Joint Ventures, Platform Development and Strategic Partnerships

• An Abu Dhabi sovereign investor on an outbound investment in an international data centre platform alongside a leading financial sponsor.
• Vision Invest on its entry into a greenfield sustainable aviation fuel joint venture platform, and the first project in Egypt.
• G42 on its US$1 billion strategic partnership to develop sovereign AI capabilities, cloud infrastructure and data centres in Vietnam.
• An Abu Dhabi-backed joint venture on its acquisition of a majority interest in a North American and UAE F&B and entertainment portfolio.
• A strategic investor on the structuring of a multibillion-dollar online retail MENA joint venture involving the contribution of operating assets and a significant equity subscription by a Middle Eastern sovereign investor and a leading Middle East institutional investor.
• An Abu Dhabi-based investment vehicle on a multibillion-dollar joint venture establishing a strategic financial services and fintech investment platform.
• A global mining conglomerate on a multibillion-dollar strategic joint venture in the GCC.
• An oilfield services group on its participation in a consortium bidding to develop and produce a gas field in Iraq.
• A leading Middle East telecommunications group and a GCC sovereign investor on their bid to design, finance, build, operate and commercialise a national fixed telecommunications network in Kuwait.
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Microsoft Azure’s multibillion-dollar data centre investment into Saudi Arabia.
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on confidential inbound data centre investment projects.
• A Middle East data centre developer on its joint venture with a European data centre operator to establish a data centre development platform in Saudi Arabia.
• A leading industrial conglomerate on its multibillion-dollar chlorvinyls and ethylene dichloride joint venture with ADNOC.
• Marathon Digital Holdings on its joint venture with FS Innovation, a subsidiary of ADQ.
• Ghazanfar Group on its joint venture with Hassan Allam Utilities to develop a natural gas power project in Afghanistan.
• Saudi Aramco on the development of its EPCI joint venture with McDermott International in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia.
• A luxury consumer brands retailer and its shareholders on an investment by a UAE-based private equity group and Chalhoub Group and the related shareholder arrangements.
• Mediclinic International on its expansion into Saudi Arabia through a joint venture with a local strategic partner.
• Harbin Electric International on the Hassyan power project in Dubai alongside ACWA Power and DEWA.

Acquisitions and Strategic Investments

• An Abu Dhabi-backed investor on a potential investment into a U.K.-based technology business.
• A UAE sovereign investor on proposed outbound investments into the U.S.
• A UAE-based global technology investor on a potential investment into an international communications services business in Western Europe.
• SOCAR on its acquisition of a 3% participating interest in the SARB and Umm Lulu offshore concession awarded by ADNOC.
• Global Fintech/Prism Group on its acquisition of LSE-listed Finablr.
• A North African-headquartered strategic investor on the proposed acquisition of a medical diagnostics business in Pakistan from a financial sponsor.
• Deloitte, as liquidator of a Dubai-headquartered international private equity group, on asset acquisitions by Pakistani petroleum refinery Byco Petroleum.
• Oak Hill Advisers on its investment in Ireland’s €3 billion National Broadband Plan.
• Basalt Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of German telecommunications businesses bn:t Blatzheim Networks Telecom and SOCO Network Solution.
• Prostar Capital on its acquisition of a majority interest in an oil storage terminal in Fujairah.
• Dubai Investments on its acquisition of an additional 50% interest in Emirates District Cooling (Emicool).
• ExxonMobil on its investment in a multibillion-dollar offshore gas development in Mozambique.

Disposals, Exits and Capital Recycling

• MENA tech investor, A15, on the disposal of a majority interest in Connect Ads to IMS Internet Media Services and associated share swap.
• A European strategic investor on the potential disposal of a pharmaceuticals business in Africa.
• Avicenna Partners, and, subsequently, founders of Amana Healthcare, on the partial sale of Amana Healthcare to a Mubadala-led consortium and subsequent full exit to Mubadala.
• ACDC Fund on the sale of SUPERNAP International, a data centre development joint venture in Italy with Switch, to IPI Partners.
• QatarEnergy on disposals of its interests in Al Shaheen Weatherford and Al Shaheen Energy Services to Weatherford and General Electric, respectively.
• Fotowatio Renewable Ventures on acquisitions and disposals across its renewable energy portfolio.
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank on the disposal by NCH Ventures of its majority interest in Global Investment House to Kamco Investment Company.
• Varkey Group on the disposal of a stake in GEMS Education to Khazanah Nasional Berhad.

Market Entry and Regulatory Advice

• International Finance Corporation on regulatory aspects of investments into EMEA emerging markets digital infrastructure projects.
• Meta on regulatory aspects of prospective investments into digital infrastructure projects in EMEA emerging markets.
• A state on its global outbound AI infrastructure investment strategy.
• A state on its strategy to attract hyperscale data centre investment.
• Amazon Web Services on its expansion into multiple markets across MENA.
• NEOM on its entry into the U.S.

Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.