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Michel Ghanem

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Work Department

Corporate, Private Clients

Position

Partner

Career

Michel Ghanem is a trilingual Partner in the Meysan Riyadh office. He has over 15 years of experience advising on corporate and commercial matters, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.

He specializes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, private equity, and foreign direct investment. He works with clients operating in various business sectors, including telecommunication, logistics, healthcare, media, education, manufacturing, energy, and financial services.

Key Representations:

• Representing the purchasers of 80% equity in Manarat Educational Services Company WLL, the operator of seven (7) nurseries in Kuwait under the trade name Hamel Almesk.
• Advising the shareholders of the British International Education company on the sale of 100% equity to Nord Anglia Education.
• Advised Mobile telecommunication Company (Zain) in Kuwait on its joint venture arrangement with iFlix /YoYo.
• Advising STC (Viva Kuwait) on its acquisition of e-Portal in Kuwait.
• Advising STC (Viva Kuwait) on its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Qualitynet General Trading and Contracting Company.
• Advising the shareholders of the Kuwait English School in the sale of 100% shares to Sama Education;
• Advising Bayan Medical Company in the acquisition of a majority stake in Sky Dental.
• Advising Safat Energy KSCC (Kuwait) on the divestment from National Drilling Company (Egypt).
• Advising Egis SA on the acquisition of 51% in Projacs International.
• Advising the shareholders of Trafalgar WLL in Kuwait on the sale of 50% equity to Maarouf family.
• Advising the shareholders of Talabat, on the sale of 100% of its capital to German based business Rocket Internet.

Languages

English, Arabic, French

Memberships

Beirt Bar Association

Education

• Masters in International Commercial Law (LL.M) (with commendation), University of Aberdeen Scotland, United Kingdom.
• Double Masters in Business Administration and International Business (MBA – MIB) , Notre Dame University, Lebanon.
• Masters in Private Law (DEA), Thesis: Autorité de la chose jugée du pénal sur le pénal (non bis in idem), La Sagesse University, Lebanon.
• Bachelor in Law (BBA), Lebanese University, Lebanon.