Trowers & Hamlins has acted as lead counsel on an Initial Public Offering (IPO) hailed as Bahrain’s most successful in 10 years. The transaction originally comprised an offering of 18 million shares, but generated a total demand...
AS&H and Clifford Chance are advising on the first share exchange takeover offer in Saudi Arabia under the new M&A Regulations. Proposed USD2.15 billion business merger between Sahara Petrochemicals Company and Saudi International Petrochemical Company marks...
Eversheds Sutherland has advised a Kuwaiti group (the “Purchaser”) on the acquisition of Omnix International LLC and its group companies across the Middle East (“Omnix”). Established in 1987 in the UAE, Omnix is one of the...
DLA Piper has advised Australian online travel business Webjet Limited on its USD173 million purchase of UAE based Destinations of the World and related fully underwritten entitlement offer. Destinations of the World was sold by Abu...
Eversheds Sutherland has advised Stolt-Nielsen LNG Holdings Ltd (“Stolt”) and Avenir LNG Ltd (“Avenir”) in connection with the investment by Stolt, Golar LNG Ltd and Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. of USD182 million into Avenir. This investment...
The law firm has announced that its infrastructure partner Bill Smith acted as a key advisor to the University of South Wales (USW) aerospace academy, that recently opened in Dubai South. Smith advised USW on the...
CMS has advised Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) and their investors, on the £55m Shariah compliant acquisition of 1 Atlantic Quay in Glasgow, in partnership with Darin Partners. Located in the heart of...
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised the AIG group (‘AIG’) on the restructuring of its entire European operations to ensure AIG’s readiness for Brexit. The transaction is one of the largest insurance business transfers ever...
Baker McKenzie is advising Saudi Arabian listed bank Alawwal bank on its agreement to merge with a fellow Saudi listed bank, The Saudi British Bank (SABB), in a share for share merger valued at approximately USD...
Clyde & Co advised a Swiss investment fund Jacobs Holding AG on its recently announced acquisition of the Cognita global private schools group from KKR and Bregal. The deal is Jacobs Holding’s biggest UK takeover to...
