Suhail Mirza

Biography

Suhail is an experienced corporate lawyer with expertise in cross border M&A in the Middle East region and with a focus in the technology (including fintech and digital payments) and infrastructure sectors. He also advises extensively on shareholders’ agreements, fund-raising and start up investments, corporate governance and regulatory matters.

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Recent Experience

• Acting for a listed UAE payment services provider on the disposal of a 50% interest in UAE company.
• Acting for a listed UAE payment services provider on the disposal of a majority interest in regional payment scheme company.
• Acting for institutional investors on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital in an ADGM regulated brokerage firm.
• Acting for institutional investors on the acquisition of a minority stake in a DIFC regulated brokerage firm.
• Acting for a leading e-commerce company in connection with the establishment of an e-wallets platform in the GCC and associated regulatory advice.
• Acting for Etihad Water & Electricity Company PJSC on its investment in a USD 950m utilities project in the UAE.
• Acting for a Canadian listed company on its USD 40m take private and re-domicile to the UAE.
• Acting for a South Africa listed company on its acquisition of a data handling business in the UAE.
• Acting for the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (as co-developer) on the entry into a joint venture/framework agreement with Mubadala Development Company for the procurement of six independent water and power projects in the UAE.
• Advising Carnival Corporation on its participation as port operator in a multi-billion US dollar development for a new cruise liner terminal in the UAE.
•  Advising Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Greencells Group (one of Europe’s largest solar plant developers and operators).
• Advising True North Partners on all GCC aspects of a transaction in which they committed to invest USD 200 million of funds into healthcare sector company, KIMS Group.
• Advising a Spanish hotel group in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in a UAE hotel operator and subsequent entry into Hotel Management Agreements in the UAE.
• Advising a UK listed company on the reverse take-over of a UAE target company including UAE law aspects of the acquisition and supporting the AIM listing aspects of the transaction.