MBH and White & Case advised Qatari Diar – a real estate investment company wholly owned by the Qatar Investment Authority – on a USD 29.7 billion investment for a strategic partnership with the New Urban Communities Authority (
Finance specialist lawyer Joywin Mathew (pictured) has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner within the firm’s financial services practice group in Dubai, moving from DLA Piper. The profile Mathew’s expertise spans structured
UAE-based Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants has promoted Fadi Hassoun (pictured) to senior partner. Within the context of the new role, Hassoun will continue to head the firm’s Abu Dhabi office. The profile Fadi
Dreny & Partners advised Amer for Touristic Development Company and Tropi 2 for Touristic Development Company, both subsidiaries of Amer Group on a securitization transaction amounting EGP 451 million. The operation – backed by a receivables
Dentons advised Aument Capital Partners on its role in the financing for the Gigatons Group. In connection with the deal, White & Case advised Gigatons on the deal, while Clifford Chance advised the institutional shareholders
Addleshaw Goddard advised the shareholders of Transcorp International, Rodrigue Nacouzi and Ventures Limited – a subsidiary of Crescent Enterprises – in connection with the sale of their interests in Transcorp to logistics platform Elite Co., a company
Baker Botts has appointed two new partners in its Riyadh office: Joza Al Rasheed (pictured left) – who will also serve as partner in charge – and Alexander Currie (pictured right) . Both join from Herbert Smith Freehills,
Kirkland & Ellis advised Tamasuk Holding Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Blagha Group (ABG), in connection with the company’s sale of a 25% stake in Tamasuk to SEDCO Holding. Infrastructure developer and investor
Matouk Bassiouny advised AfricInvest in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in Arrow Holding, an HR-technology and staffing group operating multiple subsidiaries across Africa and the Middle East. The investment has been carried
Globally active law firm Morgan Lewis opens a new location in Riyadh. The newborn office debuts with a six-member leadership team of senior legal professionals. M&A and capital markets partners Sultan
