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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

AL ODAID TOWER, 10TH FLOOR, AIRPORT ROAD, PO BOX 128 161, ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Tel:: Work +971 2 414 6744
Fax:: Fax +971 2 414 6600

Web:: www.dl.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in United Arab Emirates

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is a third tier firm,

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP’s ‘respectable and reputable’ corporate practice was boosted by the arrival of Tahir Ahmed from Ashurst LLP, complementing the expertise of practice co-heads Chris Sioufi and Gavin Watson. Watson is singled out as ‘one of the best commercial law practitioners’, thanks to his ‘extensive experience in the field’. Highlights included advising Emirates NBD on the $550m sale of a 49% stake in its credit card processing subsidiary, Network International LLC, to a fund managed by Abraaj Capital.

Projects and energy

Within Projects and energy , Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is a third tier firm,

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP’s projects team advised Neste Oil Corporation on a joint development with Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company relating to a refining facility in Abu Dhabi, and acted for the lenders on the $1.8bn financing of the 1,500MW gas-fired Sur IPP in Oman. Gavin Watson is recommended.

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China

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France

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Italy

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Kazakhstan

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Lebanon

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Morocco

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Poland

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Russia

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South Africa

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Saudi Arabia

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