Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advised Zain Group in respect of Zain Iraq’s entry into a definite 15-year agreement to sell and leaseback the passive physical infrastructure of its 4,968 tower portfolio in Iraq to TASC Towers Iraq for US$180 million. Zain Iraq will retain its active infrastructure, including wireless communication radios, antennas, intelligent […]
Deal & transactions
Transport
United Arab Emirates
A&O advises ADIO on Road Lighting LED PPP project in
Allen & Overy has advised the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) in Abu Dhabi in relation to Phase 2 of its Road Lighting public-private partnership project (PPP) in
Deal & transactions
TMT
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins advises on BioNTech’s acquisition of InstaDeep
Latham & Watkins has provided legal counsel to Chimera Abu Dhabi in the sale of its investment in InstaDeep, a global technology company in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, to BioNTech. The
Deal & transactions
TMT
United Arab Emirates
Matouk Bassiouny UAE: Beyon Cyber acquires into DTS Solution
DTS Solution (“DTS”) has signed an agreement for the sale of a majority stake to Beyon Cyber (“BC”), part of the Beyon Group, a cybersecurity provider in Bahrain. Established in 2011, DTS Solution is a
Etisalat Egypt by e& and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) have partnered together to launch the new company Erada Microfinance. Enabled by fin-tech, Erada is granted license allowing access to a diversified set
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Arabian Internet and Communications Services Company (“solutions by stc”) on the acquisition of 100% of Contact Center Company (“ccc by stc”) from Saudi Telecom Company and ESM Holdings. Valued at
Deal & transactions
Egypt
Energy & Trading
Apex acquires and finances concessions in Egypt’s western desert
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Apex International Energy (“Apex”) on its acquisition of interests in four concessions in the Western Desert region of Egypt from IEOC Production (“IEOC”), a subsidiary of Eni. Apex International Energy
Global law firm White & Case has advised Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Saudi Aramco”) on its heads of agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (“Sinopec”) to build a refinery and petrochemical project in Gulei
Deal & transactions
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
ALEC Engineering and Contracting acquires Target Engineering
ALEC Engineering and Contracting, part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) group, has successfully completed its strategic acquisition of Target Engineering, an EPC contractor offering in-house services for major construction disciplines in onshore and
Capital Markets
Deal & transactions
Egypt
TMT
Sharkawy & Sarhan with Vodafone on the acquisition by Vodacom
Sharkawy & Sarhan acted as Egyptian counsel to the Vodafone Group (“Vodafone”) in relation to the transfer of its 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt to Vodacom. The spam of the transaction took more than a year.
