Shearman & Sterling has appointed 12 new partners to the firm, span across seven of its offices Abu Dhabi, Austin, Dallas, London, Menlo Park, New York and Washington, D.C. Effective July 1, 2022. The new partners represent nine of the firm’s practices. The breadth of their expertise includes antitrust, capital markets, compensation, governance & ERISA, […]
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United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi’s IHC and Alpha Dhabi to invest USD50m in
Abu Dhabi-listed companies International Holding Company (IHC) and its subsidiary Alpha Dhabi will invest a combined amount of USD50 million in Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). IHC, which already has a stake
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TMT
United Arab Emirates
PwC Middle East invests in AWS Premier Consulting Partners Zero&One
PwC Middle East enters into a strategic investment in Zero&One, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partners in the region. Zero&One supports clients’ growth through delivering AWS services
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Insurance
United Arab Emirates
Daman and Emirates NBD launch new ‘Early Payment Scheme’
Emirates NBD, a banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region and the National Health Insurance Company – Daman, have launched a new financing initiative providing an ‘Early Payment Scheme’ to Daman’
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United Arab Emirates
EQT Private Equity and Mubadala to acquire Envirotainer
The EQT X fund and Mubadala Investment Company, have entered into an agreement to acquire Envirotainer, the global provider of mission-critical, proprietary temperature-controlled supply chain solutions for the transportation of biopharmaceuticals, from Cinven and Novo
Industrial
IPOs
United Arab Emirates
Borouge completes its initial listing on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Borouge, the strategic joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (“ADNOC”) and Borealis (“Borealis”), providers of innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, has listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”) on June 3, 2022. Upon
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United Arab Emirates
DP World and CDPQ investment of USD5 billion in UAE
DP World and CDPQ, a global investment group, announced an investment of USD5 billion in three of DP World’s flagship UAE assets. Under a joint venture structure, Canadian investment group CDPQ will take
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United Arab Emirates
Tabarak Investment appoints Nabil Azar as chief legal officer
Private equity firm, Tabarak Investment has named Nabil Azar (pictured) as its new chief legal officer. Azar is a legal expert in the field of banking and finance. He joins Tabarak Investment for the
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Egypt
United Arab Emirates
FAB Egypt and Bank Audi Egypt finalize merger creating FABMISR
First Abu Dhabi Bank – FAB Egypt has completed the legal merger of Bank Audi Egypt, where all the bank’s assets in Egypt will accordingly operate under FAB’s newly introduced brand identity “
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United Arab Emirates
AIQ partner with Hub71 to advance digital technology in the
AI Joint Venture of ADNOC & G42, AIQ has entered into a partnership with Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem. Under the agreement, Hub71 and AIQ will work together to advance the development of
