Private Equity , Venture Capital and M & A
We act for a broad range of investors , from prominent early-stage funds to the biggest international venture capital firms to corporate investors and sovereign wealth funds , as well as many successful early and growth stage investee companies across the Middle East . Our specialist depth of experience , having acted for both scaling companies and their investors , enable us to identify and advise on what is important for each business and its stakeholders when raising growth capital or on exit . Our team of lawyers are specialists in working with our clients to drive value , produce consistent and risk averse results while conserving and encouraging the innovation , imagination and dexterity of these transactions .
Our bilingual team of lawyers also serves as counsel on virtually every type of purchase and sale transaction involving public and privately held businesses . These transactions include mergers , stock sales and exchanges , management and leveraged buyouts , acquisitions and dispositions of partnership interests and joint venture interests , acquisitions and dispositions of assets , tender offers , recapitalizations , roll-ups and other business mergers .
What differentiates us from our key competitors is how we combine lawyers with extensive international experience with those who have spent most of their careers in the Middle East , including a team of bilingual lawyers who can and often do make the difference in terms of their technical knowledge of local law , custom and fundamentally – market practice .
• Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate — acquisition of an interest in a power generation and water desalination plant in Saudi Arabia with an asset valuation of approximately $ 1.8 billion
• Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund — acquisition of a minority stake in Gulf Cryo , a leading industrial gases company based in Kuwait *
• Tabreed — AED 963 million ( US $ 262.2 million ) purchase of Aldar Properties ’ district cooling assets on Abu Dhabi ’ s Saadiyat Island *
• Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center ( Wa ’ ed ) — early growth stage equity investments into Saudi SMEs , including in Grintafy , UnitX , Sadeem , Hazen , and Averos *
• Gulf Capital — $ 40 million Series D round investment in Vezeeta , a leading digital healthcare platform in Middle East and Africa *
• Eni S . p . A . — sale of interests in Egypt ’ s super-giant Zohr field to Rosneft for $ 1.125 billion and BP for $ 375 million
• Sanabil Investments , Olayan and Gulf Investment Corporation — $ 35 million Series C funding round in MoneyForAnyCar . com Ltd ., a company offering used car valuation and sales services in Saudi Arabia and the UAE *
• Anglo Tunisian Oil & Gas Limited — acquisition of Medco Tunisia , a seven asset upstream oil and gas business in Tunisia , including the associated acquisition financing from Trafigura
* Work completed prior to Bracewell
Principal Contact
Shane Jaftha Senior Counsel , Dubai bracewell . com