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 140 million 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. USD 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. USD 2 billion) is the largest debt restructuring of a corporate entity in Saudi Arabia.

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