Philip Dowsett

M&A / Private Equity

• Advised Alameda Healthcare Group, a leading Egyptian healthcare provider, on a minority investment of c USD 190 million led by London-based private equity firm Development Partners International LLP and its co-investors.
• Advised ADQ on its Series C investment in Bayzat.*
• Advised Alameda Group on its merger with Emirates Hospital Group and proposed combination with Cleopatra Hospitals Group.*
• Advised Amanat Holdings on its USD 232 million acquisition of Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Centre and AED 350 million disposal of its investment in Taaleem Schools.*
• Advised Blue Water Energy in connection with the secondary buy-out of BGF in ROVOP.*
• Advised certain sellers in the USD 3.1 billion acquisition by Uber of Careem.*
• Advised Global Market Access on its USD 20 million financing from IFC and SBI.*
• Advised Global Petro Storage on the acquisitions of SRS Middle East FZE on its corporate reorganization.*
• Advised Malabar Gold & Diamond on its corporate restructuring, redomiciliation and private listing on Nasdaq Dubai.*
• Advised One of the MENA region's largest renewable energy groups on its joint venture and equity financing with a Development Finance Institution (DFI).*
• Advised Optilan Group on its corporate and financial restructuring and the subsequent exit to DarkPulse.*
• Advised PIF on its USD 1 billion+ investment into Lucid Motors.*
• Squatwolf on its private equity investment from ASCA Capital.
• Advised Tabby on its various equity financing rounds and venture debt financings.*
• Advised The Giving Movement on its Series A financing.

Investment Funds

• Advised a leading DIFC-based private equity group on the structuring, formation and launch of a USD 250 million growth fund.
• Advised a number of Middle East Sovereign Wealth Funds on their investments into regional and global investment funds.
• Advised Aramis Partners in the structuring, documentation and formation of two single asset private equity investment funds for investment in UAE education and healthcare assets.*
• Advised ARP Global Capital in the structuring, documentation and formation of a multi-opportunistic open-ended fund domiciled in the Cayman Islands with a first close of over USD 100 million.*
• Advised Frontier Investment Management Partners in the structuring, documentation and formation of numerous investment funds and platforms, including an early-stage technology investment private equity fund, a close-ended real estate fund structured as a corporate investment platform, and a single-asset investment platform investing in a greenfield student accommodation project.*
• Advised GFH Capital in the structuring and documentation of a single-asset investment platform to acquire a USD 125 million industrial real estate portfolio in the United States.*
• Advised NBK Capital in the structuring, documentation and formation of NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund II LP.*
• Advised NBK Capital in the structuring, documentation and formation of NBK Capital-GSC * Mezzanine Fund I LP, a USD 200 million MENA mezzanine fund.
• Advised Nuwa Capital in the structuring, formation, and documentation of its DIFC-domiciled venture capital fund (the first fund under the new venture capital DIFC regime).
• Advised one of the largest Middle East financial institutions on the structuring, formation, and creation of a number of fund of fund platforms and deployment into investments funds globally.
• Advised PlusVC in the structuring, formation, and documentation of its MENA seed series fund. *
• Advised StonePine Capital in the structuring, documentation and formation of a Jersey domiciled private equity fund structured as a protected cell company in conjunction with a Swiss fund manager. *
• Advised StonePine Capital in the structuring, documentation and formation of an investment platform investing in Saudi Arabian healthcare assets.*
• Advised various regional family offices on LP investments into regional and global investment funds.

* experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard

• College of Law, London, 2004, LPC, With Distinction
• University of Warwick 2002, Law LLB (Hons) 2.1

• Committee Member of the Middle East Venture Capital Association
• Member, Law Society of England and Wales
• Member, Dubai Legal Affairs Department

• "Philip Dowsett is an excellent partner and thinks very commercially." - Chambers Global 2024
• "Philip is our go-to person on funds" - Chambers 2025