Herbert Smith Freehills advised a sponsor consortium (consisting of Japanese general trading company Sojitz Corporation and FAS Energy, the renewable energy development arm of Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Al Hokair group) on a district cooling
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised Beltone Capital on the signing of a joint venture agreement and other related agreements with Crif to launch a credit ratings and business solutions company. The new venture will
Simmons & Simmons advised Harbin Electric International (HEI), one of China’s largest power engineering groups, on the negotiation of turnkey EPC contracts for the Rumah II and Nairyah II greenfield combined cycle gas-fired power
As of January 2025 Tewfik Shehata (pictured) will rejoin Zaki Hashem Attorneys at Law (ZH), as the the senior partner headingteh law firm litigation and arbitration departments. Shehata return follows a nine-year period during which he
King & Spalding has promoted four new partners, one in Abu Dhabi, Almiro Clere, and three in Dubai, Sayf Shuqair, Dounia Mansour, and Sunandini Das all effective on 1st of January 2025. The profiles Almiro Clere (
Clyde & Co is seeing its presence grow in Saudi Arabia through the promotions to the rank of partner of Andrew Archer (upper left), Brendan Molck (bottom left), and Will Cadwaladr (upper right), and through
Senior in-house counsel for Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Michael Schweppe (pictured) has advised his company on non-swiss law aspects of its acquisition of a minority stake in Sauber, a Formula 1 team owned by Audi. NKF,
Asar has advised National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) on the acquisition of 51% of shares, a controlling stake, in Upayments, itself advised by Meysan. The deal was announced last February (here the news). Asar provided comprehensive
A&O Shearman has advised the creditors’ committee to Emirates Hospitals Group (EHG), a multi-specialty Emirati healthcare provider, in connection with an AED 3.5bn (c. USD 950 million) debt restructuring. The restructuring was implemented under
Tariq Khan (pictured) joins M&Co as the new head of international arbitration, leaving his role as registrar of the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre in Hyderabad, an organization of which he has been
