Clyde & Co advises Big Bus Tours on their acquisition of Tour Dubai
2024年5月27日
Ghalya is a senior associate in Clyde & Co’s corporate group and is based in the Dubai office. With over nine years of experience across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), she has worked on a wide range of corporate and foreign direct investment matters, including mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JVs) and restructuring corporate groups.
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In addition, Ghalya has advised on commercial matters such as commercial agencies, distribution and franchise, and intellectual property licence agreements.
Ghalya has advised on a number of matters, working with clients operating in the education, healthcare, hospitality, retail and consumer, and technology sectors.
Ghalya is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and is licensed to practice in the UAE. She graduated with a Legal Practice Course (Postgraduate Diploma) and a Master of Laws degree (LLM) in International Legal Practice from the University of London, UK in 2014; a Master of Laws (LLM) in International & Comparative Commercial Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London, UK in 2013; and a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London, UK in 2012.
Ghalya is a native Arabic speaker and is fluent in English.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Ghalya worked with at a leading international law firm in London.
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- Advising Big Bus Tours, the world’s largest operator of open-top bus sightseeing, on their acquisition of leading experience operator, Tour Dubai.
- Advising noon on its AED 1.23 billion (USD 335.2 million) acquisition of Namshi from Emaar Malls.
- Advising Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan, in connection with its acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton's strategy consulting business serving the Middle East and North Africa region.
- Advising Midis Group on the acquisition of Arrow ECS, a software distribution company registered in Dubai Silicon Oasis, from Arrow Electronics, a US-listed American Fortune 500 company.
- Advising leading French group of nurseries, Babilou Group, in respect of its acquisition of several nurseries in the UAE including Blossom Group and Bright Kids Group in the UAE.
- Advising Al Najah Education, a leading private equity firm operating in the education sector, on the sale of Horizon International School and Horizon English School to UK-based school operator, Cognita.
- Advising Global Fashion Group in connection with the restructuring and sale of a majority interest in Namshi Trading, the leading fashion e-commerce retailer in the Middle East, to Emaar Malls for approximately USD 280 million.
- Advising NMC Health on the acquisition of a significant interest in Fakih IVF in the UAE.
- Advising on the structuring and setting up of an e-commerce market's operations across the GCC.
- Advising a private state-owned enterprise on its joint venture with a luxury hospitality group in connection with a residential and hotel development.
- Advising on the reorganisation of a group of companies owned by a UAE conglomerate, with numerous entities in the UAE across different industries, to reduce region specific risk exposure.
- Advising a German automobile manufacturer in respect of its distribution arrangements and implementation of variable margins across 19 jurisdictions in MEA.
- Advising a leading GCC automobile distributor in respect of its joint venture with a non-GCC distributor.
- Advising a leading MEA tobacco distributor on its commercial distribution and joint venture agreements across the GCC.