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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United Arab Emirates
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
Clyde & Co expands its energy practice in Abu Dhabi with the hire of two partners, Josh McFadzen (pictured left) and Bryan Wilson (pictured right), along with their team, senior associate Marc Penman and associate
Carolyn (Caro) Abram (pictured) has joined Gibson Dunn’s Dubai office as a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group. The profile Caro Abram focuses her advisory activity toward fund sponsors on the formation and
As of May 2025, Khaled Diaa (pictured) makes a comeback as a partner in Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy’s corporate and M&A practice group. He moves from a corporate counsel role at Hill International,
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised Salamtak in connection with the sale of its 98.8% stake in Egyptian consumer finance platform ADVA, to Maseera, a digital financial services company backed by 2PointZero. Pursuant to the deal,
