In Brief – May 2015
· Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May have picked up the leading roles in Virgin Group and CVC Capital Partners’ sale of 80 per cent of its stake in Virgin Active to South Africa’s...
- Pérez‑Llorca launches Abu Dhabi office to strengthen Middle East presence
- Watson Farley & Williams advises Navigator on first JOLCO financing deal
- Gibson Dunn supports Binance on landmark ADGM listing of tokenised securities
- BlueFive Capital advised by Addleshaw Goddard on LeasePlan Emirates stake acquisition
- Galadari advises OpenGate Capital on acquisition of Total Safety EMEA division
- Skadden adds Investment Funds partner trio in Abu Dhabi and Washington, DC
- Linklaters advises on the largest-ever digital bond issuance globally
Legal Deals
Morgan Lewis advises TVM Capital Healthcare Partners
Ayman A. Khaleq Morgan Lewis announced that it has advised TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in connection with their second private equity fund, the first fund registered under the Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) new Qualified Investors...
HSF advises JFE Steel and MISI
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised JFE Steel Corporation and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) on their agreement with Senaat GHC, a private joint-stock general holding company owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to...
Allen & Overy advises OCI N.V.
Allen & Overy has advised OCI N.V. on the demerger of its engineering and construction business from its fertilizer and chemicals business (the Demerger). The demerged business, Orascom Construction Limited (Orascom Construction), will be dually listed...
Dentons advises The Islamic Development Bank
Dentons advised The Islamic Development Bank (the IsDB) on the update of the IsDB Trust Services Limited USD10 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Program (the Program) completed on February 24, 2015. Dentons also advised the IsDB on...
Ashurst advises Deutsche Bank
Ashurst advised Deutsche Bank on the successful USD172 million financing to the Republic of Ghana for the first phase renovation of the Kumasi Market, which is the largest open-air market in West Africa (the 'project'). The...
Norton Rose Fulbright advises banks for Bahrain Steel
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised HSBC Middle East Limited, Mashreqbank PSC and Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.) as joint initial mandated lead arrangers of the USD340 million term and revolving facilities provided by a syndicate of eight...
Gibson Dunn represents Bateel Group
Gibson Dunn represented the Bateel Group and itsshareholders in connection with a strategic transaction with L Capital Asia Funds, which is backed by the LVMH Group. Bateel is a Gulf-based gourmet food company and owner of...
HFW advises NewLead Holding
A team of HFW lawyers has advised NewLead Holding Ltd in relation to the recent delivery of five bitumen tankers to NewLead’s fleet, the "Captain Nikolas I", the "Nepheli", the "Sofia", the "Ioli" and the "Katerina...
Dentons’ latest deals
Dentons has advised Total on its bid for an interest in the new 40 year Abu Dhabi onshore oil concession, known as the new ADCO onshore concession. The first stakeholder to be awarded a concession interest...
