Eversheds Sutherland advised Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the procurer for critical water and wastewater infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the financial close of the Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Plant (IWP) project,
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Eversheds Sutherland officialised the arrival of banking and finance partner Zaid Al-Farisi (pictured) to its Riyadh office. Al-Farisi moves from King & Spalding, where he led the firm’s Saudi banking and finance practice. His
Baker McKenzie expands its banking & finance practice group in Dubai, with the appointment of Philip Clarke (pictured) as a financial regulatory partner. Moving from Stephenson Harwood, Clarke often advises financial institutions on complex regulatory
DLA Piper advised private equity fund CDG Invest Growth throughout the acquisition of a minority stake in Groupe Assiette Nordique, a Moroccan eafood processing and distribution specialist. The investment in question took place via a
King & Spalding recently published its 2026 global promotion round. Among the 17 newly promoted counsels is Abu Dhabi–based Nika Silva (pictured). The profile A structured finance specialist, Nika Silva advises US-based clients on asset-backed securitization
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King & Spalding advises on Abu Dhabi energy acquisition and
King & Spalding advised Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and Dubal Holding on the acquisition of Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) Al Taweelah 3.1GW combined cycle gas-fired plant for USD $1.9 billion – approximately AED 7
Matouk Bassiouny (MB) advised the shareholders of InfiniLink – a Delaware-Cairo-based silicon-photonics startup specialising in high-performance optical transceiver chiplets –on the company’s full acquisition by GlobalFoundries (GF). Pursuant to the deal, GF’s silicon-photonics
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
Zaki Hashem (ZH) represented the dealers and arrangers – including included Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, and HSBC Bank plc – on Egypt’s
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised Tasaheel for Financing (Tasaheel) on a EGP 3,748,500,000 securitization transaction. The context The operation marks the third issuance under Capital’s Twelfth securitization program, for a total aggregate value of
