Private Equity

  • Advised a multinational company on a management buy-out of the branch operations of a foreign company in the U.A.E., and their field force in the U.A.E and in Bahrain consisting of over 500 consultants and administrative staff in the U.A.E. and Bahrain.
  • Acted for a UAE-based company with regard to the private placement of shares to private equity groups.
  • Acted for a leading Dubai-based investment house with regard to the acquisition of an interest in an airline through a convertible bond issue.
  • Seller's counsel in multi million dollar sale of equity in regional logistics business to a European transport corporation.
  • Purchaser's counsel in connection with the acquisition of a US$1 billion real estate development.
  • Acted for a Saudi private equity investor in multi million dollar sale of equity in a media enterprise.