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Legal Deals

Baker & McKenzie affiliate advises on SACO IPO

Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie has advised Saudi Company for Hardware (SACO) on its Initial Public Offering (IPO).  Approved by the Saudi Capital Market Authority on March 31...

Hogan Lovells advises UK Export Finance

Hogan Lovells has advised the Export Credits Guarantee Department of the UK Government (UK Export Finance) on the capital markets aspects of a successful USD913 million Sukuk issuance for the acquisition of four Airbus A380-800 aircraft....

Dentons’ latest deals

Dentons advised the Joint Lead Managers on National Bank of Kuwait's issuance of USD700 million Perpetual Tier 1 Capital Securities, completed on April 9, 2015. The Capital Securities were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and...

Norton Rose Fulbright advises a syndicate of lenders in Bahrain

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the mandated lead arrangers in relation to a multicurrency USD215,000,000 term facility and USD20,000,000 revolving facility to Hassan Mohamed Jawad & Sons B.S.C. (c) a Bahrain-based family owned trading conglomerate with...

Meysan Partners advises Abyat Megastore

Meysan Partners announced its representation of the selling shareholders in the sale of a 35 per cent strategic interest in Abyat Megastore to Saudi Arabian-regional conglomerate, Al Muhaidib Group.  Abyat Megastore operates as a home improvement...

In Brief – June 2015

Weil Gotshal & Manges and Covington & Burling have advised Verizon Communications in its USD4.4 billion acquisition of AOL, with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advising the target. Weil Gotshal & Manges’ team was led by corporate...

Latham & Watkins advises Takween

 Takween Advanced Industries (Takween) has announced that the company has signed a SAR1.3 Billion Murabaha financing facility arranged by a syndicate of banks including Arab Bank, Samba Financial Group and Bank AlBilad. Takween’s purpose of the...

Diyar advised by Charles Russell Speechlys

As the availability of low cost homes remains a topical issue across the Gulf, Charles Russell Speechlys has advised one of Bahrain’s leading private developers, Diyar, on the development and construction of circa 3,100 housing units...

Norton Rose Fulbright advises Emirates

A cross border team from global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Emirates on a USD913 million Sukuk, marking a world first for utilising a UK Export Finance (UKEF) backed Sukuk for an aircraft financing,...

In Brief – May 2015

·        Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May have picked up the leading roles in Virgin Group and CVC Capital Partners’ sale of 80 per cent of its stake in Virgin Active to South Africa’s...

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