Middle East - United Arab Emirates
Linklaters
Linklaters handles work for clients including sovereign wealth funds, financial sponsors and premium corporates and the team regularly handles standout M&A transactions and top-quality commercial advisory work. The firm has seen a recent uptick in energy and infrastructure deals, as well as outbound investment by key clients. Scott Campbell has a well-established practice assisting top-end clients with complex cross-border transactions. Nicholas Edwards is active in private M&A and joint ventures and is a key port of call for domestic and international clients as they look to form partnerships. Patrick Sutton-Mattocks stand outs within a team of talented juniors for his high level of activity, supporting on a range of M&A, equity raisings and joint venture deals. Waleed Rasromani and Amro Bakhaidar are key names for deals with a nexus to Saudi Arabia.
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- 'Commercial, internationally and domestically knowledgeable, practical, user friendly, to the point, time efficient, personable and a genuine sense of team effort.'
Key clients
- Hassana Investment Company
- DP World Limited
- SHUAA Capital
- Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (“e&”)
- Meraas Holding LLC
- Emaar Properties PJSC
- Emaar Malls PJSC
- The Mawarid Investment Group
- Bytedance Pte. Ltd.
- Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (“TAQA”)
- Ahli United Bank B.S.C.
Work highlights
- Advising e& e& on its proposed US$400m investment in exchange for a majority stake in Careem’s Super App.
- Advising Emaar on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Dubai Creek Harbour LLC from Dubai Holding.
- Advising Hassana, on behalf of the General Organization for Social Insurance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GOSI), on a landmark c. US$2.4bn investment in three of DP World’s flagship UAE assets, valued at approximately US$23bn.
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Scott Campbell, Nick Edwards, Waleed Rasromani, Amro Bakhaidar