DEAL LIST/REPRESENTATIVE MATTER

CORPORATE AND M&A Top International Firms 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Allen & Overy LLP Clifford Chance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Clyde & Co LLP Dentons Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Gibson Dunn Hogan Lovells (Middle East) LLP Habib Al Mulla & Company

Top Local Firms 1. 2. Al Tamimi & Company Afridi & Angell

ALLEN & OVERY

Dubai World Advising The Creditors Committees on the USD14.4 billion restructuring of Dubai World, on the USD10.4bn restructuring of Nakheel and on the USD3bn restructuring of Dry Docks World. Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) On the approximately USD7.6bn demerger of its construction business from its fertiliser business. Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Company LLC an investment company controlled by the Kharafi Group in Kuwait On the proposed sale of a 51% stake in Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C. (Zain) to Etisalat for approximately USD12bn. Government of Abu Dhabi On the establishment of its USD10bn Global Medium Note Programme, as well as its two-tranche issue co-arranged by Citi, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. Abraaj Capital On the acquisition of a 49% stake in Network International LLC for approximately AED2bn. Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) On a 40% stake in Sohar Aluminium Company for approximately USD430m. Zayed University PPP Project Advising on the USD1bn PPP project entailing the development of Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Middle East PPP Deal of the Year, PFI Awards, 2009). Abraaj Capital On the establishment of a pan-MENA real estate fund, structured by way of a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, with investment projects across the MENA region. DIAC Arbitration Defending two Dubai government entities in DIAC arbitration proceedings relating to a large mixeduse development project. The claims were valued at in excess of USD580m.

Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance advises Sorouh on the AED46bn merger with Aldar One of the largest ever M&A transactions in MENA Clifford Chance advises Arabtec on major joint venture with Samsung Clifford Chance advises on major regional insurance disposal

Freshfields
Freshfields advises Russian Direct Investment Fund on $2bn venture with Abu Dhabis Mubadala Deals 2013-07-11 Freshfields advises Russian Direct Investment Fund on $2bn venture with Abu Dhabis Mubadala RDIF is a $10 billion fund established by the Russian government to make equity investments primarily in the Russian economy alongside sovereign and institutional investors, thereby acting as a catal Freshfields advises The Abraaj Group on largest ever African FMCG Private Equity acquisition Deals 2013-06-28 Freshfields advises The Abraaj Group on largest ever African FMCG Private Equity acquisition The acquisition of what is an iconic West African food consumer brand represents the largest ever African FMCG private equity transaction in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside RSA. The Abraaj Group is one Freshfields advises Emirates NBD on acquisition of majority stake in BNP Paribas Egypt Deals Freshfields advises Emirates NBD on acquisition of majority stake in BNP Paribas Egypt As part of the deal Emirates NBD will also seek to acquire the outstanding 4.8% of BNP Paribas Egypt from independent shareholders bringing the total value of the deal to US$500 million. The deal is subject to Centr

Linklaters
Recent key deals include advising: LIXIL Corporation and Development Bank of Japan on the 3.059bn acquisition of 87.5% of the Grohe Group Schneider Electric S.A. on its bid for London listed engineering company Invensys plc Repsol on the US$6,653m agreement on the transfer of assets and operations related to its downstream and midstream LNG business in Trinidad & Tobago, Peru and Spain ORIX Corporation on the 2bn acquisition of a 90% interest in Robeco Group NV from Rabobank, the largest acquisition of an asset manager by a Japanese corporate BP on the US$27bn sale of its 50% share in TNK-BP to Rosneft Glencore International plc on the 39.1bn merger of equals with Xstrata plc Deutsche Brse AG on its proposed merger with NYSE Euronext to create the worlds largest stock exchange by revenue and profits Siemens on the 1.742bn acquisition of the international automated rail business of Invensys plc Julius Baer on the CHF860m acquisition of the non-US Global Wealth and Investment Management business of Bank of America Merrill Lynch China Exchanges Services Company Limited on the HK$300m pioneering Joint Venture among Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange

