Following a burst of activity in the sukuk market, Allen & Overy has advised on three debut Islamic bond issues from non-Islamic sovereigns. Luxembourg, following Hong Kong and South Africa, is the latest, to bring a...
The Law Office of Salman M. Al-Sudairi in association with Latham & Watkins represented Uyoun Al-Raed Commercial Company Limited on a SAR1.97 billion murabaha financing. The Latham team consisted of partner Salman Al-Sudairi, counsel Amar Meher...
The law firm of Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) announced that it represented Valoris Capital (“Valoris”) in the acquisition of a stake in Citruss TV, the leading multi-channel home shopping business in the Middle East and North...
Latham & Watkins advised JPMorgan, Samba Financial Group and Saudi British Bank, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, in connection with a SAR3.2 billion murabaha bridge financing for The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri). The financing...
Hogan Lovells advised the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and Citi, represented by Citibank Senegal S.A. as arrangers, on the inaugural USD 200 million sukuk offering by the State of Senegal,...
Intergas Central Asia (ICA), the operator of Kazakhstan’s national natural gas pipeline system, has completed a successful consent solicitation in respect of its outstanding USD600 million 6.375 per cent Notes due 2017. ICA solicited consents from...
1) Slaughter and May advised Mothercare on the deal, alongside NY-based Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, which advised on the US aspects, while Hogan Lovells advised HSBC, JPMorgan Cazenove and Numis Securities as joint bookrunners and...
Allen & Overy announced that it has advised Samena Capital on the acquisition of 30.58 per cent of the share capital of RAK Ceramics PJSC (RAK Ceramics) from His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qassimi,...
Hogan Lovells has advised on the sale of 30.6 percent of the shares in RAK Ceramics, the world’s largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles. The deal closed on 15 June 2014. The shares were sold by Sheikh...
Clifford Chance has advised the Republic of Senegal on its inaugural CFA100 billion (approximately USD200 million) sukuk issuance, thefirst major sukuk issuance by a sovereign in Africa. The first of its kind deal intends to enable...
