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Clyde & Co provides wide-ranging and detailed advice on corporate matters to clients operating in key sectors in mature and emerging markets across the globe.

Using our intellectual capital to create value for clients worldwide.

Clyde & Co has acknowledged experience across industry and commerce, serving clients in major sectors such as education, healthcare, hospitality, technology, marine, transport, energy, construction, commodities and insurance.

Underpinning this is experience and capability in the provision of advice on the full range of business legal issues affecting today’s corporate enterprises.

We support clients domestically and internationally through our network of global offices. Our skill-set extends to all aspects of corporate finance, including capital dealings, market listings, mergers and acquisitions, disposals and restructuring. We can guide clients on every aspect of a transaction, supplying cross-border expertise as needed.

Another key focus is corporate governance, which is of growing importance thanks to increased regulation and the demand from shareholders and stakeholders for greater accountability.

We also help our clients with their equity portfolios, managing risk to maximise returns over the lifespan of an investment and achieve their overall business objectives.

Corporate insights

Regulatory risk | Energy & Natural Resources

What does the Tanzania mining framework agreement entail?

19 November 2024

Regulatory & Investigations

Failure to prevent fraud guidance published by UK Government

08 November 2024

Regulatory risk | Corporate

U.S. Issues Final Rules Regulating U.S. Outbound Investments

07 November 2024
Regulatory risk | Cyber Risk

Key Privacy Reforms – Guidance on ‘serious interference with privacy’ and the new orders available t

06 November 2024
Corporate

UAE Government repeals Anti-Fronting Law

05 November 2024
Economic risk | Corporate

The driving factors for M&A transactions

04 November 2024
Economic risk | Finance

Bankability of projects in Africa

28 October 2024
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Our Corporate work

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  • Africa
  • Asia Pacific
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • UK & Europe

  • £100m co-investment and development management project with the largest central London focused REIT

    Advising Native Land on co-investment and funding documentation with Derwent London, the largest central London focused REIT in relation to the development of 100 George Street – a high quality apartment building.

    United Kingdom

    Overseas expansion for Leon

    Advising healthy fast-food chain, Leon, to facilitate a secondary sale and raise funds for overseas expansion from Spice Private Equity, part of GP Investments, after it secured an offer of £25m private equity funding. 

    United Kingdom

    Acquisitions of GCC companies by a KSA private equity firm

    Assisting client on numerous corporate transactions, including the USD 82 million acquisition and financing of a UAE-based construction company.

    Saudi Arabia

    USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of manufacturers to a private equity house

    Acting for French and German manufacturers on the USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of their business to a leading private equity house.

    France

    Advising Emirates Leisure Retail LLC on its management agreement/joint venture with Nakheel PJSC

    Advising Emirates Leisure Retail LLC on its management agreement/joint venture with Nakheel PJSC (a quasi-government entity) for the purposes of managing shoreline clubs on the Palm

    United Arab Emirates

    $200 million logistics business disposal

    Acting for an Italian trading group on the $200 million disposal of their worldwide logistics business.

    Italy

    Assisting Arby’s with the expansion of its franchised concept

    Assisting Arby’s, a well-known US casual dining concept with the expansion of its franchised concept in the UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Egypt, through a master developer relationship based in the UAE. Providing local law support on the transaction documents as well as related regulatory advice on corporate, franchising and trade mark issues.

    Egypt

    USD 130 million carve-out electronics business acquisition

    Acting for leading listed UK electrocomponents distributor on the USD 130 million multi-jurisdictional acquisition of a carve-out business from US multilateral

    United States

    Advising Helium Health on its Kenya market entry

    Advising Helium Health on its Kenya market entry, corporate structuring of their entity and the accruing tax implications.

    Kenya

    Advising on a Hong Kong investment holding company's acquisitions

    Advising a Hong Kong based investment holding company in connection with various M&A related transactions in its investment in a commercial bank in China, consumer bank in Indonesia and Thailand and upstream oil and gas interests in Indonesia

    Hong Kong

  • Advising Helium Health on its Kenya market entry

    Advising Helium Health on its Kenya market entry, corporate structuring of their entity and the accruing tax implications.

    Kenya

    Advising Adenia Capital on its acquisition of Africa Biosystems Limited

    Advising private equity firm Adenia Capital on its acquisition of Africa Biosystems Limited in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

    Kenya

    South African coal and Delta Mining Consolidated

    Advising Delta Mining Consolidated on several rounds of pre IPO/IPO financing around a coal resource in South Africa

    South Africa

    Advising international commodity house on a JV in Southern Africa

    Advising an international commodity house on a joint venture in Southern Africa. We advised on both the shareholding arrangements in both the Mauritius and Zimbabwean vehicles and the related distribution and storage arrangements.

    South Africa

    Advising Lori Systems on its Series A round of US$5.5 Million

    Advising Lori Systems, a major player in the logistics-tech sector, on its Series A round of US$5.5 Million in the form of convertible debt.

