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Baker Botts L.L.P.

AL BATEEN DISTRICT, STREET 14, OFF BAINUNA STREET, P.O. BOX 131008, ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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What we say about the firm's legal practice in United Arab Emirates

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Baker Botts L.L.P. is a third tier firm,

Project finance is core to Baker Botts L.L.P.’s banking team, which saw a significant expansion of its ranks in 2011, including capital markets expert Vanessa Abernethy joining from Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP. In deals indicative of the practice’s regional scope, project finance expert Nigel Thompson acted for Saudi Electricity Company in the Riyadh and Qurayyah IPPs, and corporate finance specialist Stephen Matthews advised the lenders on the restructuring of a SAR140m finance facility for a hotel project in Jeddah.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, tier 5

Despite challenging market conditions, Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP maintained an active M&A and ECM deal flow, and increased its Arabic-speaking capability by recruiting Hassan Al Kilany, who joined from a general counsel position at an Abu Dhabi-listed company. Tim Field and Nick Watson’s team acted for HSBC and Citigroup as joint global co-ordinators on Aamal’s postponed global GDR offering. Vanessa Abernethy moved to Baker Botts L.L.P..

Projects and energy

Within Projects and energy , Baker Botts L.L.P. is a first tier firm,

Baker Botts L.L.P. is considered by many to be ‘the best firm in the region for upstream oil and gas work’, with the ‘outstanding’ Sean Korney singled out for his ‘business-minded, prompt and thorough’ approach. He acted for Mitsubishi Corporation on Iraq’s first midstream gas project. Other highlights for Nigel Thompson’s team in Dubai included representing Saudi Electricity Company on all aspects of its IPP programme, including the Riyadh PP11 IPP and Qurayyah IPP 1. Robert Jordan leads the practice.

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