M&A and Private Equity

Hadef & Partners’ Mergers & Acquisitions practice is regarded as market-leading for domestic and cross border transactions. In recent years we have been involved in many of the most high profile and challenging transactions across all business sectors.

All aspects of mergers and acquisitions and general transactional work are covered by our team including share and asset purchases and sales, inward investment, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. We strive to maintain our focus on our clients’ overall commercial objectives in structuring and negotiating transactions. We operate at the highest standards of quality and responsiveness at all times, which underpins the value which we seek to add.

Our belief is that fostering a constructive deal atmosphere is essential to ensuring both an efficient process for transaction execution and obtaining an optimal outcome for our clients. We combine the role of global and local counsel by applying the international skills of our lawyers in a focused local context.

Share and asset purchase and sales, inward investment projects, joint ventures, private equity, corporate structuring and restructuring, and related regulatory work are performed by our specialist Mergers & Acquisitions team.

Our Mergers & Acquisitions lawyers were predominantly educated and have practiced in the UK, Ireland and South Africa so are extremely experienced in drafting and negotiating share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements and other transaction documents to international standards. In addition, we also have lawyers from a range of Middle Eastern jurisdictions such as the UAE, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt, which enables us to apply a considered logic to both local and Middle East-facing transactions. Our Arabic speaking team members, many of whom have worked for Hadef & Partners for a long period of time, have forged and developed close relationships with the key governmental and regulatory authorities in the UAE, which enables us to complete transactions in a smooth and efficient manner.

• Advising Silal, a division of ADQ, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Sherwood, a leading UAE agricultural input and pest management solutions distributor.
• Advising Q Holding, Abu Dhabi’s leading real estate development and investment company, on their successful acquisition with ADQ Real Estate and Hospitality LLC (ADQ) and IHC Capital Holding LLC to acquire 100 % of the share capital for Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company PJSC (ADNEC Group), Modon Properties PJSC and other companies and real estate assets. The acquisition creates one of the largest real estate, hospitality, events and catering platforms in the region and combines key real estate assets under one single entity whilst significantly expanding their international portfolio.
• Advising Gulf Islamic Investments in relation to its sale of a majority stake in its real estate unit to Brookfield Asset Management.
• Advising ista on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Techem Energy Services LLC.
• Advising Jacobs & Thompson, an international elastomeric foam supplier headquartered in Canada, on its acquisition of Ramfoam Limited, a manufacturer and distributor of polyethylene materials based in the UAE and UK.
• Advising the owners of ASG Engineering Consultants LLC on the sale of the company to NV5, a US listed entity.
• Advising Voodoo SAS, a French video game developer and publisher, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Tarboosh, a game studio based in the UAE.
• Advising Al Dobowi Industrial Rubber Services on its entry into a joint venture in the UAE, Oman and Qatar with Rema Tip Top to operate under the brand name Rema Tip Top Middle East. 
• Advising the shareholders in Emircom, an information and communications technology provider, on the sale of a majority stake to International Holding Company for AED250 million.
• Advising the shareholders of Pharmaceuticals FZ-LLC, a leading UAE pharmaceuticals manufacturer, on the sale of 100% of the share capital to ADQ.
• Advising the shareholders of Al Ittihad Drug Store, a leading UAE pharmaceuticals distributor, on the sale of 100% of the share capital to Global One Healthcare Holding, a division of Yas Holding.
• Advising Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading multi-asset alternative investment firms, on a USD130 million investment in a film production and distribution company headquartered in India and with operations in Dubai.
• Advising Uniper, a an international energy company headquartered in Germany, on the sale of its UAE-based crude oil processing and marine fuel trading business to a consortium of Montfort Group and the Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum.
• Advising the shareholders of the Bayara group on the sale of an equity interest to Levant Capital.
• Advising HDR Inc., a leading US engineering and architecture firm, on the sale of its Dubai subsidiary.
• Advising Siniora Food Industries (a Jordanian listed company) on its acquisition of Diamond Meat Processing.
• Advising PSAV, a global leader in event experiences, on the acquisition of eclipse group, a leading audio-visual and live production and venue company which manages events in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.
• Advising (in a local counsel capacity) Marlin Equity Partners on its acquisition of Marcura Group, a leading vertical software, data intelligence and payments platform for the maritime industry.
• Advising the owners of a major retail business operating across the GCC with over 100 branches on the sale of their business to one of National Holding's key subsidiaries.
• Advising (in a local counsel capacity) Access Group on its acquisition of Construction Industry Solutions, a leading construction management software and services company providing end-to-end business solutions to the contracting, home building and service management sectors, globally.
• Advising International Petroleum Investment Company PJSC (IPIC), in connection with the merger between IPIC and Mubadala Development Company PJSC.