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Latham & Watkins LLP

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE, PRECINCT BUILDING 1, LEVEL 3, PO BOX 506698, DUBAI, 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, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP continues to develop its reputation for finance work, particularly among government bodies. In addition to continuing to represent the government of Dubai and the Dubai Financial Support Fund in the Dubai World restructurings, it also acted in the monetisation, financing and securitisation of the Salik toll road. The team, led by Christopher Hall (working from Dubai and London), welcomed the arrival of the highly respected Anthony Pallett from Norton Rose (Middle East) LLP.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, tier 4

Latham & Watkins LLP continues to build on its reputation in the region, particularly through its core capabilities in the metals and mining sectors, and has a broad service that covers restructuring, transactional and capital markets matters. Highlights for Charles Fuller’s corporate team included advising BNP Paribas as underwriters on a $200m senior notes issuance by Yuksel Insaat AS, the first high-yield direct issuance by a Turkish company; and acting for Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications in its $50.3m IPO on the Palestine Exchange.

Investment funds

Within Investment funds, Latham & Watkins LLP is a third tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP’s investment funds practice combines ‘impressive speed, knowledge and efficiency’. Kai Schneider heads this team of funds specialists, which recently acted for TLG Capital on the formation of its Africa Growth Capital Fund, and advised Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company on structuring an asset management platform.

Projects and energy

Within Projects and energy , Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,

Latham & Watkins LLP is particularly strong on the Islamic finance side, thanks to Craig Nethercott, who splits his time between Dubai and Riyadh. Practice head Villiers Terblanche advised on the syndicated loan financing relating to the monetisation of receipts from the Salik toll road collection system in Dubai, which involved both conventional and Islamic tranches.

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