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Dentons
Experience Avion Gold Corporation: Representing the Special Committee of the Board of Directors in its proposed $389 million acquisition by Endeavour Mining Corporation. Capital Power Income L.P.: Advising on its C$1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation. DragonWave Inc.: Advising on the acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) microwave transport business, including its associated operational support system and related support functions, and new credit facilities from Comerica Bank and EDC to support the acquisition and working capital requirements in the amount of up to US$60 million. The acquisition was a highly complex multijurisdictional transaction which, after an initial announcement in November 2011, was substantially renegotiated following the announcement of NSN's global restructuring in May 2012. The transaction was multidisciplinary and included the acquisition of intellectual property and other assets, outsourcing, equipment leasing, new strategic supply and R&D collaboration agreements between DragonWave and NSN, as well as the transfer of contract manufacturing and third-party supplier arrangements, establishment of new global subsidiaries including in Luxembourg, Italy and China, and tax and securities laws advice. EMI Group Ltd: Acting as US local counsel in connection with the sale of its worldwide music publishing operations to a consortium including Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the sale of its worldwide recorded music operations to Universal Music Group. The deal saw us advising, among other things, on the complex task of documenting numerous corporate transactions in order to separate the music publishing operations and recorded music operations from one another to make the successful separated sale possible. European Refreshments / The Coca-Cola Company: Representing European Refreshments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, on acquisition of Nidan Juices, the fourth largest juice producer in Russia, from Lion Capital, a UK-based private equity fund. This acquisition will strengthen the Companys commitment to Russia and exemplify its continued investment. Groupe Canal+: Advising on a strategic investment in TVN, a leading private media group, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. This involved: (i) 230 million equity investment in TVN Group and strategic partnership with ITI Group, a shareholder controlling TVN, and (ii) 1.5 billion merger of Canal+s and TVNs satellite TV digital platforms in Poland. Groupe Canal+ will pay a total cash consideration of around 230 million for a 40 perc ent minority stake in N-Vision, which indirectly owns a 51 percent majority stake in TVN, with an option to buy the rest of the stake over time. ITI Group will continue to own the remaining 60 percent controlling stake in N-Vision. The satellite TV platforms of Canal+ and N-Vision are to be merged to create a leading premium TV platform in Poland. Multinational oil company: Advising on the sale of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) business to Plains Mainstream Canada ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary, for $1.67 billion. This is the most recent of several billion-dollar-plus transactions where Dentons has partnered with the oil company. The NGL business owns, operates and has contractual rights to assets that run the gamut of production and distribution functions, from extraction though to wholesale distribution of NGL products across Canada and in the Midwest United States. Among the assets, for example, are approximately 4,000 kilometers of pipeline systems and a storage capacity of 21 million barrels of NGLs. National Oilwell Varco, Inc.: Advising on a transaction where CE Franklin announced that it had entered into an arrangement agreement with wholly owned NoV subsidiary, NoV Distribution Services ULC (NDS), pursuant to which NDS has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of CE Franklin for consideration of C$12.75 in cash per common share. The total consideration payable is approximately C$240 million. Nistica: Advising this venture-backed technology company that supplies wavelength selective switches to network equipment manufacturers, in connection with its acquisition by Fujikura, a Tokyo, Japan based global supplier of optical fibers and fiber-optic components. Nokia: Advising on the sale of Vertu, the global leader in luxury mobile phones, to Scandinavian private equity house EQT VI in 2012.

