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Sami E. Al-Louzi
Sami E. Al-Louzi
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Biography
Sami advises clients on regional, international, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; banking and finance; capital markets; and privatization matters. He has deep experience representing clients in the financial services, petrochemical, power, water, oil and gas, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East, particularly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Prior to joining V&E, Sami practiced for over eight years in the Riyadh and Abu Dhabi offices of a major international law firm and has significant experience with regard to legal and business structures in the Middle East. Sami also previously practiced at Ali Sharif Zu'bi, Advocates and Legal Consultants, in Amman, Jordan.
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Representative Experience
Corporate
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- Representation of a leading health care services company in a major restructuring of its business and offering 20 percent of its shares to selected investors
- Representation of a leading Saudi Arabian company in connection with spinning-off its real estate division by way of incorporating a new real estate company that acquired such division and offering a majority equity interest in such company to selected investors through a private placement
- Representation of two international investors in connection with the potential acquisition of an equity interest in a port operating company (operating three major ports) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital Markets
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- Representation of Saudi Arabian telecommunications company in connection with an offer of 200 million of its shares through a rights issue, with an aggregate value of SAR 2 billion
- Representation a consortium of banks in connection with an Initial Public Offering of 22,235,294 shares of Astra Industrial Group (representing 30 percent of the share capital of the company) by the company and certain of its shareholders, with an aggregate value of SAR 933.88 million
- Representation of Calyon Saudi Fransi Limited and Riyad Capital in connection with an offer of 111,111,111 shares by National Industrialization Company (Tasnee) through a rights issue, with an aggregate value of SAR 2 billion
Project Finance
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- Representation of a syndicate of Saudi Arabian and international banks in connection with the financing of two chemical tankers in Saudi Arabia
- Representation of a Saudi Arabian telecommunications company in relation to a U.S. EXIM Bank backed facility structured as a project finance transaction
- Representation of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in connection with the rehabilitation, expansion, and operation project of Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan and in connection with the US$380 million debt financing of the project
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- King’s College London, LLM, 1995
- The University of Jordan, LLB, 1993
- Admitted to practice: Jordan
- Languages: English and Arabic (native speaker)
Professional Recognition
- Islamic Finance News: Leading lawyer in the IFN 2011 Leading Lawyer Poll in Mergers and Acquisitions
- Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in corporate/commercial law, Saudi Arabia, 2010
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P.O. Box 60935
Al Bateen Complex
Tower C-2, Suite 202
Bainunah (34th) Street
Al Bateen Area
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971.2.412.0711
Fax +971.2.635.4790
Alternate Office
The Law Office of Looaye M.
Al-Akkas in Association with
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Kingdom Centre, 28th Floor
King Fahad Road
P. O. Box 230888
Riyadh 11321
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel +966.1.211.8126
Fax +966.1.211.8020
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