Corporate Advisory Team

Nadyn Saleh

Senior Associate

Email:nadyn@markazklaw.com

Tel:+965 22 46 4640

Practice Focus:

Ms. Saleh joined Al Markaz in November 2012 and is an Associate in the firm´s Corporate Advisory Department. Ms. Saleh emphasizes her practice in civil, corporate and commercial legal consultancy and handles matters in connection with company law, trade and finance law, employment law, capital markets law and intellectual property law. She has significant experience in corporate and debt restructuring, local and cross-border corporate matters, securitization, merger and acquisitions, securities transactions, intellectual property and general consultancy.

Representative Legal Matters:

• Acted as Kuwaiti counsel for a renowned Investment Company in the debt restructuring and Settlement-In-Kind Transaction. This transaction took place across five jurisdictions and included (but is not limited to) advising on all aspects of the refinancing, the agreement on security packages relating to different classes of assets, debt-to-equity and debt-to-asset swap, all within the scope of the Kuwaiti Financial Stability Law (No. 2 of 2009)
• Advised a leading investment and construction company regarding projects in the energy, waste water and infrastructure sector in the country, including the possibility and legality of establishing a joint venture with a highly respected international company to this effect, and reviewing of and advising on financing and corporate structures under Kuwaiti laws.
• Advised one of the main Investment Companies in the Country on the legality and applicability of cross-border acquisition and ownership of real estate in a foreign jurisdiction. This entailed creating the transaction structure and execution plan.
• Advised a number of international companies on entering the Kuwaiti market through establishing companies, agencies and joint ventures.
• Advised for a major medical company on corporate matters including the prospects of expanding, the legality and mechanism of increasing capital and foreign ownership in the company.
• Acted for a leading telecommunication company in advising on the legal aspects of the introducing and using of the latest technology in the fields of e-commerce and communications and preparing relevant agreements.
• Acted as lead counsel in The Investment Dar’s second debt restructuring and settlement-in-kind deal worth approximately KWD800 million. This entailed creating the debt restructuring plan that ensures inter alia structural and security enhancement, improved alignment of stakeholders’ interests, and improved asset monetization prospects.
• Acted as one of the team who advised a major investment company on the acquisition of a 90% stake in Kuwaiti cultural project valued at approximately KWD 10 million. This entailed conducting due diligence, designing the strategic, operation and legal structure of the acquisition, advising the client on the applicable laws and regulations in relation to this transaction, analyzing and minimizing the potential risks and liabilities associated or resulting from the deal.

Languages : Arabic and English

Education: De Montfort University – Leicester, UK (LLB)