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Baker & McKenzie Limited

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Baker & McKenzie Limited‘s corporate and commercial department has a strong track record in the financial and real estate industries, advising some of the largest actors in the local market, along with various multinationals, in M&A, restructuring, insolvency, and joint ventures. Praised by clients as an ’excellent lawyer’, Fatima Alhasan covers the full range of transactions, private equity and capital markets matters as well as advice on investment funds, and co-heads the team alongside David Monnier, both splitting their time between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Firm has international clients and often assists with their corporate work.’

  • ‘Partner Fatima Alhassan is an excellent lawyer. ’

Key clients

  • Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co
  • Ministry of Industry and Commerce
  • Gulf International Bank B.S.C

Work highlights

  • Represented GARMCO and MOIC in all stages of the US International Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations relating to Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company, including in relation to the annual review process.
  • Advised Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain, in relation to establishing a joint venture company in Bahrain with Mubadala Health, a subsidiary of Mubadala, the sovereign wealth fund of the UAE, for the provision of long-term care and post-acute rehabilitation services.
  • Acted as legal counsel to Gulf International Bank B.S.C in relation to the fully underwritten $240m syndicated loan facility made available to Noon AD Holdings Ltd and Noon Investment Company CJSC for the acquisition of all the issued share capital of Namshi Holdings Limited from the UAE's largest publicly traded developer, Emaar.

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Fatima Alhasan, David Monnier