Freshfields with Plenty on its $680m Joint Venture with Mawarid

Freshfields advises Plenty Unlimited on its $680 million joint venture with Mawarid, a subsidiary of Alpha Dhabi Holding, to develop a network of indoor farms in the Middle East over the next five years. 

Freshfields’ team

The Freshfields team advising on the transaction is being led in the US by partner Andrea Merediz Basham (pictured left), supported by senior associates Ted Haxby and Dilara Alpli, and in Abu Dhabi by partner Tom Lawless (pictured right) supported by senior associate Mohammed Sayeed. Partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Danny Spencer and associate Chinyere Obi are advising on IP and licensing matters. Tax advice is being provided by partner Claude Stansbury and counsel Dennis Caracristi.

Plenty

Plenty is an indoor vertical farming technology company, which develops farms capable of growing clean produce year-round, anywhere in the world. Its new farms in the Middle East will produce fresh produce for local consumption and export within the Guld Cooperation Council member countries.

Vertical farming systems
MHI Group

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, MHI Group is a subsidiary of Alpha Dhabi Holding (ADH), an investment holding company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

benedetta.miarelli@lcpublishinggroup.com

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