Patton Boggs LLP has strengthened its presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the opening of a permanent office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Patton Boggs now boasts four offices
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Holland & Knight Expands Middle East Presence, Hires Oliver Agha to Head Islamic Finance Practice
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Oliver Agha has joined the firm as a partner and will head its Islamic finance and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) practices. Mr. Agha’s addition will
Read moreClifford Chance Advises on the Issuance by Emirates NBD PJSC of Subordinated Notes
Clifford Chance has advised Emirates NBD PJSC (“ENBD“) in relation to the issuance of US$750 million 4.875 per cent. subordinated reset notes due 2023 (the “Notes“) under its US$7.5 billion European Medium Term Note Programme.
Read moreKing & Spalding Strengthens Middle East Real Estate Practice with Addition of Partner Stephen Kelly
King & Spalding has added partner Stephen Kelly to its Middle East team as the firm continues to expand its regional and international real estate practice
Read moreKing & Spalding Advises Turkey’s Bank Asya on US$250 Million Certificates Issuance
King & Spalding advised Asya Katilim Bankasi A.Ş. (Bank Asya), the largest Turkish participation bank, on the issuance of US$250 million resettable subordinated tier 2 certificates in a landmark Shari’ah-compliant capital markets transaction
Read moreLinklaters Boosts Islamic Finance Practice with Hire of New Global Head of Islamic Finance
Linklaters today announces that leading Islamic Finance lawyer Neil Miller has been appointed as Global Head of Islamic Finance, based in Dubai. Neil joins from KPMG, where he was a partner and Global Head of
Read moreDechert Boosts Middle East Financial Services Practice with National Partner Hire
International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Jacques Visser has joined the firm’s financial services and investment management group as a national partner in Dubai. Prior to joining Dechert, Visser ran his own Dubai-based
Read moreAshurst Advises on IPP3 Power Project in Jordan
Ashurst advised the funders on the successful development and financing, by a consortium of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Mitsubishi Corporation and Wartsila, of the approximately US$ 800 million IPP3 independent power project in the
Read moreNorton Rose Advises Emaar Properties and Emaar Turkey in Relation to a US$500 Million Financing of a Large Scale Mixed-Use Development in Istanbul
The Dubai office of international legal practice Norton Rose has advised Emaar Properties PJSC and Emaar Libadiye Gayrimenkul Geliştirme A.Ş. (Emaar Turkey) in relation to a US$500 million syndicated loan facility for the financing of
Read moreAshurst Advises on the Financing and Sale of the Fujairah Oil Terminal Project
Ashurst has advised Concord Energy Pte Ltd and its affiliates on the sale of a 50% interest in Fujairah Oil Terminal FZC (“FOT“) to Sinomart KTS Development Limited, which completed on 3 January 2013 and
Read moreWhite & Case Advises on Ground-Breaking US$1.2 Billion Financing of Nigerian Fertiliser Project
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the lenders on the ground-breaking US$1.2 billion financing of Indorama’s nitrogenous fertiliser complex in Rivers State, Nigeria, the largest fertiliser plant in Africa
Read moreAllen & Overy Advises on Indorama’s Landmark USD1.2bn Fertiliser Project in Nigeria
Allen & Overy has advised its regular client, the Indorama group, on the development and financing of a USD1.2bn fertiliser plant and associated pipeline project in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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