Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Uber on the acquisition of Careem, the Middle Eastern mobility, delivery, and payments operator. The deal completed on January 2, 2020 with regard to all jurisdictions where antitrust approvals were obtained/not...
Shearman & Sterling represented Mubadala Investment Company in connection with its purchase of approximately 10 million shares of common stock of NextDecade Corporation in concurrent primary and secondary transactions for an aggregate purchase price of approximately...
Allen & Overy has advised Aurum Leasing Limited (“Aurum”) in a sale and leaseback transaction relating to two Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Dubai Aviation Corporation, (trading as “flydubai”). Commenting on the transaction, global head of structured...
Blocko, advised by King & Wood Mallesons, forms a strategic partnership with SEED Group, the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to accelerate penetration into Middle Eastern market aimed at building large-scale digital blockchain transformation...
Ashurst announced a partnership with Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) which sees Ashurst become the strategic legal advisor for PIC. Ashurst will work with PIC’s highly experienced in-house legal team on all aspects of its legal requirements...
Dentons has advised the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on its first green sukuk issuance of EUR1 billion, issued under IsDB’s USD25 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme. IsDB is the first AAA-rated institution in the world to...
Hogan Lovells has advised Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. (“Seddiqi”), UAE’s leading retailer of luxury watches & jewellery, on its joint venture with WatchBox, the world’s leading platform for the buying, selling, and trading of pre-owned luxury...
The Law Firm of Looaye M. Al-Akkas in Association with Vinson & Elkins (“V&E”) advised Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (“Wa’ed”) on its co-investment in UnitX, a KAUST artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing startup company and cloud-based...
The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners has advised Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A. in the execution of AED1.6bn (approx. USD435.6m) systems and integration contract with Etihad Rail for stage two of the rail network. The second stage of...
Baker McKenzie has advised American Hospital Dubai, part of Mohamed & Obaid Al Mulla Group and one of the leading private healthcare providers in the Middle East, on its joint venture agreement with Swedish in vitro...
