Clifford Chance advises Port & Free Zone World
Clifford Chance has advised Port & Free Zone World FZE (PFZW), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World, on its USD2.7bn cash offer for DP World PLC (DP World) and both PFZW and Dubai World on...
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- Fraser Dawson returns to Addleshaw Goddard to boost Abu Dhabi corporate practice
- Dentons adds Christopher Neal and Selman Ansari to Dubai corporate practice
- Gateley Middle East appoints Renan Ozturk as partner and head of tax
- Middle East expert and former US State Department official joins Squire Patton Boggs
- Gowling WLG enhances Middle East TMT capabilities with Christine Khoury appointment
- Winston Taylor completes landmark transatlantic law firm combination
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CC advises TDB on securing MIGA-backed financing to support its trade finance business
Clifford Chance has advised the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) in securing financing of EUR334 million from a syndicate of international banks to increase TDB’s ability to provide trade finance in its...
Pinsent Masons advises NASDAQ-listed NV5 Global Inc
Pinsent Masons has advised Nasdaq-listed NV5 Global Inc on its acquisition of Mediatech Design Group – a leading technology company providing security, enterprise IT, and building technology solutions headquartered in Dubai Pinsent Masons advised NV5 Global...
Bracewell represents International Investment Consortium on First Utility Scale Renewables IPP in Qatar
Bracewell LLP acted as lead international counsel to an international investment consortium, comprised of Siraj Energy, Marubeni Corporation and Total Solar, in the development and implementation of the first utility-scale renewables independent power project in Qatar. The...
Baker McKenzie advises Government of Egypt on USD2 billion syndicated financing
Baker McKenzie, has acted as legal counsel to the Egyptian Government, acting through the Ministry of Finance, on the signing of a USD2 billion syndicated financing transaction that has been approved by the House of Representatives....
Herbert Smith Freehills advises Chimera Capital
Herbert Smith Freehills’ has successfully advised Chimera Capital LLC, an Abu Dhabi asset manager, on the establishment of the Chimera Umbrella Fund, an on-shore public fund pursuing a novel ‘market-first’ exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) structure in the...
Clifford Chance advises development finance institutions on Islamic finance facility
Clifford Chance has advised four international development finance institutions on a USD125 million Islamic financing facility to Humania, a private healthcare company within the Bait Al Batterjee Group. Led by International Finance Corporation (IFC), the institutions involved in the consortium were: the...
Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla advises Dar Al Takaful on its acquisition of Noor Takaful
Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has advised Dar Al Takaful (DAT), an innovative Islamic insurance company in the UAE, on its acquisition of the entire share capital of Noor Takaful General and Noor Takaful Family for...
Dentons advises Snam on USD10.1 billion consortium investment in ADNOC Gas Pipelines
Dentons advised Italian-based multinational energy infrastructure operator Snam in relation to its agreement, in consortium with several international investment funds, to purchase a 49 percent share of ADNOC Gas Pipelines from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company...
Addleshaw Goddard advises Alizz Islamic Bank on billion-dollar merger with Oman Arab Bank
In a first-of-its-kind transaction, Oman Arab Bank SAOC (OAB) acquired Alizz Islamic Bank SAOG (AIB) under Oman’s new Takeover and Acquisition Regulation which was issued in 2019 (Takeover Regulation) creating a bank with over USD8.4 billion in...
