Osama Lone

Prior to joining Kirkland, Osama was involved in advising:

M&A and Joint Ventures

• The Public Investment Fund on its:
  • subscription for a significant minority interest in El Seif Engineering, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE
  • subscription for a significant minority interest in Nesma & Partners Contracting, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia and Lebanon
  • subscription for a significant minority interest in Almabani General Contractors, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia and Lebanon
  • subscription for a significant minority interest in Al Bawani Holding, a construction group operating in Saudi Arabia
  • Internet of Things joint venture with STC
• Jadwa Investment on its acquisition of 70% of Dabdoob Holdings, the largest toy e-commerce application in the Middle East
• The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its privatization of the flour milling industry through the sale of four separate flour milling companies via a competitive auction process
• ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Al-Jubail on its acquisition of Jubail Energy Services Company and related debt-to-equity conversions of shareholder loans from the Public Investment Fund and ArcelorMittal
• Amazon.com, Inc on its acquisition of Souq.com, the largest e-commerce platform across the Middle East
• Mubadala Health on multiple healthcare joint ventures in Bahrain
• MBC on its subscription for a significant minority interest in the Antenna Group, a Greek television and media conglomerate
• Rakiza Infrastructure Fund on its acquisition of a significant minority interest in Oman Broadband Company, an operator of passive fibre broadband infrastructure
• Dubai Holding, which already owned 50% of the Westin Paris, on its acquisition of the remaining 50%
• Dubai Holding on its acquisition of a significant minority interest in the Azadea Group, a Middle Eastern lifestyle retail business
• Epiris on its acquisition of Inchcape Shipping Services, a global provider of port agency and marine services
• Convergint on its acquisition of the MVP Group, a security, IT infrastructure and software engineering group operating across the Middle East
• BayWa AG on its disposal of a majority interest in Al Dahra BayWa LLC, an agriculture and greenhouse operator in the UAE
• Alkhabeer Capital on its acquisition of a majority interest in Express Investment Holding, a provider of flexible packaging solutions in the Middle East
• Dubai World on its sale of Dubai Maritime City to DP World Limited
• Dubai World on its sale of Dubai Drydocks World DP World Limited and related debt restructuring
• HSBC Middle East Limited on the disposal of its Lebanese operations
• Mubadala Infrastructure Partners on its disposal of minority interests in three universities in Abu Dhabi (Zayed University, Sorbonne University and UAE University)
• Eutelsat S.A. on its asset acquisition of the Noorsat business, a key satellite capacity aggregation and resale business in the Middle East
• Mitsui & Co. Ltd on its minority investment in the ETC Group, an agriculture business operating across Asia and Africa
• A private investment firm based in Abu Dhabi on its digital gold trading joint venture with an operator in the field
• Magrabi Group Investments on its optical lenses manufacturing joint venture with a specialist in the field
• McKal Holdings Limited on the restructuring of its minority interests in McLaren Group Limited
• Nouryon Holding BV on its chemicals trading joint venture with the Kanoo Group
• BayWa AG on the restructuring of its agriculture joint venture with Al Dahra and related asset sale to the joint venture company

Emerging Companies, Venture Capital and Corporate Governance

• ByteDance (TikTok), a video-sharing mobile application, on its expansion into the Middle East
• Kuaishou, a video-sharing mobile application, on its expansion into the Middle East
• Stripe, a financial services and software company, on its expansion into the Middle East
• Tencent, a technology conglomerate, on corporate governance and regulatory advice in the Middle East
• Kitopi, a tech-powered multi-brand restaurant and one of the Middle East’s first unicorns, on its Series A and Series A-1 fundraisings
• Swvl, a tech-powered transportation platform and one of the Middle East’s first unicorns, on its Series C fundraising
• Kiklabb, a business set-up facilitator, on its Series A fundraising

Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, Dubai, 2018–2023

Associate, Clifford Chance LLP, Dubai, 2016–2018

Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance LLP, London & Dubai, 2014–2016