Herbert Smith Freehills’ Singapore office has advised NASDAQ-listed Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) on its successful bid to provide Kuwait National Petroleum Company (“KNPC”) floating storage and regasification (“FSRU”) services to support KNPC’s LNG import operations
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Latham & Watkins Advises the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) on Its US$7 Billion Wa’ad Al Shammal Greenfield Phosphate Project
Latham & Watkins represented The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) in connection with the development of its US$7 billion Wa’ad Al Shammal greenfield phosphate project in Saudi Arabia and joint venture with the Mosaic Company
Read moreAllen & Overy Advises on Ground-Breaking Creation of Abu Dhabi’s First Financial Free Zone, the Abu Dhabi Global Market
Allen & Overy has advised on the landmark creation of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (the Global Market), Abu Dhabi’s first Financial Free Zone, which aims to be a leading global financial market and a
Read moreWhite & Case Advises Ruwais Power Company and Its Sponsors on US$825,000,000 Bonds Issuance and Related Refinancing of the US$2.3 Billion Shuweihat 2 Project
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Ruwais Power Company PJSC and its sponsors – shareholders Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, International Power S.A., Marubeni Corporation
Read moreVinson & Elkins Advises on Ghubrah IWP in Oman
Vinson & Elkins advised the successful sponsor consortium partners Malakoff Corporation Berhad, Sumitomo Corporation, and Cadagua S.A. on the development and financing of the Ghubrah seawater desalination project (IWP) in Oman. The key financing documents were
Read moreEversheds Advises Citi on Baghdad Representative Office
Global law firm Eversheds has advised Citibank on the registration of its representative office in Baghdad, Iraq, making it the first US bank to establish a presence in the country
Read moreClifford Chance and Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm Advise on Saudi Binladin Group’s Financing for the King Abdulaziz International Airport
Clifford Chance and Al-Jadaan & Partners have advised BNP Paribas Investment Company KSA and GIB Capital LLC (GIB Capital) in their roles as joint lead managers and bookrunners on the issuance by SBG Sukuk Limited
Read moreChadbourne Advises Prime Energy Consult on Sale of Its Assets to Xodus Group
Chadbourne & Parke advised Prime Energy Consult Ltd (Prime Energy), a UAE-based oil field services firm, on the sale of its business and assets to Xodus Group, a UK-based international energy consultancy
Read moreLateral Moves Turn Baker Botts Into Dominant Legal Force in Middle East
A highly-regarded group of lawyers with accumulated experience of more than a century of practice in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — including eight partners who specialize in a wide range of transactional and dispute
Read moreWhite & Case Advises Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank on Completion of US$360 Million Islamic Financing Facility
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) on Dhs1.32 billion (US$360 million) Islamic Ijara facilities that will support the growth and expansion programme being implemented by Gulf
Read moreWhite & Case Advises Lenders on the Phase II Expansion of US$10.2 Billion EMAL Project
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the lenders on the Phase II expansion of the landmark US$10.2 billion Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) smelter project in Abu Dhabi. Upon completion of Phase II, the
Read moreMorgan Lewis to Expand to Dubai, Further Strengthens London Energy Capabilities
Morgan Lewis today announced that it plans to open an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the additions of Ayman A. Khaleq—a leading structured finance and debt capital markets lawyer in the Middle
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