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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
· 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...
Ayman A. Khaleq Morgan Lewis announced that it has advised TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in connection with their second private equity fund, the first fund registered under the Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) new Qualified Investors...
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised JFE Steel Corporation and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) on their agreement with Senaat GHC, a private joint-stock general holding company owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to...
Allen & Overy has advised OCI N.V. on the demerger of its engineering and construction business from its fertilizer and chemicals business (the Demerger). The demerged business, Orascom Construction Limited (Orascom Construction), will be dually listed...
Dentons advised The Islamic Development Bank (the IsDB) on the update of the IsDB Trust Services Limited USD10 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Program (the Program) completed on February 24, 2015. Dentons also advised the IsDB on...
