Alyzeh Zahid

Biography

Alyzeh is an experienced corporate finance lawyer, with a particular focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Middle East. She brings extensive expertise in general corporate and commercial advisory work, advising on shareholder and joint venture arrangements, and handling complex cross-border restructurings. Her background includes significant experience in capital markets, particularly with Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Before joining Al Tamimi & Company, Alyzeh honed her skills at Orr, Dignam & Co., a prestigious corporate and commercial law firm in Pakistan.

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Recent Experience

• Road and Transport Authority: Led the carve-out of the Salik business and advised on Salik Company PJSC’s IPO on the DFM (part of the Dubai Government privatization programme).
• Yalla Group Limited: Advising on its IPO and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Advising several leading corporations on potential listings across the region.
• Priora Management Holding: Advising on the acquisition of Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa, , the region’s largest mobile virtual network operator with operations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.
• Queens Gambit Growth Capital: Advising a USD 1.5 billion business combination with SWVL (a tech-driven transportation service that uses fixed schedules and locations for pickups and drop-offs) – the largest Middle-East based ‘unicorn’ to go public on NASDAQ.
• Advising on the investment by Softbank Group into Kitopi, the region’s third technology ‘unicorn’.
• Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development: Advising its acquisition of a majority stake in Compass Project Investments.
• Gulf Medical: Guiding its sale of Al Zahra Hospital in Sharjah for AED 2.06 billion, the largest healthcare acquisition in five years in the Arabian Gulf, and the third largest deal ever in the UAE Life Sciences (including Medical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology) sector and in the top 20 largest deals in the UAE since 2000.
• Aster DM Healthcare: Advising its listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange as foreign counsel for its vast operations across the GCC.
• Anglo American: Advising as member of its legal team in relation to sale of Tarmac business in the UAE, Qatar and Oman.
• Meraas Holding: Advising as part of its legal team on the IPO of their hotel and leisure division, Dubai Parks & Resorts PJSC.
• Private Sector Acquisitions: Advising top-tier companies on private sector acquisitions across the pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, education, leisure, and retail industries.
• Family Business Restructuring: Advising regional high net worth individuals and family businesses as part of the legal teams on family business restructuring matters and succession planning.