Kieran Lavis

Biography

Kieran is an Associate in the Real Estate team and has expertise in a broad range of commercial real estate matters including acquisitions/disposals, financings, the structuring of indirect real estate investment, build-to-suit arrangements, commercial leasing, complex due diligence exercises and the formation of property funds and REITs.  He acts for a wide range of clients across the GCC including institutional investors, REITs, multinational corporates, banks, developers and private equity houses.

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Recent Experience

• Advising Apollo Global Management Inc. and its consortium of institutional investors on their USD2.7bn acquisition of a 49% stake in Abu Dhabi Property Leasing Holding Company RSC Ltd from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) – the strategic investment leveraged the rental income streams from an underlying real estate portfolio valued at USD5.5bn.
• Advising a pan-GCC REIT in connection with its acquisition of a large portfolio of real estate assets across the GCC.
• Advising a private sponsor in connection with the formation of a privately held DIFC QIF property fund with an initial seed portfolio value in excess of USD300m.
• Advising a multinational biotech company on the acquisition of part of an office building in Dubai, UAE.
• Advising a leading schools operator on its entry into a built to suit arrangement with a large regional developer for the development of a school in Dubai.
• Advising a large Saudi conglomerate in relation to its entry into a built to suit transaction with a French hospital operator for the development of a hospital in Dubai.
• Advising Marsh Middle East and Africa in relation to its leasing of commercial office space in DIFC.
• Advising HSBC in relation to its leasing matters across Dubai and Bahrain.
• Advising a Singaporean private equity house in relation to a potential dispute related to its indirect investment in two off-plan developments in Dubai.