Meysan Partners’ Riyadh office advised Horizon Participation Holding, a Kuwaiti group subsidiary (“Horizon”), on acquiring a minority stake in Deqh Laboratory Company in Saudi Arabia. The acquisition will follow a scheme of arrangement under the Saudi Companies Law and is subject to customary conditions. This deal will expand Horizon’s geographic reach and enhance its service […]
Capital Markets
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Dentons on Sobha Realty’s debut $300M trust certificate issuance
Global law firm Dentons has advised Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital, Mashreqbank, and Sharjah Islamic Bank, acting as Joint Lead Managers in the successful debut issuance of US$300 million Trust Certificates
Banking & Finance
Food & Beverage
United Arab Emirates
Agthia Group launches a USD54 Mil corporate venture capital fund
With Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Mohammad Amro (pictured), at the helm of it’s legal team, Agthia Group, a diversified food and beverage company, has introduced Agthia Ventures, a USD 54 million (AED 200 million)
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) provided legal advice to Great Horn Investment Holding (GHIH) on a USD155 million facility for the development of projects in Djibouti’s Damerjog Industrial Development Free Trade Zone. The facility,
Cairo, Egypt – In a significant move aimed at attracting foreign investments, the Cabinet of Egypt has approved a draft law to amend provisions of the Importers Register Law (Law No. 121 of 1982). The amendment allows for
Banking & Finance
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
Dreny & Partners on NUCA’s EGP 15 Bil Securitization Transaction
Dreny & Partners has advised on the successful closure of New Urban Communities Authority’s (NUCA) first securitization transaction from a multi-issuance program with a total value of EGP 30 billion. The issuance was backed by
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Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
Saudi Arabia
Linklaters advises on Neom’s US$5.6B smart city deal
Neom, the planned smart city in northwest Saudi Arabia, has reached a significant milestone in its development with the finalization of contracts worth SAR 21 billion ($5.6 billion) in investments. The contracts, part of a large-scale public-private
Brooke Lindsay, Group Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at e& (formerly Etisalat Group), has been appointed to the Board of PTCL, an integrated (fixed and mobile) telecom operator in Pakistan. The announcement was
Asafo & Co. provided legal services to Advanced Finance and Investment Group (“AFIG Funds”) on its acquisition of Nouvelle Mici-Embaci (“NME”) from Holea Holding, the parent company of Groupe Carré d’Or, an agro-industrial conglomerate
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United Arab Emirates
Allen & Overy advises on Hub71’s latest start-up Intake
Allen & Overy has acted as legal counsel for Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, on the development of its incubator investment framework. This framework will facilitate the integration of the latest cohort of
