Dentons advised Citibank, Emirates NBD Bank and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank on a €300 million Islamic financing for Hayat Kimya Sanayi, a globally active manufacturing company with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Dentons’ Istanbul office provided Turkish
Clifford Chance advised on the USD 1.0 billion subordinated hybrid notes issuance by Aldar to Apollo Global Management through a private placement. The net proceeds from the transaction have been injected as equity into Aldar Investment
In response to Iran’s ballistic missile and drone strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates, the national Capital Market Authority (CMA) has officially announced the suspension of the country’s stock markets, including the Abu
King & Spalding advised Arcapita on a forward-funding investment and partnership with ASMO, a joint venture between Aramco and DHL Supply Chain. Stemming from the collaboration, a large-scale (1.4 million square meter) logistics and warehousing facility
Charles Russell Speechlys advised SkyPower Global on the sale of SkyPower Services MENA to Indian integrated renewable energy platform Inox Clean Energy (Inox), part of the INOXGFL Group. The transaction leads to the creation of
Khoshaim & Associates (K&A) advised Byrne Equipment Rental in the sale of a 60% stake of the company to GFH Financial Group, an investment group with headquarters in Bahrain. The client Byrne is an
UAE-based proptech platform Stake completed a USD 31 million series B funding round. In connection with the operation, Taylor Wessing advised Stake, while Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle represented investor GFH Partners, whose support included both
Ingy Darwish (pictured) has re-joined Al Tamimi & Company as a partner. Moving from A&O Shearman, Darwish will bolster the firm’s corporate department in Egypt, where she began her legal career, with
BIP Law and Tax officialised the opening of a new Abu Dhabi-based desk, working under the leadership of equity partner John Shehata (pictured). Developed in collaboration with innovation broker Italiacamp, this is the first stable
Addleshaw Goddard expands its UAE corporate team with the appointment of Naji Hawayek (pictured) as a partner. Joining from Clyde & Co, where he spent nearly 20 years, including the last four as head of corporate