Sahaviriya Steel Group PLC.: Advising on the $468 million purchase of a mothballed steel plant in the north of England by Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI). The deal involved a multipractice team for the complex asset acquisition and financing of a steel production facility, Teesside Cast Products, from Tata Steel Group. This deal represented one of the largest manufacturing transactions in the UK and was shortlisted for the Corporate Team of The Year at the 2012 Legal Business Awards. SAP AG: Advising on its acquisition of Right Hemisphere, a 3-D virtualization software company, which will enable comprehensive visual communications for SAP customers across all lines of business, from design and manufacturing to sales and service. Sistema JSFC: Advising on $379 million sale of Sistema Telecom LLC, a non-operating subsidiary of Sistema JSFC, to OAO Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the leading telecommunications operator in Russia. The acquisition included a 45 percent stake in TSRetail, in which MTS already held a controlling 55 percent interest, and property rights in respect of a group of trademarks, including the egg trademarks of MTS, Comstar-UTS and Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS). As part of the transaction, MTS assumed debt of approximately $59 million. The acquisition provided MTS full control of its logos and trademarks. Sony Computer Entertainment Corp: Representing in its acquisition of a number of consumer software entertainment product developers including Incognito Entertainment, Red Zone Interactive, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch Productions and Zipper Interactive. Total, SA: Advising on the acquisition of ExxonMobil's downstream assets in 14 African countries (Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Total, SA: Advising one of the worlds largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas companies on the sale of its French solar energy subsidiary Tenesol S.A. to SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems. US Gold Corporation: Advising on its acquisition of Minera Andes Inc. by plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) with a transaction value at the time of closing of approximately C$1.4 billion for the combined company, which was renamed McEwen Mining Inc. This transaction was highlighted as a Big Deal in LEXPERT's April 2012 issue. Vivendi: Advising a French provider of multinational communication and media entertainment services on the sale of its interest in Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, a Polish leading telecoms company, and related settlement of the shareholders dispute.

Herbert Smith

Citigroup Global Markets, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, Commercial Bank of Dubai as arrangers on the multi-sourced receivables based financing of the Salik toll road system in Dubai, which included a novel Islamic tranche. Middle East Transport Deal of the Year, Project Finance Magazine Awards 2012 and Structured Finance Deal of the Year, Islamic Finance News Awards 2011 Investcorp on the structuring and establishment of the Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund I and Investcorp Islamic Gulf Opportunity Fund I, which raised over US$1 billion, followed by the acquisitions of stakes in businesses located in the Middle East region, including the acquisition of a minority stake in Tiryaki Agro, a leading Turkish agribusiness, in 2010 followed by a second investment in 2011 and the subscription by the EBRD for a 5.5% stake in Tiryaki Agro in 2012; the acquisition of a 30% stake in Turkish menswear retailer Orka Group; the acquisition of a minority stake in Gulf Cryo, a leading industrial company based in Kuwait; the acquisition of a majority stake in L'Azurde, the world's fourth largest gold and jewellery manufacturer headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and the acquisition of minority stakes in Redington Gulf, one of the leading distributor and service provider of IT and Telecom products in the Middle East, followed by its successful exit Gazprom Neft in their capacity as operator of the Badra field in Iraq, following their consortium's success in the second Iraq bid round a confidential Asian client on the establishment of an investment fund structured as a limited partnership in the Cayman Islands together with an investment management company licensed by the Singapore Monetary Authority a leading international professional services practice in connection with significant claims arising from the collapse of its former client in the Middle East

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shearman & Sterling Advises The Dow Chemical Company on Sadaras Joint Venture with SAAC and Saudi Kayan to Construct the Largest Butanol Plant in the World Shearman & Sterling Advises The Dow Chemical Company on SAR 7.5 Billion (approx US$2 Billion) Sukuk Shearman & Sterling Represents Consortium Led by Sumitomo on Financing of 140 Million South African Dorper Wind Farm Project Shearman & Sterling Advises on Financing for Egypt's US$3.7 Billion Mostorod Oil Refinery Project 14 Jun 2012 Shearman & Sterling Secures US$2.1 Billion Arbitral Award for Client The Dow Chemical Company

