In Brief – April 2014
K&L Gates LLP has advised Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties PJSC on the acquisition of an adult dinosaur fossil skeleton, which was put on display at The Dubai Mall last month. Dating from the Jurassic Period, the...
- Kennedys appoints new CIO to drive global tech strategy
- Kirkland advises King Salman Park Foundation on USD3.8bn development
- Pinsent Masons enters joint venture with China Commercial Law Firm
- Harneys hires new partner to strengthen Dubai litigation and insolvency practice
- Gateley Middle East appoints Alim Khamis as head of disputes
- Gibson Dunn hires leading M&A partner Waleed Rasrommani in Riyadh
- Phillip Sacks rejoins Dechert as partner to strengthen Dubai offering
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins advises Saudi Electricity Company
Latham & Watkins advised the Joint Lead Managers, HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited and Saudi Fransi Capital Company, on Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) issuance of SAR4.5 billion (USD1.2 billion) Sukuk Certificates. The transaction represents the first public...
Social housing PPP advised by Norton Rose Fulbright
The Bahrain and Dubai offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright have advised Ithmaar Bank BSC (acting as the lenders) on a social and affordable housing PPP project in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The PPP project, a first for the Kingdom and the GCC...
Firms advise on Reader’s Digest acquisition
Dentons and Olswang have advised on the acquisition of Readers Digest by Mike Luckwell, the venture capitalist behind Bob the Builder, from Better Capital for the nominal sum of £1 as reported by The Lawyer. Dentons...
Thomas Cook Group advised by Latham & Watkins
Thomas Cook Group plc announces today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Gold Medal, a UK-based distributor of long-haul scheduled flights, hotels and car hire, to dnata, the Dubai-based travel company that is...
Linklaters wins role for Government on UK’s first Sukuk issue
Linklaters has won a mandate from HM Treasury to advise on its first-ever Sukuk issue, it was reported by The Lawyer. The project will be led out of Linklaters’ City office by capital markets partner Elaine...
In Brief – March 2014
A group of firms including Davis Polk and Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised on a £27bn (USD45bn) all-stock deal to combine the two biggest cable providers in the US. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and...
Firms advise Guardian Media Group
Freshfields has advised the Guardian Media Group in its £600m sale of a 50.1 per cent stake in Trader Media Group (TMG) to Apax Partners. Corporate partner Simon Marchant led the deal to sell its remaining...
In Brief – February 2014
Mayer Brown is advising on the USD1.2bn restructuring and USD133m sale of ATP Oil & Gas UK to Alpha Petroleum, the UK subsidiary of private equity house Petroleum Equity. The firm has been advising the bankrupt...
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...
