Jawad I.
Ali

Investment Funds, Real Estate and Real Estate Finance

Advised a number of Shari’ah-compliant funds sponsored by Kuwait Finance House and KFH Capital on the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of commercial, residential, healthcare, logistics and hospitality assets in the U.S., UK and Europe with aggregate value in excess of US$2.0 billion.

Advised EURX Properties SCA, a Shari’ah-compliant real estate fund, in connection with the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of commercial properties in Europe, the Middle East and Turkey with aggregate value worth in excess of US$1.8 billion.

Advised HSBC Amanah Global Properties Income Fund, a Shari’ah-compliant, open-ended global real estate investment fund, in connection with the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of commercial properties in the U.S. and Europe with an aggregate value in excess of US$2.8 billion.

Corporate M&A, PE and Acquisition Finance

Advised Merchantbridge Holdings Ltd. in connection with the restructuring and disposal of a significant minority interest in Asiacell, a telecommunications company in Iraq, worth over US$800 million.

Advised Al Qahtani Investments LLC in connection with the US$450 million acquisition and financing of Dalma Energy LLC, a UAE-based energy company with operations in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, India and Algeria.

Advised a consortium led by Al Muhaidib and ACWA Power in connection with its successful bid for, and US$600 million privatization of, the cargo business and ground-handling services division of Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Advised Injaz Projects, Al Hokair Group, Al Fozan Group and Newrest in the US$200 million privatization of the catering business of Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Advised Dalma Energy in connection with the acquisition, construction and financing of nine on-land oil-drilling rigs worth in excess of US$300 million.

Advised Dalma Energy in connection with the refinancing of a US$360 million multi-jurisdiction acquisition finance facility.