Hogan Lovells
18 DECEMBER 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises Advent International on Sale of Oxea 06 NOVEMBER 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises on Life Insurance Merger between Tokio Marine Group Companies 25 SEPTEMBER 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises Barwa Bank on S$125M Ship Financing 01 MAY 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises Mashreqbank and the Syndicate on GEMS Education's AED2bn Loan 30 APRIL 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises Saint Laurent (YSL) on Acquiring a Stake in its Middle East Business 29 APRIL 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises Al Bayan Group Holding Company on Landmark Malaysian Sukuk 20 MARCH 2013 Hogan Lovells Advises APICORP and Tufton Oceanic on the Acquisition of Five Product Tankers for the US$150m APICORP Petroleum Shipping Fund

King & Spalding

Advised Arcapita Bank B.S.C.(c) in connection with the $630 million sale of 90% of the Sunrise III joint venture, the owner of 29 senior living facilities in the United States, to Sunrise Senior Living Inc. and CNL Lifestyle Properties. Advised Baxter Healthcare Corporation in connection with its $315 million acquisition of Archemix Corp.s Hemophilia, trauma-associated coagulopathy and hemorrhagic stroke business. Advised BioScrip, Inc. in connection with its $225 million sale of certain assets of BioScrips community specialty pharmacies and centralized specialty and mail service pharmacy businesses to Walgreen Co. Advised BioScrip, Inc. in connection with its $347.7 million cash and stock acquisition of Critical Homecare Solutions Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of home infusion and home nursing products and services to patients suffering from chronic and acute medical conditions. Advised Caremark Rx in connection with its $26.5 billion merger with CVS Corporation. Advised Carmike Cinemas, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of 16 entertainment complexes in seven U.S. states from Rave Reviews Cinemas, L.L.C. and Rave Reviews Holdings, LLC. Advised Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc. in connection with its $502 million sale to Clearwater Paper Corporation. Advised senior management of the U.S. operations of Australias Centro Properties Group in connection with its $9 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Partners. Advised Cirrus Industries, Inc., which was majority-owned by an affiliate of our client Arcapita Bank B.S.C.(c), in connection with its sale to an affiliate of the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd. Advised The Coca-Cola Company in connection with its investment in ZICO Beverages LLC. Advised The Coca-Cola Company in connection with its acquisition of Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. and its affiliates. Advised CVS Caremark Corporation on regulatory matters with respect to its $1.25 billion acquisition of the prescription drug plan business of Universal American Financial Corporation. Advised Drayton McLane, Jr. and the Houston Astros Baseball Club in connection with its $680 million sale to the private equity fund Crane Capital. Advised EarthLink, Inc. in connection with its $516 million merger with ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., one of the largest providers of integrated communications services in the Southeast.

Advised EarthLink, Inc. on its $370 million merger with One Communications Corp. Advised Eclipsys Corporation in connection with its $1.35 billion all stock merger with Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Advised the outside directors of Emdeon Inc. in connection with its merger with affiliates of Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P. under which Blackstone acquired a controlling interest in Emdeon valued at approximately $3 billion. Advised EMS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of wireless connectivity solutions for aviation, aerospace and global resource management, in connection with its $491 million sale to Honeywell International Inc. Advised enXco Development Corporation in connection with its acquisition of a wind power generation project from Element Power US, LLC. Advised Ford Motor Company in connection with the establishment of a new 50 / 50 joint venture in Russia with Sollers OJSC, Russias second-largest producer of passenger and light commercial vehicles, to produce Ford cars and light commercial vehicles. Advised GE Oil & Gas in connection with the acquisition by its subsidiary, Wellstream International Limited, of the entire share capital of MAPS Technology Limited, a UK private company which develops condition testing solutions. Advised GlaxoSmithKline, through its dermatology division, Stiefel, in connection with the acquisition of Toctino, a once-daily oral retinoid and the only prescription medicine specifically approved for the treatment of severe chronic hand eczema unresponsive to topical steroids, from Basiliea Pharmaceutica. Advised Haddington Ventures, LLC in connection with its $540 million sale of equity interests in Port Barre Investments, LLC (d/b/a Bobcat Gas Storage) to Spectra Energy Corp. Advised HD Supply, Inc. in connection with its $469 million sale of Industrial PVF division to Shale-Inland Holdings, LLC, an acquisition vehicle controlled by The Stephens Group, LLC and TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P. Advised an affiliate of The Home Depot Inc. in connection with its acquisition of U.S. Home Systems, Inc. Advised Immucor, Inc. in connection with its $1.939 billion acquisition by IVD Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of TPG Capital, L.P. Advised management of Inhibitex, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in connection with the acquisition of Inhibitex by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. for $2.5 billion in cash. Advised ING Real Estate Investment Management in connection with its sale to the U.S.-based CBRE Group, Inc., completing the divestment of the company, which was sold in two separate transactions for a combined price of approximately $1 billion.

