Legal Deals

Legal Deals

Eversheds assists Kahramaa

Eversheds has worked with Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) on a 25-year water supply deal with Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) worth 500 million USD which reached financial close in Doha on 9...

Foot Anstey seals care home deal

Islamic Finance specialists at premier regional law firm Foot Anstey have recently advised Shari’ah-compliant investment advisory firm 90 North Real Estate Partners LLP on their £40million acquisition of ten care homes on behalf of a Middle...

TLA advises The Investment Dar

Tribonian Law Advisors (“TLA”) acted as lead counsel to The Investment Dar K.S.C. (“TID” or the “Company”) in a transaction that involved a USD1.2 billion settlement in kind with just under a third of its creditors...

Mediclinic advised by DLA Piper

DLA Piper has advised Mediclinic Middle East on its purchase of two Dubai-based pathology laboratories from Medical Solutions FZ LLC (MedSol). Mediclinic bought the facilities for a cash consideration of AED95 million (USD25.8 million) as part...

CMS advises Masraf Al Rayan Q.S.C.

CMS in London is advising Masraf Al Rayan Q.S.C. (“MAR”), one of the leading banks in Qatar and one of the largest Islamic banks in the world, on its recommended takeover offer for Islamic Bank of...

Clifford Chance advises on an inaugural Sukuk programme

Clifford Chance advises the arrangers and dealers on the establishment of a USD2 billion trust certificate issuance programme by Ooredoo Q.S.C. and the inaugural issuance of USD1.25 billion of trust certificates thereunder The Dubai office of...

Ashurst advises Serco

Ashurst initially advised Serco, the UK FTSE 250 company, on the negotiations for the initial contract for the operation and maintenance of the Dubai Metro (the “Concession”) which was signed back in March 2008 and have...

In Brief (January 2014)

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have secured lead roles in the USD2.5bn IPO of China Cinda Asset Management, Hong Kong’s biggest global offering in 2013. Davis Polk, fielding Hong Kong partners Bonnie Chan...

Norton Rose advises Majid Al Futtaim

Norton Rose Fulbright advised Banque Misr and National Bank of Egypt as the Mandated Lend Arrangers on the EGP 3 billion (approximately USD441 million) syndicated financing for the Mall of Egypt project developed by Majid Al...

Ashurst advises Serco on Al Sufouh tram

Ashurst advised Serco the UK FTSE 250 company on the negotiations for the contract for the operation of the Al Sufouh Tram project in Dubai, which Serco entered into on the 14 September 2013 with the...

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