal. Project Finance magazine’s 2013 Middle East Oil & Gas Deal of the Year.
Natixis as lenders to the ACWA Power led consortium on the successful project financing of the 300MW Sakaka Solar PV IPP project in Saudi Arabia. This project won the Middle East and Africa Power Deal of the Year at PFI Awards 2018 and Infrastructure Journal Global Awards 2018.
On a joint venture with Al Tayer through the acquisition of a stake in a JV Newco in Dubai.
RAK Ceramics, the world's largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles, with a US$1bn turnover - on the sale of 30.5% of their shares.
SEDCO Holding Group on the acquisition of a 40% stake in a leading clothing distributor (Project Wool).
Saint Laurent on an acquisition and joint venture with Al Tayer.
The consortium in respect of the Ruwais Housing Project in Abu Dhabi.
The successful bidder for the design, finance, build and operation of Taif Airport in Saudi Arabia.
The winning bidder on the Taweelah IWP project in Abu Dhabi – the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in the world.
World Free Zones Organization on its establishment and organisation. Providing advice and assistance in the UAE and across numerous jurisdictions globally.
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