{"id":49468,"date":"2025-06-27T10:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=49468"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:12:37","slug":"mb-advises-spark-education-platform-on-strategic-partnership-with-first-school-management","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/mb-advises-spark-education-platform-on-strategic-partnership-with-first-school-management\/","title":{"rendered":"MB advises Spark Education Platform on Strategic Partnership with First School Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are pleased to announce that Matouk Bassiouny (\u201cMB\u201d) acted as legal counsel to Spark Education Platform (\u201cSEP\u201d) in connection with securing a landmark strategic partnership with First School Management (\u201cFSM\u201d), the global advisory arm of GEMS Education (\u201cGEMS\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This strategic collaboration will introduce GEMS-branded schools to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, expanding access to high-quality education through a range of international curricula across the GCC. The deal marks a significant milestone in SEP\u2019s wider plan to raise educational standards throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>The MB team advising on the deal was led by Mohamed Esam (Partner, Head of Corporate and M&amp;A UAE and FinTech ECVC) and included Moustafa Rizk (Senior Associate).<\/p>\n<p>For more about Matouk Bassiouny, check out our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/matoukbassiouny.com\/\">https:\/\/matoukbassiouny.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-49468","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/49468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}