Simon Elliott

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Based in the UAE, Simon has a wealth of experience advising private and government sector clients on a wide range of cross-border corporate and projects transactions across the Middle East and North Africa region. Simon previously worked as a corporate/M&A lawyer at international and US law firms in London.

Simon's practice focuses on cross-border and local M&A, private investments, joint ventures and corporate structuring/re-organisations. Simon has experience of advising the government sector, technology companies, multi-national corporations, regional and international investment funds and ultra-high net worth individuals on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions across the MENA region. Simon's recent M&A experience is predominantly technology-focused, acting for the founder in connection with their sale of the Advanced Watertek group to Gradiant and Network Internationals' strategic disposals of their interests in Mercury Payment Services and Transguard Cash, as well as advising some of the region's most prominent technology companies (including e& Capital) on significant M&A and joint venture transactions.

Simon also has significant experience in the energy infrastructure sector, advising on P3 and private projects in the Middle East and Africa region acting for government authorities, offtakers, and lenders, focusing on the corporate aspects of such transactions (including sponsor shareholders' and consortium arrangements). Most recently, he was the lead associate on a team advising the UAE Government's Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) on the successful procurement of a key water desalination plant (with total capital expenditure of USD 1 billion) in the Northern Emirates. His experience also includes advising Almar Water, Kansai Electric Corporation and other multinationals on their bids for MENA PPP projects.

Simon is also been recognised as a notable practitioner for M&A by the legal directory ILFR1000.

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