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Tarek Yehya
Work Department
Corporate, Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Tarek Yehya is a partner at Meysan and the head of Capital Markets and Data Protection practices. He has vast experience in the Middle East region, having advised local and international clients on some of the most complex matters under regional laws.
Tarek advises clients on all types of capital markets transactions including initial public offerings, equity and debt issuances, funds offering, as well as capital markets compliance matters, including corporate governance.
Tarek’s other focus is on Projects, privatization initiatives, public reforms of financial schemes, and regulatory processes.
Tarek has over 15 years of experience, specializing in Capital Markets and Projects.
Key Representations:
- Acted as legal counsel to International Financial Advisers Holding (K.S.C) (“IFA”) in successfully completing a KWD 18 million capital increase through a rights issue.
- Acted as legal counsel to Kamco Invest, serving as Joint Bookrunner in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of OQ Base Industries (OQBI), a sovereign-owned Omani oil company.
- Acted as Kuwait counsel to the Joint Lead Managers (JLMs) in connection with the US$300 million Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Capital Bonds issuance by Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK).
- Advised the Capital Markets Authority – CMA on the privatisation of the national stock exchange including setting the regulatory framework for exchanges and establishing a corporate governance structure based on global best practice.
- Acted for Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority – KDIPA on the preparation of a feasibility study for the establishment of three special economic zones (“SEZs”) in Kuwait.
- Acted for Kuwait Investment Authority – KIA, the investment arm of the State of Kuwait on the implementation of the national development plan conceived through Law No. 9 of 2010.
- Acted for the World Bank on the preparation of the corporate restructuring and rehabilitation law and insolvency laws of Kuwait.
- 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 Kuwait Media City Company, in respect of its feasibility study under the KAPP Law and the Kuwait Development Plan law; including the preparation and review of the auction and bidding processes applicable to the strategic investors; preparation and review of the project company IPO process; preparation and presentation of the project company model shareholders agreement; preparation and presentation of the O&M and EPC Model Agreements.
Languages
Arabic, English
Memberships
Beirut Bar Association
Education
- Lebanese University – Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (L.L.M) in Business Law. The thesis is on “Arbitration as a resolution method for Industrial Property rights related conflicts” Lebanon
- Lebanese University – Diplôme d’Etudes Superieures Specialisées (L.L.M) in Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Lebanon
- University of Saint Joseph – Bachelor in Law, Lebanon
Lawyer Rankings
Kuwait > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Clients praise the corporate department at Meysan Partners for its ‘deep expertise in high-value transactions’ and ‘cross-border capabilities’. The group has a strong track record in the M&A arena, frequently advising on some of the largest transactions on the market. The team leverages considerable experience across various sectors, including finance, investment, telecommunication, logistics, medical, and retail. The team is headed by its senior partners, including M&A expert Bader El-Jeaan, banking and private equity transaction specialist Abdulwahab Sadeq, Tarek Yehya, who is highly regarded for his work in the finance and telecommunications sectors, and Michel George Ghanem, who is a key port of call for the team’s cross-border matters.
Kuwait > Banking and finance
Meysan Partners‘s banking and finance practice is a key actor in capital markets work in Kuwait, overseeing conventional and Islamic finance transactions in matters ranging from convertible bonds and tranches to procuring more novel types of sukuk. The team is led by its senior partners, which include Tarek Yehya, who holds over 20 years of experience in local and international financial transactions. Dually-qualified Abdulwahab Sadeq is sought after by clients for his cross-border experience, including in equity and debt transactions in the financial sector, and Bader El Jeaan is notably active in high-value securitisation mandates. Michel George Ghanem fields over 20 years of experience in healthcare, media, energy, and telecommunication-related transactions.