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Sami Saygh

Sami Saygh

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Sami is a senior associate in the Firm's Dubai office. Sami is a corporate lawyer with a focus on corporate reorganizations and restructurings, carve-outs, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on foreign direct investment structures and advises multinational clients on structuring their presence in the UAE.

Sami also advises on product compliance and consumer protection issues in the UAE.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Taaleem Holdings PSC on the acquisition of the Jebel Ali School in Dubai.
  • Advised an international food and agri-business company on UAE law aspects of their corporate reorganization.
  • Advising a global entertainment and multimedia company on the restructuring and integration of their UAE operations following their global acquisition.
  • Advising the world's leading company in electric cars and sustainable energy solutions with their GCC market entry and on corporate and regulatory matters.
  • Advising a leading industrial automation company on pre-merger restructuring and transfer of assets and business in the UAE.
  • Assisted a European internet company in relation to the acquisition of a GCC company providing online food delivery services.
  • Assisted in relation to the acquisition of a group of medical labs in the GCC and MENA region.
  • Assisted a multi-national client in the acquisition and carve-out of the diabetic devices business in the UAE as part of a global acquisition.
  • Advised and implemented post-acquisition reorganization of the world's leading logistics company in the UAE.
  • Assisted on the intergration of operations of a leading e-commerce platform in the UAE and advised on a range of commercial issues.

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)~United Kingdom (2021)
  • Dubai - Registered Legal Consultant

Education

  • University of Law (Legal Practice Course) (2015)
  • University of Law (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2014)
  • Concordia University (BA Major in Political Science, Minor in Economics) (2013)

Languages

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
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