Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (“ECCBC”), a bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in North and West Africa, has reached an agreement, through its Moroccan subsidiaries, to acquire the bottler of Coca-Cola in the northern and eastern regions of Morocco, Atlas Bottling Company, with its majority shareholder Diana Holding and certain minority shareholders. This transaction is in […]
Karim Nassif, founder of the independent Dubai based arbitration practice Nassif Arbitration, has been appointed a Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, upon the nomination of the ICC UAE National Committee
On November 3, Iberian Lawyer’s Legalday, the Iberian event for the legal business community, is gathering at the Wellington hotel in Madrid, in-house and private practice lawyers to discuss and debate the role of the
Deal & transactions
Food & Beverage
United Arab Emirates
Gulf Capital sells Chef Middle East to Nasdaq-listed food distributor
Gulf Capital, the private equity and growth capital investor in the GCC and Southeast Asia, has successfully completed the sale of 100% of Chef Middle East (“Chef ME”), the GCC’s premier foodservice distribution
Deal & transactions
Saudi Arabia
TMT
Linklaters advises Zain Saudi Arabia on the sale of telecoms towers
Zain Saudi Arabia (“Zain KSA”) has successfully completed the sale and leaseback of its entire portfolio of 8,069 telecoms towers in Saudi Arabia to investors led by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (“PIF”). The
Banking & Finance
Deal & transactions
Other
Trowers & Hamlins advises on the establishment of Venture Studio
Trowers & Hamlins has successfully advised on the establishment of the MENA region’s first FinTech Venture Studio (the “Venture Studio”). The Venture Studio is a joint venture project between the firm’s client Al
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed capital markets partner Hamed Afzal (pictured) in its Dubai office. Afzal, who joins from Akin Gump, is an English-qualified capital markets lawyer with broad experience spanning debt
Appointments
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins worldwide promotions include MENA members
Latham & Watkins has announced that 44 associates have been elected to the partnership and another 46 associates have been promoted to the role of counsel, effective January 1, 2023. Riyadh based Noor Al-Fawzan (pictured right) was elected to
Zurich witnessed the first Inhousecommunity Days Switzerland held at the prestigious GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. The event brought together leading legal professionals from different walks of life to share thoughts and knowledge. It was an
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (“TSFE”) and education management firm Egypt Education Platform (“EEP”) have successfully entered into a joint acquisition of an undisclosed majority stake in the educational publishing entity
