Experience
Project Finance
Privatisation
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Company/Commercial

  
 
 
We advised Tiger Global Management in connection with the Saudi Arabian aspects of the sale of Maktoob.com to, the leading online community in the Arab world with over 16.5 million users, to Yahoo!
Value: Confidential | Closed: November 2009
We advised Fraport AG in connection with the setting up of a Saudi Arabian subsidiary and the management contracts for Riyadh Airport and Jeddah Airport.
Value: US$111 million | Closed: November 2008
We advised Arcelor-Mittal in connection with its first manufacturing joint venture in Saudi Arabia.
Value: US$650 million | Closed: September 2008
   
 

Chambers Global 2011

  
  "This local law favourite has earned the trust of some of the world's top lenders thanks to its technical expertise, local knowledge and client service ... This firm has had a diverse array of work over the past year, thanks to the team's excellent reputation and its appreciation for the nuances of the Saudi market ... Clients laud the breadth of this firm's corporate and commercial offering, which ranges from day-to-day advisory work to acting on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The team blends local knowledge and experience with a high level of client service and product quality ... This firm continues to be a top choice for regional and overseas clients seeking disputes advice in Saudi Arabia."
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IFLR 1000, 2011 edition

  
  The Jeddah-based firm has an established presence and remains a respected contender in the market. The firm is praised by clients as one says: "The reality is that when you get to the major project finance deals there are relatively few firms that have worked on major deals and Hatem is one of them, and that experience is reassuring to the inter-national market from a banking perspective."
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  European Legal 500,
2011 edition		  
 

Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co. had
a busy year in the capital markets field, with well-respected specialists Asad Abedi and Andreas Haberbeck advising Royal Sun Alliance affiliate Al Alamiya Insurance Co on the $53m initial public offering of 30% of its share capital. On the conventional finance front, Ali Abedi acted for the lenders on a facility to provide working capital to Shuaibah Water
& Electricity Company.
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      saudilegal 2011