Advised John H. Harland Company in connection with its $1.7 billion sale to M&F Worldwide Corp. Advised Krystal Holdings, Inc., the direct parent company of The Krystal Company, a leading quick service restaurant chain famous for its small hamburgers sold at owned and franchised restaurants throughout the southeastern United States, in connection with its sale to an affiliate of Argonne Capital Group, LLC. Advised LS Power in connection with its acquisition from NextEra Energy Inc. of a portfolio of four natural gas-fired generating assets for approximately $1.05 billion. Advised Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, the financial services arm of Mahindra & Mahindra, in connection with a U.S. joint venture with the Rabobank Group, whereby Rabobank and Mahindra have a 51% and 49% interest, respectively, in the joint venture. Advised Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd in its purchase of the Navistar groups stake in Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd and Mahindra Navistar Engines Pvt. Ltd. Advised Mirant Corporation in connection with its $1.4 billion sale of six U.S. natural gas fired power plants to LS Power Equity Partners. Advised Metal Management in connection with its $1.6 billion cross-border merger with Sims Group Limited, creating at the time the largest publicly traded recycling company. Advised National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Lyondells Millenium Inorganic Chemicals Business. Advised Novelis Inc. in connection with its $6 billion sale to Hindalco Industries Limited. Advised Pamlico Capital in connection with its $335 million sale of TMW Systems, Inc. to Trimble Navigation Limited. Advised senior management of Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in connection with its $1.9 billion acquisition by an affiliate of TPG Capital, L.P. Advised Pingus Limited, a Rowland family entity, on the sale its shares in Hamleys, an iconic London toy store, to Ludendo Enterprises, a French retail group. Advised PRIMEDIA Inc. in connection with its $525 million sale to affiliates of TPG Capital. Advised the management of the Principal Hayley Hotels group on the 360 million sale of the Principal Hayley Group to Starwood Capital Group. Advised Rock-Tenn Company in connection with its $4 billion acquisition of SmurfitStone Container Corporation.

