Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the lenders to a joint venture between Engie and EDF, on the Noor 2 street-lighting project in the UAE. The project entails the installation of 133,473 energy-efficient LED streetlights across the...
Allen & Overy has advised e& enterprise on its acquisition of a majority stake in Beehive Group, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform. The acquisition (which is subject to customary regulatory approvals) will enable e& enterprise to...
Trowers & Hamlins advises Ubhar Capital SAOC in its capacity as an issue manager on the issuance of OMR60,158,904 unsecured, perpetual and subordinated bonds by Oman International Development & Investment Company SAOG (Ominvest). Ominvest is a...
Linklaters advised Emirates Telecommunication Group Company e& on its proposed USD400m investment in exchange for a majority stake in Careem’s Super App. The current shareholders of Careem – Uber Technologies and all three of Careem’s co-founders...
Stephenson Harwood has acted as legal counsel to UAE-based Badia Farms on its investment from Green Corp. Established in 2016, Badia Farms is the Gulf Co-operation Council’s (GCC) first commercial indoor vertical farming company; it supplies...
Bracewell (UK) LLP acted as international counsel to the mandated lead arrangers and lenders, comprised of Absa Bank Limited and the Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited, on the financing of the acquisition by Infinity Renewables Energy B.V. (a...
Baker McKenzie LLP advised on the sale of Nurai Island, an ultra-luxury boutique private island resort off the coast of Abu Dhabi, to Aldar Properties PJSC (“Aldar”), the leading real estate developer and manager in the...
DLA Piper Middle East has advised Zain Group, a leading mobile telecommunications company on its recent USD45 million acquisition of BIOS Middle East Holdings (BIOS), a leading provider of managed private cloud services headquartered in the...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) P.J.S.C. and ADNOC Gas plc (ADNOC Gas) in connection with the initial public offering (IPO) of ADNOC Gas, marking the largest-ever listing on the...
Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Physicswallah Pvt Ltd (PhysicsWallah) on its acquisition of Knowledge Planet Centre Group, Dubai (Knowledge Planet). PhysicsWallah is an Indian-headquartered online education platform, which recently became a unicorn. It was launched during...
