Abdallah Maher

Relevant experience includes advising:

The Emirate of Dubai on the carve-out of the Emirate's parking infrastructure raising AED 1.1 billion of debt and the listing of the company on the Dubai Financial Market, where the White & Case offices in Dubai and London acted for the underwriters.*

Oman Insurance Company (Sukoon) on its acquisition of a c. 93% stake in Arabian Scandinavian Insurance Company through an off-market bilateral deal under the special deal regime of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM).*

First Abu Dhabi Bank on the sale of FAB Properties, its property management arm, to Al Dar Properties PJSC.*

Sohar International Bank SAOG (Sohar International) on its merger with HSBC Bank Oman SAOG (HSBC Oman), whereby all assets and liabilities of HSBC Oman were transferred to Sohar International.*

The Founder of DAMAC Properties on his $599 million public tender offer for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of DAMAC followed by a squeeze out of minorities and de-listing of DAMAC.*

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC on the carve-out and sale of a 60% stake in its payment business, Magnati, to Brookfield Business Partners L.P., with an implied valuation for Magnati of US$1.15 billion.*

First Abu Dhabi Bank on its proposed acquisition of EFG Hermes, the leading regional investment bank.*

Solutions by stc on its acquisition of Giza Systems SAE, an Egypt-headquartered systems integrator with operations in more than ten jurisdictions and a client base spanning 25 jurisdictions.*

The Emirate of Dubai on the carve-out of the Emirate's tolling system (Salik) into a public joint stock company, raising AED 4 billion of debt and the listing of the company on the Dubai Financial Market.*

Invest Bank P.S.C. on its capital restructuring plan, which included the provision of a guarantee worth AED 3 billion by the government of Sharjah for a certain loan and asset portfolio, a step that is the first of its kind in the UAE.*

Saudi National Bank on the sale of its credit cards business in the UAE.*

First Abu Dhabi Bank on its US$660 million acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Bank Audi SAE, Bank Audi's subsidiary in Egypt, in addition to the outstanding shareholders' debt.*

Development Partners International (DPI)'s formation, alongside CDC, of Zanzibar Pharma and led the team that advised on the platform's acquisition of Celon Laboratories of India.*

A regional sovereign wealth fund on the primary issuance and private placement of shares in, and the subsequent listing of, AD Ports Group PJSC.*

Bank ABC on its acquisition of all the shares of BLOM BANK Egypt from BLOM BANK for c. US$427 million.*

The sale of Nas Neuron Health Services, the UAE's largest provider of third-party medical claim administration services, to Cigna.*

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) on its proposed acquisition of Vodafone Egypt SAE.*

Noor Bank in relation to the 100% acquisition of Noor Bank by Dubai Islamic Bank.*

Tristar Transport LLC on all corporate aspects of the corporate reorganization which it conducted in anticipation of an intended IPO.*

Bahraini consortium (comprising Arcapita and Mumtalakat) on the merger of Nas United and Neuron LLC, creating the largest UAE provider of third-party medical claim administration services.*

Gulf Finance House on its acquisition of a majority stake in the largest payment solutions provider in the UAE.*

Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic on UAE law aspects of the IPO of Network International. The IPO is London's biggest IPO of 2019 with the IPO price giving the company a market value of £2.18 billion. As part of the IPO, Mastercard made a $300 million cornerstone investment in the IPO and Network International and Mastercard additionally entered into a strategic partnership to support and accelerate the development of electronic payments in Africa and the Middle East.*

Avivo Healthcare Group on all corporate aspects of the corporate reorganization which it conducted in anticipation of an intended IPO.*

Danone on the sale of its stake in Al Safi Danone to the National Agricultural Development Company.*

Gulf Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Geidea, the leading payment solutions business in Saudi Arabia.*

Tunisie Telecom on its acquisition of a 65.4% stake in GO.*

Shree Cement Limited on the AED 1 billion take-private of Union Cement Company.*

Regional Telecom Company and VTEL Group on the proposed sale of Newroz Telecom, the largest mobile network operator in the Kurdistan Region.*

First Gulf Bank on its merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi creating the largest bank in the MENA region with $175 billion of assets and a combined market capitalisation of approximately $29.1 billion.*

Ajinomoto, Japan's largest food company, on the US$532 million acquisition, by way of auction, of a 33.3% stake in Promasidor, the sub-Saharan African food producer.*

Saudi Electricity Company on the execution of a government mandate to restructure a number of its core assets.*

Saudi Aramco on a joint venture with Lanxess to establish a EUR2.75 billion producer of synthetic rubber.*

Mubadala and Tabreed on their joint venture in respect of Al Maryah Island district cooling project.*

A group of investors led by Mohammed Al Abbar, chairman of Emaar Properties, on the Saudi law aspects of the acquisition of a controlling stake valued at US$1.7 billion in the Kuwait-based Americana Group from Al Kharafi Family.*

BAE Systems on the reorganisation of its portfolio of interests in multiple industrial companies in KSA.*

Kuwait Finance House on its cross-border acquisition of Ahli United Bank in Bahrain, the first acquisition by way of a share swap between two different jurisdictions in the region.*

The Kuwait Capital Market Authority on the application to join the International Organisation of Securities Commissions.*

Société Générale Bank on the US$2.55 billion sale of NSGB Bank to Qatar National Bank.*

International Finance Corporation on its equity and debt investment in the holding company of El Shorouk Press, the largest private publisher in Egypt.*

Nestle on the disposal of its chilled-dairy business to Lactalis.*

Nokia Siemens on the acquisition of Motorola Solution's Networks' assets.*

Yahoo! on the Egyptian aspects of the acquisition of Maktoob.com.*

*Experience before joining White & Case.