Advised Roark Capital Group in connection with its $430 million purchase of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Arbys Restaurant Group, Inc. from Wendys/Arbys Group. Advised Roark Capital Group in connection with its acquisition of Massage Envy, the largest massage therapy franchise system in the United States, from Sentinel Capital Partners. Advising Roper Industries, Inc. in connection with its $1.0 billion acquisition of Managed Health Care Associates, Inc., which provides services and technologies to support the diverse and complex needs of alternate site health care providers who deliver services outside of an acute care hospital setting. Advised Saint Josephs Health System, Inc. in connection with the formation of a joint operating company with Emory Healthcare, Inc. Advised SHV Holdings N.V., a privately held Dutch company, in connection with its $1.4 billion sale of The David J. Joseph Company, a leading U.S. scrap metal company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Nucor Corporation. Advised Sprint Nextel Corporation in connection with the formation of a $14.5 billion next-generation wireless communications company with Clearwire Corporation, which resulted in the acquisition by Sprint of a 51% interest in Clearwire, which was formed by Sprint, Google, Intel Comcast, Time Warner Cable and others. Advised Sprint Nextel Corporation in connection with its $700 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. Advised Sprint Nextel Corporation in connection with its $831 million acquisition of iPCS, Inc. Advised Synovus Financial Corp in connection with its $4.7 billion spin-off of its 80% interest in Total Systems Services, Inc., an existing publicly held company. Advised Total System Services Inc. in connection with its acquisition of ProPay, Inc. Advising Total System Services, Inc. in connection with its $1.4 billion acquisition of NetSpend Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of general purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards and related financial services. Advised TNK-BP in connection with its entry into a service contract with Schlumberger for the development of mature western Siberian oil fields. Advised UPS in connection with its acquisition of Kiala SA, a company that provides convenient delivery options to consumers purchasing goods over the Internet based in Brussels. Advised Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. in connection with its $560 million sale to Bi-Lo, LLC.

Tamimi
A leading European multi - national in the IT sector on the optimal structure to set up in the UAE for the performance of government related sub contracts. The Government of Dubai and the Government of Sharjah on the establishment of free zones in respective Emirates. A European manufacturer of office equipment on the most suitable corporate structure to commence regional operations. A leading mobile manufacturer on an optimal corporate structure to set up a self operated distribution/retail network. A leading multinational machinery manufacturer on a proposed regional restructuring in order to bring all its regional corporate assets under an operating company in Jebel Ali Free Zone. An American multinational company that operates one of the most used search engines on the internet regarding local regulatory framework in the context of its acquisition of a local entity. A leading American chemical company in relation to a proposed restructuring, involving setting up an entity in a free zone in Dubai to conduct its current business activities in the UAE. An Abu Dhabi investment bank on constructing and implementing the optimal corporate structure to acquire a group of corporate entities compromising both sole establishments and onshore limited liability companies in the UAE. The Coca-Cola Company in the acquisition of half the stake in Aujan brands in 9 countries for USD 980 million, the largest ever inward investment by a multinational corporation into the Middle East consumer market. Drake & Scull International PJSC in the acquisition of substantial equity in three group contracting companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. TVM Capital in the acquisition of a stake in an Abu Dhabi health care entity by a fund under management of TVM Capital. Landmark Investments SARL in the acquisition of shares and certain assets of Awwal Fitness Ltd and assets of its branch in Bahrain. Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC in the acquisition of a controlling interest of a financial house. Dubai Financial Market PJSC in the acquisition of a controlling interest in NASDAQ Dubai, a stock exchange registered and operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre. Ford and Jaguar Land Rover in connection with the restructure and implementation of the sale of its Middle Eastern assets to Tata Group. Ithmar Capital in the acquisition of a substantial stake in a major healthcare operator in the UAE. Qatar First Investment Bank in the acquisition of a controlling interest of Emirates National Plastic Group, a major UAE manufacturing conglomerate.

Afridi & Angell

Acted as UAE counsel to TPV Technology Ltd, Hong Kong in the joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics and TPV Technology Limited. The joint venture is called TP Vision and is 70% owned by TPV and 30% by Royal Philips Electronics. Advised client in the sale of Fitness First clubs by the franchisee in the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Landmark Group. Advised client in the sale of the Ritz Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre. Representation of one of the largest logistics companies in the UAE in the acquisition thereof by Toll Group (major Australian logistics company). Advising client in the negotiation of an agreement to launch a mobile financial services business with DU, one of the UAEs largest mobile network operators. Advised the owner of a major logistics company in the UAE to Barloworld, a major South African conglomerate. Advised a leading steel works fabrication in the sale of a 75% interest in the company to a private equity fund managed by HSBC. Advised a banking client in the acquisition of the retail business arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the UAE.