Our practices
Capital markets
Ranked as a Tier 1 firm for corporate and M&A by Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR1000, we combine extraordinary ability with cross-sector expertise.
Well versed in debt and equity capital market transactions, our services range from routine capital-raising efforts to innovative and groundbreaking work. We provide creative and pragmatic solutions and together, with our expertise in corporate governance, securities regulation, tax and restructuring, we deliver seamless comprehensive advice.
We have extensive experience in a broad range of transactions including public and private offerings of debt and equity in the domestic and cross-border markets, initial public offerings, rights issues, structured finance products, securitisations and privatisations.
Issuers, investors and underwriters rely heavily upon our advice. Our clients include public, private and institutional entities, from emerging companies to established multinationals and investment banks to venture capitalists, governments to funds and companies in the energy, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing industries.
Our capital-raising efforts include prospectus offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities both in the UAE and internationally.
We advise on a variety of risk management, corporate governance, regulatory and disclosure obligations that require us to interact with securities and exchange commissions as well as boards of directors, compliance teams, investor relations professionals and shareholders.
Practice areas
- Bonds, finance certificates and depository receipts
- Compliance
- Corporate finance
- Corporate governance
- Debt capital markets
- Equity capital markets
- IPOs
- Islamic finance
- Private placements
- Privatizations
- Prospectus issues
- Regulatory and government affairs
- Securitisations
- Security offerings
- Structured finance
- Tax
At a glance
- Agility Logistics: secondary listing on the Dubai Financial Market (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Dubai Department of Finance of the Government of Dubai: establishment of the USD 20b Dubai Financial Support Fund (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Dubai Department of Finance of the Government of Dubai: establishment of the USD 20b Dubai Financial Support Fund (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Emirates Financial Services/Emirates NBD Capital: development and private placement of a school project in Dubai (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Emirates Financial Services/Emirates NBD Capital: a number of investment transactions and projects including initial public offerings (IPOs) (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Government of Dubai: inaugural USD 2.5b Sukuk Programme. The initial issuance under the Sukuk programme is the largest sovereign sukuk issuance and was made in two tranches of USD 1.25b Fixed Rate Trust Certificates and AED 2.5b Floating Rate Trust Certificates (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Government of Dubai: 2009, 2010 and 2011 updates of its USD 4b Euro Medium Term Notes Programme (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Government of Dubai: 2009, 2010 and 2011 updates of its USD 4b Euro Medium Term Notes Programme.