    Kenya

    Premier Solar (Kenya)

    Advising Premier Solar (Kenya) on its joint venture with Starsight Solar (Nigeria).

    Kenya

    Advising Monarch Insurance on its disposal of a majority equity stake to Holmarcom

    Advising Monarch Insurance, a major Kenyan underwriter, on its disposal of a majority equity stake to Moroccan conglomerate, Holmarcom.

    Kenya

    KES 2 billion acquisition of Civicon Limited

    Advising on the KES 2 billion acquisition of Civicon Limited by Trans-century Limited.

    Kenya

    KES 250million acquisition of Francis Thuo and Partners Limited

    Advising on the KES 250million acquisition of Francis Thuo and Partners Limited by Equity Investment Bank.

    Kenya

    Stichting DOB Equity's proposed investment in Moringa Schools Limited

    Advising Stichting DOB Equity on their proposed investment in Moringa Schools Limited.

    Kenya

  • Advising on a Hong Kong investment holding company's acquisitions

    Advising a Hong Kong based investment holding company in connection with various M&A related transactions in its investment in a commercial bank in China, consumer bank in Indonesia and Thailand and upstream oil and gas interests in Indonesia

    Hong Kong

    UK Education institution

    Acting on behalf of an independent school in relation to its expansion project to Australia, to establish and operate branded for-profit schools in Melbourne and Sydney.

    Australia

    Insurance Australia Group non-life insurer acquisition

    Advising Insurance Australia Group in relation to its acquisition of a 30% stake in AAA Assurance Corporation, a Vietnamese non-life insurer

    Australia

    China IP - water filtration patent protection

    Advising leading manufacturer of water filtration equipment on patent infringement by a Chinese national. The Chinese national copied a patented cartridge and filed a utility model patent application for the copy-design. As China does not conduct a prior art search for utility model applications, the China Patent Office (SIPO) issued the utility model patent to the individual despite the lack of novelty and inventiveness. The individual then initiated a patent infringement litigation against...

    China

    China IP advice - roads and maintenance firm

    Advising global market-leading road construction and maintenance machinery provider on patent infringement litigation against a Chinese company and secured a first instance judgment of RMB500,000 in compensation and succeeded in defending the client's patents from the Chinese company's invalidation attempts.

    China

    Pharmaceutical acquisitions in China

    Acting for a major pharmaceutical distribution company in its China M&A transactions and PRC regulatory work

    China

    Chinese investment into the Lloyd's market

    Advising China Re on their investment into the Catlin Lloyd’s Syndicate

    China

    IndusInd Bank QIP

    Partner John Chrisman acted for Morgan Stanley India, JM Financial, CLSA India, Citigroup Global Markets, Credit Suisse Securities, Goldman Sachs (India) and JP Morgan India in the USD675 million qualified institutional placement of IndusInd Bank Limited including a private placement in the United States. (2015)

    India

    Thyrocare Technologies IPO

    Partner John Chrisman acted for JM Financial, Edelweiss Financial Services and ICICI Securities in the USD75 million initial public offering of Thyrocare Technologies including a Rule 144A offering in the United States. (2016)

    India

    NTPC OFS

    Partner John Chrisman acted for Represented the Government of India in the USD750 million offer for sale in India by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) including a Rule 144 offering in the United States. (2016)

    India

  • Acquisitions of GCC companies by a KSA private equity firm

    Assisting client on numerous corporate transactions, including the USD 82 million acquisition and financing of a UAE-based construction company.

    Saudi Arabia

    Advising Emirates Leisure Retail LLC on its management agreement/joint venture with Nakheel PJSC

    Advising Emirates Leisure Retail LLC on its management agreement/joint venture with Nakheel PJSC (a quasi-government entity) for the purposes of managing shoreline clubs on the Palm

    United Arab Emirates

    Assisting Arby’s with the expansion of its franchised concept

    Assisting Arby’s, a well-known US casual dining concept with the expansion of its franchised concept in the UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Egypt, through a master developer relationship based in the UAE. Providing local law support on the transaction documents as well as related regulatory advice on corporate, franchising and trade mark issues.

    Egypt

    Lead counsel to Suez Industrial Development Company (SIDC)

    Advising as lead counsel to Suez Industrial Development Company (SIDC), a majority-owned subsidiary of Orascom Construction PLC (NASDAQ Dubai: OC; EGX: ORAS), on a project that aims to develop a 2.2 million square meter industrial park in West Cairo, along with an acquisition of 25 per cent stake of the project company.

    Egypt

    Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited on its acquisition of Medco Plast for Packing and Packaging

    Advising Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, dually listed in Thailand and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and one of the world's leading petrochemicals producers on its acquisition of Medco Plast for Packing and Packaging Systems, the largest manufacturer of PET from Gulf Capital’s portfolio company, Middle East Glass.

