Baker McKenzie advised the Savola Group, a strategic investment holding group in the food and retail sectors, in executing three interlinked transactions. These transactions include a SAR 6 billion rights issue, a capital reduction and the
Ashurst has appointed Maha Osman (pictured) as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Dubai. The hire is part of the firm’s efforts to expand its private capital practice in the Middle East
Zaki Hashem advised Oliv Finance, in obtaining the first financing fintech company license granted by the Financial Regulatory Authority. The team The Zaki Hashem team was led by partners Helal El Hossary (pictured left), head
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised a syndicate of banks comprising the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the Commercial International Bank (CIB Egypt), and the Arab African International Bank (AAIB) in connection with a syndicated
Clyde & Co has been appointed as the legal advisor to the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) on its Gig Economy Sandbox initiative. This project, launched under the Dubai Sandbox initiative, aims to boost innovation and
Helmy Hamza & Partners Baker McKenzie has advised AMEA Power, a renewable energy company, on a 500 MW, $600 million wind project in the Gulf of Suez. The agreements were signed two years ago during the inauguration
Lara Dagher, Diane Assaf, and Hala Akl (pictured from left to right) have joined Eptalex as partners in the firm’s office in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, as of December 2024. The profiles Lara
Raghad Hammad (pictured) has joined BLK Partners as partner, after four years as partner and executive director at Al Zu’bi & Partners. She will jointly lead BLK’s regional insurance & reinsurance practice across
As of January 2025, Mohamed Zaanouni (pictured), managing partner at Dentons Zaanouni, will succeed Noor Kapdi as CEO of Dentons’ Africa Region concluding the leadership transition process started in September 2024. This follows Noor Kapdi’s decision
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
