Foreign Direct Investment

Providing advice to clients on foreign direct investment projects

Our foreign direct investment group regularly advises on the establishment, structuring and reorganisation of transactions, acquisitions and disposals. We manage the complete investment or divestment process for our clients, from determining the most effective structuring of their deals, to assisting in the evaluation of potential business partners and locations to performing due diligence on target companies or assets.

Our global network means we are able to provide on the ground, local knowledge to guide our clients every step of the way and give advice that takes into account the cultural nuances of the particular jurisdiction.

Our FDI advice utilises our expertise in corporate structuring, tax planning, employment, intellectual property protection and dispute resolution.

Our Foreign Direct Investment Work

  • All
  • Middle East
  • UK & Europe
  • Acquisition, development and letting over 45 primary care properties

    Acting for private sector healthcare groups in relation to the acquisition, development and letting of over 45 primary care properties, we developed specialised leases and other documentation to deal with the unique aspects of leasing to doctors.

    United Kingdom

    AED 66 million acquisition of polyclinics

    Advising a UAE based healthcare provider on the acquisition of 3 polyclinics in Dubai and Sharjah for AED 66 million including franchising/branding arrangements

    United Arab Emirates

    GBP 1 billion hospital PFI transaction

    Acting for the consortium in respect of a GBP 1 billion hospital PFI transaction in the city of London, including drafting sections of the construction and facilities maintenance contracts to reflect pertinent legislative changes

    United Kingdom

    GBP 361 million Fit for the Future Project

    Acting for the hard and soft services provider on the FM services for two new hospitals in the Stoke-on-Trent area under the North Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

    United Kingdom

    Healthcare provider alleged systems failure claim

    Acting for a private company that owns and runs 7 GP practices in relation to alleged systems failures, in particular, allegations that its medical records system was not fit for purpose and as a consequence it led to independently employed nurses not being able to provide the appropriate level of care that patients can expect. We were successful in obtaining discontinuance of the claim for this client

    United Kingdom

    Leading US surgeon clinical negligence claim

    Acting in a complex, extremely high value and multi-jurisdictional matter in which a professional premiership footballer sued a world leading USA knee surgeon following reconstructive surgery to his knee

    United Kingdom

    Major restructuring of Zulekha Hospitals

    Advising on a major restructuring of the group’s affairs in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent

    United Arab Emirates

    Restructuring and recapitalisation following shareholder sale

    Advising a UAE based healthcare provider on the restructuring of its business involving the sale of shares and commercial interests in the company by two shareholders and the AED 100 million recapitalisation of the company which included an investment of AED 44 million by J.P. Morgan

    United Arab Emirates

    Skanska and Innisfree consortium GBP 1 billion PFI projects

    Advising the Skanska/Innisfree consortium on PFI healthcare projects at four major PFI hospitals in the Midlands valued at GBP 1 billion

    United Kingdom

    USD 8 billion global diagnostics and point of care business acquisition

    Advising a global conglomerate on the acquisition of a diagnostics and point of care business, operating in seven countries in the Middle East as part of a global acquisition worth in excess of USD 8 billion

    United Arab Emirates
  • Major restructuring of Zulekha Hospitals

    Advising on a major restructuring of the group’s affairs in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent

    United Arab Emirates

    AED 66 million acquisition of polyclinics

    Advising a UAE based healthcare provider on the acquisition of 3 polyclinics in Dubai and Sharjah for AED 66 million including franchising/branding arrangements

    United Arab Emirates

    Restructuring and recapitalisation following shareholder sale

    Advising a UAE based healthcare provider on the restructuring of its business involving the sale of shares and commercial interests in the company by two shareholders and the AED 100 million recapitalisation of the company which included an investment of AED 44 million by J.P. Morgan

    United Arab Emirates

    USD 8 billion global diagnostics and point of care business acquisition

    Advising a global conglomerate on the acquisition of a diagnostics and point of care business, operating in seven countries in the Middle East as part of a global acquisition worth in excess of USD 8 billion

    United Arab Emirates
  • Acquisition, development and letting over 45 primary care properties

    Acting for private sector healthcare groups in relation to the acquisition, development and letting of over 45 primary care properties, we developed specialised leases and other documentation to deal with the unique aspects of leasing to doctors.

    United Kingdom

    GBP 1 billion hospital PFI transaction

    Acting for the consortium in respect of a GBP 1 billion hospital PFI transaction in the city of London, including drafting sections of the construction and facilities maintenance contracts to reflect pertinent legislative changes

    United Kingdom

    GBP 361 million Fit for the Future Project

    Acting for the hard and soft services provider on the FM services for two new hospitals in the Stoke-on-Trent area under the North Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

    United Kingdom

    Healthcare provider alleged systems failure claim

    Acting for a private company that owns and runs 7 GP practices in relation to alleged systems failures, in particular, allegations that its medical records system was not fit for purpose and as a consequence it led to independently employed nurses not being able to provide the appropriate level of care that patients can expect. We were successful in obtaining discontinuance of the claim for this client

    United Kingdom

    Leading US surgeon clinical negligence claim

    Acting in a complex, extremely high value and multi-jurisdictional matter in which a professional premiership footballer sued a world leading USA knee surgeon following reconstructive surgery to his knee

    United Kingdom

    Skanska and Innisfree consortium GBP 1 billion PFI projects

    Advising the Skanska/Innisfree consortium on PFI healthcare projects at four major PFI hospitals in the Midlands valued at GBP 1 billion

    United Kingdom

Our Foreign Direct Investment team

Andrés Adame
Andrés Adame

Partner

Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily
Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily

Partner

Mohammed Almarzouki
Mohammed Almarzouki

Partner

Roshanak Bassiri Gharb
Roshanak Bassiri Gharb

Partner

Carrie Chen
Carrie Chen

Local Partner, Westlink Partnership

Thomas Choo
Thomas Choo

Managing Partner

Julie Cornély
Julie Cornély

Partner

Jo-Anne Demers
Jo-Anne Demers

Partner

Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans

Partner

Rachel Fox
Rachel Fox

Partner

Emma Higham
Emma Higham

Partner

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