Henry Storrar

Biography

Henry Storrar is an experienced corporate lawyer with a history of practicing at both Magic Circle and US Law firms in Abu Dhabi and London respectively. He possesses broad M&A expertise across multiple industry sectors, particularly in Oil & Gas, Energy, and Technology. Henry has advised on a wide range of matters, from early-stage equity financings to high-value cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He has a robust track record of delivering results, providing sound commercial advice and applying judgement to complex legal issues. Prior to embarking on a legal career, Henry served as an Infantry officer in the British Army.

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Recent Experience

Henry has gained extensive experience in complex matters during tenures at previous firms. Below is a snapshot of selected transactions.

• Mubadala Investment Company PJSC on its USD4 billion disposal of a 40% interest in Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U (CEPSA) to the private equity house, Carlyle Group and on its resulting joint venture.
• Mubadala Investment Company PJSC on its USD4.65 billion disposal of a majority stake in Borealis to OMV (the Austrian headquartered integrated Oil & Gas group) and on its resulting joint venture.
• National Central Cooling Company PSJC on its USD675 million acquisition of an 80% stake in Emaar Properties PJSC’s Downtown Dubai District Cooling business and on its resulting joint venture.
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (ADCB) on its USD114 billion three-way bank merger with Union Credit Bank (UCB) and Al Hilal Bank, implemented by way of a statutory merger.
• G42 on its joint venture with ADNOC for the purposes of developing and commercializing artificial intelligence products for ADNOC.
• Elliott Management Corporation on its acquisition of two large scale greenfield solar PV installations in Australia (totalling circa 175 MW) and on its resulting joint venture with the developer.
• Masdar on its USD200 million acquisition of a controlling stake in the 117 MW (large scale) Tafila Wind Farm Project based in Jordan and on its resulting joint venture with the remaining shareholders.
• METKA EGN (the renewables arm of the Mytilinos Group) on its acquisition and onward disposal of over 200MW of small and medium scale photo voltaic installations in the UK (taking place over circa 20 separate transactions with differing developers and secondary acquirors).
• TPG on one of its first investments in Africa, where it led a USD47.5 million Series C investment round into a pan African digital payments platform.
• Infracapital Partners on its EUR300 million joint venture with Nokia, to build, own and operate major fibre optic broadband installations in Poland. This was a significant transaction for Nokia as it constituted one of their first ever joint ventures.
• Advanced Computer Software Group plc on its GBP725 million public takeover by Vista Equity Partners implemented by way of a court approved scheme of arrangement (rather than conventional takeover offer) and resulting capital reduction.
• ADQ on its reverse merger by ADX listed National Marine Dredging Company PJSC (NMDC) of the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPPC) implemented by way of a statuary merger.
• Waha Capital PJSC on the deployment of capital across multiple closed ended private equity funds and on its establishment of hedge funds in MENA and globally (in-house) .
• IGas Energy plc on its GBP90 million reverse takeover of the UK onshore oil and gas elements of Star Energy Group (UK subsidiary of state-owned PETRONAS) and on the resulting enlarged group’s readmission to trading on the London Stock Exchange.