As of March 2025, Riyadh-based Peter Norris (picture left) and Dubai-based Omar Maayeh (pictured right) will kick-off their new partnership tenures at Latham & Watkins MENA , being both promoted from counseling roles. The profiles A member
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Banking & Finance
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins: Tabby’s Debt Financing and Series D Extension
International law firm Latham & Watkins has provided legal counsel to Tabby, a prominent shopping and financial services app in the Middle East, in securing a substantial US$700 million in receivables securitization from J.P.
Fintech platform Tamara, advised by Latham & Watkins, has become Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown fintech unicorn after a successful Series C equity funding round. The $340 million investment, co-led by SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments,
The London and Dubai teams at Latham & Watkins have played a pivotal role in advising Tamara, a leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East, on securing an additional
Deal & transactions
Fashion, Luxury & Design
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins advises Chimera on the creation of ChimHaeres
Latham & Watkins has advised Chimera Abu Dhabi (Chimera) on its equal joint venture with Haeres Capital (Haeres) to create ChimHaeres Investment Holding (ChimHaeres), an investment vehicle that will deploy its capital towards the acquisition
Global law firm White & Case has provided legal counsel to Goldman Sachs International on a warehouse securitisation worth up to USD150 million. The transaction involved buy now, pay later (BNPL) receivables originating from Nakhla
Banking & Finance
United Arab Emirates
Sequoia Capital acts as lead investor on Tabby’s $58M Financing
Latham & Watkins provided legal advice to Sequoia Capital, the lead investor, in Tabby’s USD58 million funding round. Latham & Watkins provided legal advice to Sequoia Capital, the lead investor, in Tabby’s USD58
Deal & transactions
TMT
United Arab Emirates
Latham & Watkins advises on BioNTech’s acquisition of InstaDeep
Latham & Watkins has provided legal counsel to Chimera Abu Dhabi in the sale of its investment in InstaDeep, a global technology company in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, to BioNTech. The
Baraka, a commission-free online brokerage platform based in the Middle East, has raised USD20 million in a Series A funding round, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures with participation from global investment firm Knollwood. &
Saudi-based Retail enablement company Zid has raised USD50 million in Series B funding round (~188 million SAR). The round was led by IMPACT46 with participation from investors including Aramco venture capital arm (Waed Ventures) and Endeavour
