Middle East - United Arab Emirates
Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard‘s team is well versed in cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and restructuring and also handles commercial matters. The team has strong sector expertise in education, retail and consumer, real estate and transport, and also acts for private equity entities. Andrew Johnston has particular strength in cross-border transactions and Lowri Llwyd is a key contact for retail, TMT and education clients. Owen Richards has recently assisted with investment deals, shareholder exits, and joint venture agreements.
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Key clients
- 3S Investment Limited (3S)
- Abu Dhabi Capital Group
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
- Agility/United Projects for Aviation Services Company
- AJWGK Limited / HLD Group
- Al Futtaim Group
- Aldar Properties
- ASCA Capital
- Averda
- AVEVA / Schneider Electric
- Bios Middle East
- Blue Ocean Terminals Limited
- Carlyle Group
- CedarBridge Capital Partners
- Coffee Planet LLC
- Cognita Limited
- Coty Inc.
- Coty Middle East FZCO
- Dassault Aviation
- Diamond Developers
- DMCC
- Dominic Docherty, the founding shareholder of the BIOS Group (Seller)
- DP World
- El Grocer Limited
- Element Materials Technology
- Emirates Flight Catering
- Emirates Integrated Technology Company (du)
- Exterran Corporation
- Finasi Group
- Fircroft Engineering Services
- G4S plc
- GEMS Education
- GHA Loyalty DMCC or Global Hotel Alliance
- Guggenheim KBBO Partners Limited
- Gulf Capital
- Hawk Limited
- HEA Investments
- Hoare Lea
- InfraCo Africa
- J.K. Cement Works (Fujairah) FZC
- Kasamar Holdings
- KFC MENAPAKT FZ-LLC and Pizza Hut Menapakt FZ-LLC (Yum!)
- Khidmah Sole Proprietorship LLC (a subsidiary of Aldar)
- Kids First Group
- Knoma LTD
- Mizuho Gulf Capital Partners
- Multiplex Construction
- Newsgroup International
- Oman Fasteners
- Owners of Seashell Nursery
- Pedram Nosrati Rad and Pierre Martin Dufresne
- Phanes Group
- Polyeco Waste Management / Green Evolution
- Reckitt Benckiser
- Rhipe Limited
- RJ O'Brien
- Service Souk Ltd
- Shareholders of Earnest Insurance LLC
- Signify International B.V
- TA Associates
- Talria Limited / Dr. Nasir
- The Carlyle Group and Ideal Holding Limited
- The Shareholders of International Electromechanical Services Co. L.L.C
- The Sovereign Group LTD (Sovereign)
- Traffic Digital Group
- Transmed Holding Limited
- Val Morgan Australia Pty Ltd
- Viking International Limited
- Waha Capital
- Waha Land LLC
- Wan An International Holdings Limited
- WSP Opus
- Kitopi
Work highlights
- Advised ASCA Capital on its investment into Squatwolf Holdings Limited, a UAE-based sports apparel brand.
- Advising Khidmah, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aldar Properties PJSC, on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Basatin Landscaping Sole Proprietorship LLC, a landscaping service provider based in Abu Dhabi, from Zaad Capital.
- Advised a subsidiary of Waha Capital on its sale of 17 leased warehouse buildings situated in Almarkaz Industrial Development to Peninsula Real Estate for AED 555 million.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Johnston, Lowri Llwyd