Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Abdulkhaliq Elshayyal (pictured) as partner in its Saudi banking and finance practice. Elshayyal, who recently joined from Clifford Chance, will be based in the firm’s associated office
Deal & transactions
Fashion, Luxury & Design
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins advises Chimera on the creation of ChimHaeres
Latham & Watkins has advised Chimera Abu Dhabi (Chimera) on its equal joint venture with Haeres Capital (Haeres) to create ChimHaeres Investment Holding (ChimHaeres), an investment vehicle that will deploy its capital towards the acquisition
Kyriakos Fountoukakos (pictured) has been appointed as the new Managing Partner of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ global Competition, Regulation and Trade (CRT) Practice, effective from May 1. Fountoukakos will take over from Stephen Wisking, who will continue
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has announced the appointment of 30 new partners with effect from 1 May 2023. The new partners are drawn from all of the firm’s market-leading practices and reflect the breadth
Global law firm White & Case has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Mahmoud Abdel-Baky as a partner in Riyadh. “The arrival of an experienced partner like Mahmoud expands our practice
DP World Trade Finance has appointed Karim El Tantawi (pictured) as the new Head of Legal. With over 13 years of experience in the legal field, El Tantawi brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to
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Egypt
Energy & Trading
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Qatar
Libya’s Zliten power plant to be built by Qatari-Egyptian consortium
General Electricity Company of Libya (‘GECOL’) has entered into a Euro1.19bn (USD1.3bn) contract with an Egyptian-Qatari consortium for the construction of the Zliten power station. The power station will be supplied
Banking & Finance
Egypt
Energy & Trading
Clifford Chance advises on Red Sea wind energy project in Egypt
Clifford ChanceClifford Chance has advised the sponsors Engie, Toyota Tsusho & Eurus and Orascom Construction in relation to the 500mw Red Sea wind energy project in Egypt. has advised the sponsors Engie, Toyota Tsusho &
Shalakany advised Liquid Intelligent Technologies on the 100% acquisition of Cysiv MEA, specialists in the cyber security services sector, advised by Baker Mckenzie Egypt. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is a technology group that operates in the areas
Banking & Finance
IPOs
United Arab Emirates
White & Case advises on Al Ansari Financial Services IPO
Global law firm White & Case has advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, EFG-Hermes and Emirates NBD Capital as joint global coordinators on the initial public offering (IPO) of Al Ansari Financial Services (Al Ansari), the
