Middle East - United Arab Emirates

Gibson Dunn

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Gibson Dunn‘s capital markets team has grown recently with the arrivals of Marwan Elaraby and Jade Chu who joined from Shearman & Sterling LLP in October 2022 and January 2023 respectively, and Ibrahim Soumrany  in early 2024 from White & Case LLP. Elaraby is ’a clear leader in the capital markets space, with unrivalled deal flow, transactional experience, and relationships’ and Chu brings additional regulatory and cross-border transactional knowledge to the group. The team has advised on a number of blockbuster IPOs, including acting as issuer’s counsel on ADNOC’s listing on the ADX, as well as advising the joint bookrunners on Salik’s IPO and listing on the DFM.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Marwan Elaraby is exceptional in delivering successful IPOs for companies looking to list on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange having personally advised on all ADNOC Group Company IPOs.’

  • ‘The team is very new and growing rapidly - potentially one of the fastest growing teams not only in the region, but globally. They have made some very notable hires, with some industry experts joining who also have an excellent client following, both in the banking syndicate and key client space.'

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Key clients

  • Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
  • ADNOC Gas plc

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Work highlights

  • Advised ADNOC and ADNOC Gas in connection with the IPO of ADNOC Gas.
  • Advised ADNOC, Borealis and Borouge in connection with the IPO of Borouge.

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