Latham & Watkins advised Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (“Etisalat”) –as guarantor– and White Falcon Finance Company Limited –as borrower– on a €3.15 billion multicurrency loan facility which will be used to acquire Vivendi SA’s 53 per cent...
(L to R) – Muneer Khan and H.E. Tayirbek Sarpashev Simmons & Simmons and the Kyrgyz Republic have signed a ground-breaking agreement to provide consultancy services for the development of laws and regulations, supporting the introduction of...
Dentons has advised Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC on the update of its USD2,000,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme (the GMTN Programme) and USD1,000,000,000 Trust Certificate Issuance Programme, both completed on 29 April. Dentons also advised...
Clifford Chance and Matouk Bassiouny have together advised Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Banque Audi, Banque Misr, as Senior Mandated Lead Arrangers, and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), as Mezzanine Mandated...
DLA Piperhas advised DAS Real Estate in a deal with hotel operator Langham Hospitality Group which will see the development of the brand's first Middle East property. DAS Real Estate will develop and manage the 323-room...
Allen & Overy LLP has advised Dnata on the sale of a majority stake in Mercator to Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm headquartered in New York. Mercator is a leading provider of software and...
Norton Rose Fulbright is acting as international transaction counsel in relation to the announced initial public offering in Egypt and international institutional offering of Arabian Cement Company (ACC) on The Egyptian Exchange. EFG Hermes and CI...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented a consortium led by Fajr Capital in the USD500 million+ acquisition of Dubai-based National Petroleum Services. The deal is expected to close in Q2 of 2014. The GCC-based consortium, which...
Dentons has advised banking group Emirates NBD on a USD90.5 million term loan facility to Abu Dhabi-based investment company Centurion Investments. The loan was to finance Centurion's acquisition of CSH Investment, a leading regional healthcare group...
A cross-border team of lawyers from Trowers & Hamlins' Oman, Dubai and London offices has advised Matrah Cold Stores LLC, an Oman-incorporated distribution company trading as Enhance, on its acquisition of the Middle East-wide Diamond and...
