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Danielle Lobo
Partner, Dubai Office
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Ms Lobo is a corporate/commercial lawyer with considerable experience in a wide range of corporate matters including private equity transactions, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, restructurings and reorganisations. She has been involved in transactions of every size and scope in various industry sectors including financial services, hospitality, food and beverage, manufacturing, energy and technology.
Ms Lobo joined Afridi & Angell in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, she trained at and was a solicitor with a global firm in Scotland.
Ms Lobo has been ranked as "Next Generation Partner" for commercial, corporate and M&A, in Legal 500 EMEA.
Her notable transactional experience includes:
UK experience
acting for an American based packaging solutions group with revenue of over US$6.6 billion on its global reorganisation and capital reduction programme involving multiple foreign jurisdictions;
acting for the vendors on the US$275 million disposal of MTEM Limited to Petroleum Geo-Services AS which was later shortlisted for "UK Deal of the Year" at the European Venture Capital Awards;
advising Moody's Corporation on its European group reorganisation and debt restructuring;
acting for Poyry Energy AG on the cross border acquisition of IGL Consultants Limited; and
acting for the Capita Group on numerous business sales.
UAE experience
acting as lead counsel for Al Kabeer Group on the sale of a 51 per cent interest in the group to Savola Group (Al Kabeer Group is involved in the procurement, manufacturing, processing and distribution of processed frozen food in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman and Kingdom of Bahrain);
acting on behalf of the vendors in the disposal of the Fitness First clubs in the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to the Landmark Group;
acting for Country Hill International LLC (meat suppliers to the wholesale industry, the food service and retail market segments) on its acquisition of La Maison Nordique Foodstuff Trading LLC;
advising a fund, which is primarily focused on making direct investments in the food and agribusiness sectors in the GCC and Japan, on its acquisition of an 87.5 per cent interest in a Dubai-based meat processing and frozen foods company;
acting on behalf of management in relation to the sale of an interest in a Jebel Ali Free Zone company to a leading IT and software development company;
advising Dubai Investment Industries on the sale of its 100 per cent stake in Marmum Dairy Farm and its distribution unit United Sales Partners LLC;
acting as local counsel in relation to the transfer of the business and assets of the Philips television division involving 26 jurisdictions into a joint venture group to be operated by Philips and TPV;
acting for CER in relation to the disposal of a 20.1% interest in a project company in Pakistan which operates a 551 MW combine cycle gas turbine; and
acting for Dubai Investments Industries on a joint venture with Dach Advisory Group to operate the Dubai campus of Modul University, Vienna.
QUALIFICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS
Law Society of Scotland
LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 2004
Reinforcing business transparency, The Oath, November 2020
UAE Introduces Filing Requirements Relating to Beneficial Ownership - Deadline of 27 October 2020, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 21 October 2020
Shareholders' rights in private and public companies in the United Arab Emirates: overview, Practical Law Global Guide (Thomson Reuters), 2020
'Retire in Dubai' programme announced in Dubai, Afridi & Angell Legal Alert, 20 September 2020
Recent Amendments to the Commercial Agency Law, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 1 September 2020
DIFC - Innovation License, Afridi & Angell Legal Alert, 27 August 2020
The ADGM Companies Regulations 2020, Afridi & Angell Legal Alert, 17 May 2020
DMCC: Expanding the Scope of a Service License, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 4 May 2020
Foreign Direct Investment in the UAE: The approval of the positive list, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 15 April 2020
DMCC Company Regulations 2020: Keeping up with international best practices, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 18 March 2020
Private Equity in the United Arab Emirates: Market and Regulatory Overview, Practical Law Global Guide (Thomson Reuters), 2019
Keeping up with the Trend: The New Dubai International Financial Centre Insolvency Law, International Corporate Rescue, Volume 16, Issue 6, 2019
The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, The Law Reviews, 2019
UAE Law Considerations on Asset Deals, Legal Era Magazine, August 2019
Keeping up with the Trend: The New DIFC Insolvency Law, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 26 June 2019
Directories' Duties in DIFC, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 25 April 2019
Merger Clearance Matters, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 14 February 2019
New Long Term Residency Visas, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 11 February 2019
ADGM Announces Tech Start-Up Licensing Regime, Afridi & Angell Legal Alert, 14 October 2018
UAE - A developing destination for international business, The Lawyer, 5 September 2016
Corporate Governance (UAE chapter), 2014/2015, International Comparative Legal Guide
Corporate Exit Strategies and Legal Considerations, Lawyer Monthly, June 2013
Company Directors (UAE chapter), 2013, European Lawyer Reference
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