US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher launched its Dubai practice, the firm’s sole Middle East office, in 2007.
According to peers the firm has a good M&A team....
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US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher launched its Dubai practice, the firm’s sole Middle East office, in 2007.
According to peers the firm has a good M&A team. Office head Paul Harter is known and well regarded corporate partner and new addition Hardeep Plahe, a former of counsel at Linklaters who joined in March 2012 is described as “a nice guy”. The consensus is Plahe will succeed at his new firm given he is “very good lawyer” who has “been around for some time”. Peer recommendations and a strong deal list sees the firm join tier four for M&A.
Deals
Practice head Harter took the lead on two of the firm’s notable M&A deals. Firstly he and his team represented Gulf Capital in its acquisition of an 82.7% stake in Sakr Energy Solutions FZCO, a provider of temporary power generation. Secondly, Harter advised Gulf Capital in buying the Reach Group, a staffing and temporary employee solution provider to government entities across the United Arab Emirates.
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