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USD17 BILLION BASRAH GAS PROJECT REACHES OPERATIONAL PHASE

The USD17 billion Basrah Gas Project, the world’s largest gas flares reduction project and a first-in-country public-private-partnership of this scale (to date) has reached operational phase.Vinson & Elkins LLP (V&E) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton...

Trowers & Hamlins advises on Oman’s first sukuk

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised Tilal Development Company S.A.O.C. (Tilal) on the first-ever corporate sukuk issue in Oman. Tilal is the underlying obligor in the sukuk structure and the sukuk will be issued...

KING & SPALDING ADVISES AL NOOR HOSPITALS GROUP

King & Spalding represented Al Noor Hospitals Group PLC (Al Noor), the largest integrated private healthcare provider in Abu Dhabi, in the restructuring of its Abu Dhabi operations, achieving a £221m initial public offering (IPO) last...

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT ADVISES FIRST GULF BANK

Norton Rose Fulbright Abu Dhabi corporate team has advised First Gulf Bank PJSC (FGB) on an AED601 million (US$164 million) acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Dubai First PJSC (Dubai First). The sale was...

In Brief (June 2013)

1) Clifford Chance advised The Carlyle Group on their strategic investment in Al-Nabil Food Industries Co. Ltd., a frozen and chilled food products company in Jordan. The transaction closed on May 13, 2013. The Dubai based Clifford...

CLIFFORD CHANCE ADVISES EMIRATES NBD PJSC

Clifford Chance has advised Emirates NBD PJSC in relation to the issuance of USD750 million 4.875 per cent subordinated reset notes due in 2023 under its USD7.5 billion European Medium Term Note Programme. The issuance of...

CMS and Foot Anstey lead million dollar purchase

  CMS Cameron McKenna, Foot Anstey, Norton Rose and Wragge & Co advised on Kuwaiti investor Dimah Capital’s £19 million acquisition of Everything Everywhere’s Bristol office.  Everything Everywhere, Britain’s biggest mobile operator, is a longstanding tenant...

DLA PIPER ADVISES IN MULTIJURISDICTIONAL DEAL

DLA Piper has advised Bureau Veritas on its agreement to acquire Mumbai-based Sievert Group which has a strong presence in the Middle East and South East Asia. The Euronext-listed market leaders in testing, inspection and certification...

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