    Egypt

    Sovereign Fund of Egypt on the USD 2 billion sale of state-held stakes in five EGX-listed companies

    Advising the Sovereign Fund of Egypt on the USD 2 billion sale of state-held stakes in five EGX-listed companies including Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Fawry, and state-owned Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemicals Company (AFC), Misr Fertilizers Production Company (MOPCO), and Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, ADQ.

    Egypt

    Acquisition of a 95% stake of GlobalCorp for Financial Services.

    Advising a consortium of financial investors led by Amethis and included SPE AIF I (SPE Capital Partners) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on the acquisition of a 95% stake of GlobalCorp for Financial Services.

    Egypt

    Olayan Financing Company on the EGP 512 million acquisition of El Rashidi El Mizan

    Advising Olayan Financing Company on the EGP 512 million acquisition of El Rashidi El Mizan.

    Egypt

    Acquisition of LNG project

    Advising a North American client on the acquisition of the West Delta Deep Marine project financed LNG project in Egypt

    Egypt

    CI Capital on their 80% acquisition of Reefy

    Advising CI Capital on their 80 per cent acquisition of Reefy, Egypt’s leading microfinance institution.

    Egypt

  • USD 130 million carve-out electronics business acquisition

    Acting for leading listed UK electrocomponents distributor on the USD 130 million multi-jurisdictional acquisition of a carve-out business from US multilateral

    United States

    Onex Partners acquisition of Kodak's health imagine business

    Advising a private equity entity based in Canada on the Middle Eastern aspects of the global acquisition of Kodak’s health imaging business for USD 2.35 billion

    Canada

    Hard commodities pre-IPO private placement

    Advising a Canadian iron-ore company in relation to pre-IPO private placement

    Canada

    Floating African Global Energy

    Supporting New Age (African Global Energy) on a proposed listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange

    Canada

    Ivanplats becomes majority stakeholder at The Kipushi Project

    Advising on the Canadian mining company Ivanplats Limited in its acquisition of a majority stake in a world class zinc deposit in Kipushi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kipushi Project is based on the high-grade, underground zinc-copper mine in the Central African Copperbelt.

    Canada

    Global telecommunications network assets acquisition

    Advising a global telecommunications carrier and network integrator on its cross border acquisition of a fellow network integrator including significant network assets in North America, Europe and Asia

    United States

  • £100m co-investment and development management project with the largest central London focused REIT

    Advising Native Land on co-investment and funding documentation with Derwent London, the largest central London focused REIT in relation to the development of 100 George Street – a high quality apartment building.

    United Kingdom

    Overseas expansion for Leon

    Advising healthy fast-food chain, Leon, to facilitate a secondary sale and raise funds for overseas expansion from Spice Private Equity, part of GP Investments, after it secured an offer of £25m private equity funding. 

    United Kingdom

    USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of manufacturers to a private equity house

    Acting for French and German manufacturers on the USD 1 billion merger and joint disposal of their business to a leading private equity house.

    France

    $200 million logistics business disposal

    Acting for an Italian trading group on the $200 million disposal of their worldwide logistics business.

    Italy

    Pacorinin SrL sale of metal warehousing business

    Advising Pacorini SrL on the high-profile sale of a metals warehousing business located in eight jurisdictions to Glencore. This deal was subject to complex regulatory requirements across several jurisdictions.

    Italy

    Sale of a Real Estate Investment SPV

    Acting for the Sellers in relation to the sale of a real estate investment SPV which owned industrial warehousing units built in the 1980s constructed over ground and first floors.

    United Kingdom

    Acquisition of petrol distribution and retail outlets in Spain

    Advising a UK company on the set up of Luxembourg and Spanish corporate holding structures and the acquisition of petrol distribution and retail outlets in Spain.

     

    United Kingdom

    £2.5 million series investment by Maven

    Acting for Cardinality, a software and service provider which has developed a data ingestion and analytics platform, in relation to securing a £2.5million investment from Maven Capital Partners.

    United Kingdom

    Complex reorganisation of a 30 company corporate group

    Advising on a complex tax-driven 12 step corporate reorganisation of a 30 company corporate group in order to create separate asset holding, operational and development sub-holding structures.

    United Kingdom

    De-merger Restructure of City & Provincial Properties

    Advising on a multi-step tax driven restructure of an existing company group in conjunction with PWC through a demerger.

    United Kingdom

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Franco Acchiardo
Franco Acchiardo

Partner

Andrés Adame
Andrés Adame

Partner

Nora Al Muhamad
Nora Al Muhamad

Partner

Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily
Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily

Partner

Mohammed Almarzouki
Mohammed Almarzouki

Partner

Mohamed Barakat
Mohamed Barakat

Managing Partner – Cairo

Eva-Maria Barbosa
Eva-Maria Barbosa

Partner

Richard Berkahn
Richard Berkahn

Partner

Tom Bicknell
Tom Bicknell

Partner

Dr. Andreas Börner
Dr. Andreas Börner

Partner

Nicole Britton
Nicole Britton

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