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Abdullah Almudaifer

Associate, Finance
Saudi Arabia

Expertise

Abdullah is an associate based in our Riyadh office. He advises on, corporate M&A, antitrust, finance and restructuring, and wider transactional matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Abdullah trained at a leading UK international law firm in Riyadh, where he has assisted in advising local and international clients on a wide range of matters including corporate, M&A, competition and antitrust.

Abdullah is licensed to practice law in Saudi Arabia. He is fluent in Arabic and English.

Experience

Abdullah’s experience includes advising:

The Saudi Printing and Packaging Company in relation to its capital increase by way of debt conversion.
Emirates NBD Capital KSA as fund manager in relation to establishing a public equity fund;
Artal Capital in relation to the SAR 140m acquisition of 40% stake in Dawar Al-Saada.
A KSA family office in relation to negotiating and establishing a joint venture with a leading Egyptian digital banking and payment services company.
Cognita Limited in relation to the acquisition of Edureach's business across GCC.
Aldella Food Production on its strategic investment by a PIF company, Halal Products Development Company.
A real estate fund in relation to the acquisition of a leading hotel in Riyadh.
The syndicate of lenders in relation to the consensual debt restructuring of Emaar the Economic City.
Tyson Foods in relation to the acquisition of 60 % and 15 % stakes in two subsidiaries from Tanmiah Food Company, which was the largest transaction within the poultry market in KSA.*
ZainTech and Zain KSA on the joint venture with Playhera Global in relation to establishing one of the largest e-sports platform in the Middle East.*
SNB Capital in relation to establishing a direct financing fund.
The Saudi National Bank in connection with various real estate-based financings.
Saudi Cable Company in relation to its financial restructuring procedure under the Insolvency Law. This deal represents the largest debt restructuring for a publicly listed entity in Saudi Arabia.
The Creditors Committee on the debt restructuring of Azmeel Contracting Company, which at SAR 7.7 billion (circa. US$2.06 billion) is the most unique debt restructuring to date in Saudi Arabia as it utilizes for the first time a perpetual sukuk structure (with a commodity murabaha facility) in connection with a financial restructuring procedure under the Insolvency Law.
The Creditors Committee in connection with phase 2 of the restructuring of conventional and Islamic loans of Al-Ittefaq Steel Products Company, a manufacturer of reinforcing bars, which at SAR 7 billion (circa. US$2 billion) is the largest debt restructuring of a corporate entity in Saudi Arabia.

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