Chinese firm Fangda Partners is working alongside Norway’s Thommessen on Qihoo 360’s USD1.2bn acquisition of Norwegian software company Opera. The offer has been made by a consortium of Chinese companies led by Chinese internet security company...
Aer Rianta International group (ARI) has won a ten year contract to operate a duty free section at Abu Dhabi International Airport's new Midfield terminal building. ARI operates duty free outlets in Europe, the Middle East,...
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) successfully advised Wishbone Gold Plc (Wishbone Gold) on the acquisition of Precious Metals International Ltd (PMI) which controls Black Sand FZE (Black Sand) in an all-share transaction. AIM-listed Wishbone Gold is...
Dentons has advised Mashreq Bank psc on a dual conventional and Islamic financing facility to Royal Jordanian Airlines, the national airline of Jordan.The syndicate was made up of seven banks based in UAE, Qatar and Jordan...
International law firm Clifford Chance advised the lenders to Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) on syndicated facilities to add over USD2 billion to SEC's revolving credit facilities, tapping domestic (Saudi riyal) and international (dollar) markets in two...
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher advised Laird PLC on its EUR65 million acquisition of Novero, an integrated connectivity systems provider from Donares Limited. The deal will enhance Laird’s offering of innovative wireless solutions in one of its...
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) on the establishment of a dual London and Nasdaq Dubai listed Regulation S compliant Sukuk Issuance Programme (the Programme). ...
Clyde & Co has advised Dach Advisory Group in relation to the establishment of Austria's Modul University Vienna's first campus in Dubai and the securing of Dubai Investments' investment of 90 per cent of the total...
Dentons has advised National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) on the AED192.5 million financing obtained from Emirates NBD for the development of Tabreed’s district cooling plant for Dubai Parks and Resorts. Jon Nash, partner at Dentons,...
Hogan Lovells has advised the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), as arranger, on the inaugural CFA150 Billion sukuk offering by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire. The sukuk is an amortising sukuk...
