Joy Kadi Associate

Joy Kadi

Civil Qualified lawyer in Lebanon and based in UAE, Joy is specialised in M&A and corporate restructurings.

Joy advises on expansion projects for multinational clients across the UAE and KSA and provides support in relation to UAE incorporations and corporate restructuring projects for businesses in free zones as well as in mainland Dubai and Abu Dhabi. She has assisted several multinational clients in launching their products in the UAE market, including advising on corporate structure and obtaining required licenses from UAE authorities, including license issuance of 100% foreign-owned companies in the mainland.

Joy also advises on cross-border acquisitions and provides legal advice on regulatory compliance, corporate governance and employment matters.

Experience

Joy's deal experience in the region includes acting for:

• doTerra, an oil essential business with an international presence, to launch its specialised oil products in the UAE market, including incorporating their company in Dubai and advising on regulatory matters as well as employment/ HR-related matters and commercial agreements with contractors and customers.
• Spanish hotel operator, Barcelo, on its Middle East hotel management operations and regulatory compliance.
• SHEIN, a Chinese e-commerce platform company on its Middle East operations and regulatory compliance.
• A UAE-based entity on a challenging power generation project in the Port of Aden, Yemen (deal value: USD 32 million).
• Biogroup, a French leader group of medical analysis laboratories in France for its potential 100% acquisition, which involved advising on local healthcare regulatory matters and licensing requirements related to the potential seller, Unilabs, a Swiss-based business that has a network of clinical labs, blood collection centres and imaging centres across Europe (deal value: USD 5 billion).
• Mitsubishi on a local acquisition as part of a business integration and HR and regulatory-related matters.
• A leading payment solution provider in the Middle East and Africa on the acquisition of point of sale (POS) and e-commerce portfolio of a UAE bank based in Dubai (deal value: $18 million);
• E&'s participation as lead investor in Almentor (a leading Arabic-language educational platform) in their $10 million pre-series C round; and
• Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. on the acquisition of a financial technology company, Qenta Inc. (deal value: $622 million).