Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on the first ever conventional Basel III-compliant additional tier 1 (AT1) transaction in the UAE. The transaction involved the issuance by Emirates NBD Bank PJSC of USD1 billion perpetual AT1 capital...
Pinsent Masons, has acted as the sole legal adviser to the first equity crowdfunding platform licensed under the new DFSA crowdfunding license category in the DIFC. FundedByMe MENA Ltd is part of the wider FundedByMe Group; the...
Linklaters acted for Eni on its agreement to acquire from ADNOC a 20 per cent equity interest in ADNOC Refining. The agreed terms for the 20 per cent equity interest acquired by Eni include a cash...
Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has represented a major real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in successful appeals to two cases to the Dubai Court of Cassation relating to the sale of off-plan...
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...
