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• £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.

  Italie

  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.

  Égypte

  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
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• 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.

  Égypte

  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.

  Égypte

  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.

  Égypte

  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.

  Égypte

  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

  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.

  Égypte

  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
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• 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

• 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.

  Australie

  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

  Australie

  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...

  Chine

  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.

  Chine

  Pharmaceutical acquisitions in China

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

  Chine

  Chinese investment into the Lloyd's market

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

  Chine

  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)

  Inde

  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)

  Inde

  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)

  Inde
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• 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

  Advising a prominent business operating throughout the Middle East

  Advising a prominent business operating throughout the Middle East. This instruction comprised a substantial due diligence exercise into the various operating companies and advice on the legal and regulatory regime of Qatar, four Emirates in the UAE, KSA and Oman for the implementation of the restructuring

  Qatar

  Advising a global telecommunications provider on employment and immigration

  Advising a global telecommunications provider on employment and immigration and then undertaking an initial 6 months project to bring the start-up team and their families into Qatar

  Qatar

  Advising various financial intermediaries to undertake regulated business in Qatar

  Advising various financial intermediaries including International Financial Services Pte Limited and Guardian Wealth Management Limited on their applications to the Qatar Financial Centre Authority to undertake regulated business in Qatar

  Qatar

  Advising various local families in relation to term facility agreements with local banks

  Advising various local families in relation to term facility agreements with local banks including HSBC and The Commercial bank of Qatar (QSC) acting as lead banks to provide finance for ongoing working capital support and construction projects

  Qatar

  Assisting on a Pan Gulf Cooperation Council due diligence exercise

  Assisting on a Pan Gulf Cooperation Council due diligence exercise in relation to a structured Initial Public Offering on AIM; subsequently advising a company listed on AIM, the Alternative Investment Market operated by the London Stock Exchange PLC, and its nominated adviser, on the reverse takeover of its Qatari business

  Qatar

  Advising a global support service and construction company

  Advising a global support service and construction company on the restructuring of its Qatar based group of companies, including liaison with local tax advisers and Qatari Government agencies to provide a "road map" for restructuring and then project managing the same

  Qatar

  Advising on the establishment of the QFC

  Advising on the establishment of the QFC and regulations for the conduct of activities within the QFC

  Qatar

  Advising major international financial services companies

  Advising major international financial services companies in relation to setting up and doing business in Qatar and in the QFC

  Qatar
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• £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.

  Italie

  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.

  Italie

  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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