Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance named MENA Legal Adviser of the Year by Mergermarket for second year running

Clifford Chance is delighted to be named MENA Legal Adviser of the Year at the Mergermarket Europe M&A Awards in 2022 for second year running. The awards recognize excellence in advising on M&A transactions of both financial and legal advisers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based on league table data as well as input from an independent judging panel.

Having been active in the MENA region for close to 50 years, Clifford Chance is known as a go-to-firm for big ticket, complex, innovative and first-of-a-kind, as well as strategically important and sensitive M&A transactions.

Working across its offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Casablanca, as well with Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in co-operation with Clifford Chance in Saudi Arabia, the Firm advised on some of the most ground-breaking transactions in the MENA region over the past twelve months including advising DP World on the US$5 billion sale of a minority stake in three of its flagship UAE assets, as well as advising TAQA on acquisition of 67% of Masdar, a transaction that aims to create a global clean energy powerhouse that consolidates the renewable energy and green hydrogen efforts of TAQA, Mubadala and ADNOC under the Masdar brand.

The team also advised Bain Capital and NB Renaissance Partners on the acquisition of French software services provider Inetum SA from Bahrain's Mannai Corp QPSC, in addition to advising Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power on the US$1.5 million sale of Lekela Power to a joint venture company owned by the Infinity Group and Africa Finance Corporation.