Wassim El Mardini
Associate, Dubai
Biography
Overview
Wassim is an associate in our Corporate and M&A practice. Wassim has acted on transactions across various sectors, including e-commerce, construction development and travel and tourism. Clients have included financial sponsors, public and private companies, banks and funds.
Wassim joined the Dubai office of White & Case in 2023, prior to which, he worked for an international US firm in its Riyadh office.
Bars and Courts
Beirut Bar
Education
LLM
Banking and Financial Law
Boston University
Bachelor of Laws
Sagesse University
Languages
English
Arabic
French
Experience
Recent experience includes advising clients in connection with the: *
- Lulu Retail Holdings PLC on its pre-IPO reorganisation and successful intention to float on the ADX via a sale of 25% of its issued shares by its sole shareholder, Lulu International Holdings Limited.
- acquisition of the entire share capital of one of the major development companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
- acquisition of a significant minority stake in four of the largest construction companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that have a track record of executing and managing large scale projects;
- acquisition of 70% of one of the largest e-commerce applications in the middle east;
- carve-out of selected business units and operations from a corporate group into the target company and the acquisition of the entire share capital of said company;
- acquisition of the entire share capital of one of the largest companies in the fields of iron and steel industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
*Prior to joining White & Case.
