11 Nov 2008
UK firm acts for two closed-ended funds in their dual listing on the Dubai International Financial Exchange.
Tags: Investment funds, Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UAE, Deals
10 Nov 2008
US firm's three-partner office becomes latest entrant to bustling Abu Dhabi market.
Tags: Capital Markets, Project finance, Middle East, UAE, Private Equity, Office moves, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld
29 Oct 2008
Jordanian firm acts as local counsel to the nuclear regulator in the first phase of Areva's exploration programme.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Linklaters, Jordan, Deals, Norton Rose, Aljazy and Co
10 Jul 2008
Yapi Kredi and ABN Amro provide €340 million financing for Istanbul's second international airport.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Turkey, Deals, Paksoy
08 Jul 2008
Three UK and one US firm advise in the Commercial Bank of Qatar's $900 million capital raising.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Qatar, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Simmons and Simmons
Norton continues Islamic finance rebuilding process with the hire of Farmida Bi.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose, Denton Wilde Sapte
04 Jul 2008
Clifford Chance, Milbank, Dewey and Emirates International Law Firm win roles in $400 million wastewater project.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Clifford Chance, UAE, Deals, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Emirates International Law Firm
26 Jun 2008
Latham, Simmons and Marccus Partners act in NYSE's purchase of a stake in Doha Securities Market.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Qatar, Latham and Watkins, Deals, Simmons and Simmons, Marccus Partners
Changes to the scope and application of insurance and pensions have led to a more socialized system -- Ercüment Erdem, Erdem & Erdem
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Briefings, Turkey, Erdem and Erdem
23 Jun 2008
Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Walkers snare roles in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank's note programme.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, UAE, Deals, Walkers
Herbert Smith, Clifford Chance and Dundas & Wilson advise on financing for Motherwell Bridge buyout.
Tags: Banking, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Scotland, UK, Kuwait, Deals, Herbert Smith, Dundas and Wilson
18 Jun 2008
Turkish duo work alongside White & Case and Clifford Chance in €1 billion financing of power portfolio.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Turkey, Deals, Cakmak Avukatlık Bürosu, Hergüner Bilgen Özeke
17 Jun 2008
Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Maples and Calder advise on Dubai utility provider's $871 million sukuk-al-ijara.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, UAE, Deals, Maples and Calder
12 Jun 2008
Projects partner Jonathan Brufal set to transfer from London to Abu Dhabi.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose
11 Jun 2008
Denton Wilde Sapte's Kuwaiti debut has met with virtual indifference from local firms – and with good reason.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Features, Denton Wilde Sapte, Bryan Cave, Abdullah Kh Al-Ayoub and Associates, Stephenson Harwood, Dixon and Dixon, Al-Sarraf and Al-Ruwayeh
09 Jun 2008
Pair advise Hits Africa on its $215 million placement on the Kuwait Stock Exchange.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Kuwait, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Deals, Walkers
05 Jun 2008
UK firm hires Andrew Abernethy from New Zealander firm Bell Gully.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose, Bell Gully
UK firm transfers Charles July and Ian Poynton from London to ramp up Middle East offering.
Tags: Banking, Project finance, Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, People and moves, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE
White & Case and Allen & Overy advise in $1.1 billion dual-tranche murabaha facility.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, White and Case, Allen and Overy, Saudi Arabia, Deals
04 Jun 2008
Turkish firm advises buyers in the acquisitions of Tekin Acar Cosmetics and News Outdoor Turkey.
Tags: Middle East, Baker and McKenzie, Turkey, Private Equity, Deals, Paksoy, Winston and Strawn, Guzeldere Law Firm, Karaosmanoglu Law Firm
Abdulaziz H Fahad, Al-Jadaan & Partners, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance advise on $6 billion facility.
Tags: Banking, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Saudi Arabia, Deals, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Law Office of Abdulaziz H Fahad
03 Jun 2008
Clients want to pay more, and for fewer services. It's a "sweet shop" for lawyers – but only half will get to tuck in. Lukas Becker reports from Abu Dhabi.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Sovereign funds, UAE, Latham and Watkins, Simmons and Simmons, Features, Herbert Smith, Trowers and Hamlins
Kuwaiti firm signs association agreement with Denton Wilde Sapte and recruits a team from Bryan Cave.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Office moves, Denton Wilde Sapte, The Law Offices of Dr Ahmad Al-Samdan
Full-service office to eventually grow to two partners and four associates.
Tags: Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, UAE, Office moves
29 May 2008
But relationship with Salah Al-Hejailan's firm still unclear.
Tags: Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Office moves, The Law Firm of Fares Al-Hejailan, The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan
Tim Burbury defects from Minter Ellison while Debbie Barbour transfers internally from London.
Tags: Banking, Project finance, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, DLA Piper, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
28 May 2008
Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Walkers advise in first ijarah sukuk programme in the UAE.
27 May 2008
Villamar real-estate sukuk calms regulator's fears about controversial Islamic structure.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Deals, Herbert Smith, Walkers, Hatim S Zu’bi and Partners, Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, Ali Radwan and Partners, Trowers and Hamlins
Legal partnerships in Saudi Arabia should be based on capability, not celebrity. Lukas Becker reports from Riyadh.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Norton Rose, Features, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Law Office of Hassan Mahassni, The Law Office of Dr Mujahid Al-Sawwaf
22 May 2008
$833 million sale involves first early redemption of a convertible sukuk.
Tags: Capital Markets, Corporate, Middle East, Allen and Overy, UAE, Deals, Simmons and Simmons, Lovells