Mohammad Tbaishat

Practice Areas

Corporate, M&A and Transactional Services

Career

Mohammad specialises in public and private mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and corporate reorganisation work. He advises a range of clients including financial institutions, SWFs, private equity firms, multinational corporates and family-owned businesses. Mohammad is fluent in Arabic and English. He holds a B.A. degree in Law from the University of Jordan and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. Mohammad is qualified to practice law in four jurisdictions.

Professional Memberships

• Solicitor, England & Wales

• Legal Advisor, Dubai Legal Affairs Department

• Attorney at Law, The State of New York, USA

• Lawyer, Jordan Bar Association

Expert in these Jurisdictions

United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Languages Spoken

English Fluent: spoken and written

Arabic Fluent: spoken and written

Clients

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital on its joint venture with PureHealth/SEHA to establish Abu Dhabi's first paediatric centre of excellence.

• NMC Healthcare, the largest private healthcare company in the UAE and KSA on its USD 7 .1 billion restructuring.

• Abu Dhabi Ports PJSC, a leading facilitator of global trade and logistics, on its strategic joint venture in Uzbekistan with and SEG ENERA Group, one of the largest multisectoral holding companies.

• The sellers of Blackspoon Group on the sale of their business to Jadwa, a Saudi private equity investor.

• Sanabil Private Equity Investments and Investcorp PE on a USD$130m investment into Salla Holding Limited.

• Private Equity firm, Summit Group, on its acquisition of corporate service provider Sanctuary Group and tax advisory, Alderley.

• Petrofac on its US$1.5 billion strategic joint venture with HQC in Algeria.

• Nasdaq listed NV5 Group on its acquisition of engineering and architecture firm, ASG.

• The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a PIF subsidiary, in relation to its minority equity investment in Saudi marine agri-business National Aquaculture Company (NAQUA).

• Sanabil Investments, the private equity arm of Saudi Arabia’s PIF, in relation its investment in b2b e-commerce marketplace, Sary.

• Sanabil Investments, the private equity arm of Saudi Arabia’s PIF on its investment in buy-now-pay-later service provider Tamara.

• Sanabil Investments, the private equity arm of Saudi Arabia’s PIF on its investment in an online training platform provider Classera.

• RAK Hospitality Group in relation to the AED 770 million disposal of Rixos Bab Albahar in RAK (by way of a share sale) to a UAE property investment company.

• Starlink DMCC, a leading regional cyber security group which has operations in KSA, UAE, Egypt and the USA on its merger with BridgePoint.

• The shareholders of WME Group, an engineering consultancy business in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India in relation to the disposal of their shares to a French headquartered construction group.

• First Gulf Bank (FGB) on its USD 29.1 billion merger with National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) to form First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB).

Education