Bader El-Jeaan > Meysan Partners > Kuwait City, Kuwait > Lawyer Profile
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PO Box 298, Safat 13003
Al Hamra Tower. 17th Floor
Al Shuhada Street. Sharq, Kuwait
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Bader El-Jeaan
Work Department
Corporate, Private Clients, Regulatory and Government Affairs
Position
Senior Partner, Co-founder
Career
Mr. El Jeaan has extensive experience advising corporate, investment banking and sovereign clients on complicated cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, international joint ventures, strategic alliances, project development, finance transactions, as well as various capital markets transactions involving registered and unregistered securities offerings, exchange offerings, consent solicitations, and asset securitizations.
Mr. El Jeaan is a member of the Board of Directors of National Real Estate Company (one of Kuwait’s largest real estate companies), he is also the founder of the Harvard Club of Kuwait.
Mr. El Jeaan has over 20 years experience, specializing in complex M&A transactions. He represented and advised major regional and international clients on M&A matters including:
- Negotiated acquisitions and dispositions
- Strategic mergers of equals
- Cross-border transactions
- Takeover defense planning
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
Key Representations:
- Advised the Government of Kuwait on the $85 billion development of Madinat al-Hareer (Silk City), a 450 square kilometer city on the northern coast of Kuwait Bay with residential, leisure, commercial and industrial components, including road, rail, sea, and airport infrastructure.
- Advised on the sale of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics business to DSV Panalpina A/S, a Danish company, for USD 4.1 billion.
- Advised Mobile Telecommunications Company “Zain” on the sale of its entire block of treasury shares, representing 9.84% of Zain’s share capital, to Oman Telecommunications Company (“Omantel”) valued at $846m.
- Advised Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company WLL on the sale of ordinary shares, representing 12.063% of Zain’s share capital, to Oman Telecommunications Company (“Omantel”) valued at $ 1.3b.
- Advised the selling shareholders Falcon Group of 4Sale General Trading and Contracting company through the life of the transaction including negotiating the definitive transaction documents and facilitating closing of the investment. Valued at $100m.
Languages
Arabic, English
Memberships
Kuwait Bar Association
New York, District of Columbia Bar
Education
Oxford University, M.A., honors, Law, 2003
Oxford University, B.A., honors, Law, 1998
Harvard University, A.B., cum laude, Economics, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
Kuwait > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)The corporate practice at Meysan Partners
garners praise for its ‘deep understanding of the Kuwaiti legal landscape, paired with deep industry expertise‘. Bader El-Jeaan is a highly regarded practitioner in Kuwait, with an excellent reputation in the M&A space, and co-heads the team with Abdulwahab Sadeq and Tarek Yehya. Abdul Aziz Al Yaqout advises on acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. Senior associate Hassan Elsayed is a name to note.