Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Our team has extensive M&A experience in a variety of sectors, and we represent parties from either side of the deal. Given our emphasis on building solid relationships with our clients and understanding their needs, we are tactically equipped to advise them on the deal’s strategic considerations.

Sample of our team’s experience:

• Represented a North American mining company that produces gold and copper with 16 operating sites in 13 countries on the sale of 50% of its interest in the Jabal Sayid copper mine in Madinah, Saudi Arabia (“KSA”). This transaction was structured as an asset sale and is a standout transaction in the Saudi market

• Represented a major bank listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange on a part disposal of its crane rental business in KSA to a Korean company

• Represented one of the most progressive businesses on its cross-border acquisition of an automotive distribution company with operations in KSA, Lebanon and Egypt.

• Represented one of the world’s largest multinational food, snack, and beverage companies on its divestment of a soft drinks and beverages business in KSA.

• Represented a major Saudi energy and energy related services fund on a private equity acquisition on behalf of several institutional Saudi investors of a stake in an industrial cleaning services company in KSA

• Represented an international bottled water company in acquisitions over a period of several years of strategic controlling interests in companies engaged in bottled water production, principally in Saudi Arabia, but also in Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE

• Represented a multinational banking firm based in KSA on its merger with an international bank’s affiliate in KSA

*Work not necessarily done by the team at our Firm