Al Tamimi & Company has established a new Advocacy Unit and appointed partner David Holloway (pictured) as its head. The creation of the new unit has come in response to the increase in English language
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Deal & transactions
Food & Beverage
United Arab Emirates
Gulf Capital sells Chef Middle East to Nasdaq-listed food distributor
Gulf Capital, the private equity and growth capital investor in the GCC and Southeast Asia, has successfully completed the sale of 100% of Chef Middle East (“Chef ME”), the GCC’s premier foodservice distribution
Podcast production company Finyal Media has been acquired by the Jordanian podcast and media company Sowt. Founded in 2019, Dubai based Finyal Media is a podcast network which creates content for young Arabs across MENA,
Valoris Capital, a private equity management company has successfully launched its first private equity fund, Valoris Equity Fund. The Fund was launched with the support and backing of private and public institutional shareholders,
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Energy & Trading
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Airut advises MEP in connection to Iraq-based Hydropower plant
Airut Law Offices (“Airut”) has advised Middle East Power (“MEP”) in respect to the drafting and review of the Operation and Maintenance Agreement for the Deralok 37 MW hydropower plant located in Duhok, Kurdistan Region Governorate,
Valu, a buy-now-pay-later (“BNPL”) lifestyle enabling fintech platform and a subsidiary of EFG Hermes Holding, has successfully acquired Paynas, a FinTech and digital HR platform. The transaction falls in line with Valu’s
Deal & transactions
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Aldar Properties acquires RAK based property for AED810m
Abu Dhabi-based developer, Aldar Properties, via its Aldar Investment business, has expanded its hospitality and leisure investment portfolio in the UAE with the acquisition of the beachfront resort DoubleTree by Hilton Resort & Spa Marjan
Deal & transactions
TMT
United Arab Emirates
AIQ and MBZUAI collaborate to energize research into AI technologies
AIQ, a joint venture between ADNOC and G42, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) related to joint research into AI related technologies with an emphasis
Appointments
Banking & Finance
Saudi Arabia
Umera Ali joins Dentons’ Middle East Banking and Finance Practice
Dentons has expanded its Middle East Banking and Finance practice with the hire of Saudi-focussed partner Umera Ali (pictured). Ali has significant experience of advising a global client base having worked in six jurisdictions
Deal & transactions
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
CMS: ADIB finances Urbium Capital Partners’ acquisition of Sainsbury store
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a Shariah compliant financial institution, has provided structured Islamic financing of GBP 20 million to Urbium Capital Partners (UCP) for their acquisition of a Sainsbury’s store in Edinburgh, Scotland. The
