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Jasem Alanizy

Managing Associate, Corporate Finance
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Expertise

Jasem, a Managing Associate in our Corporate Finance team, specialises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity and venture capital transactions. He has successfully represented a diverse range of clients, including corporate entities, private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, and venture capital investors, in a variety of transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and investments across multiple sectors.

Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Jasem served as a Senior Associate in the Dubai office of a prominent US firm. His legal training and early practice took place in the London office of a leading international law firm.

Experience

Al Tahalof Al Tamm – acquisition of Kudu Food Company, a restaurant chain with over 200 outlets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from private equity houses TPG and Actis
e& Group (formerly Etisalat) — acquisition of Smartworld from Dubai Aviation City Corporation
Investor — Yap Holding Limited's $41 million pre-Series A funding round
Warner Music Group — acquisition of Qanawat Music, a leading music distributor in the Middle East and North Africa
National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) — AED 963 million (US$262.2 million) purchase of Aldar Properties' district cooling assets on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island
Visiomed Group – acquisition of Smart Salem, the first digital medical analysis centre accredited by the Dubai Ministry of Health
Warner Music Group – investment in Rotana Music, the Arab world’s leading independent record label, part of the Rotana Group
National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) — AED417 million (US$113.5 million) disposal of its stake in Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool) to United Development Company
Gulf Capital — $40 million Series D round investment in Vezeeta, a leading digital healthcare platform in Middle East and Africa
National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) — acquisition of Masdar City Cooling Company from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Liquid biopsy company — accelerated book-build and placing of shares to finance the company's development of breakthrough liquid biopsy system used to treat women with metastatic breast cancer
International sales, marketing and support services company — $835 million cash placing in the Premium Segment of the London Stock Exchange's Main Market and the disposal of its waste management business
CASS Investment Fund — venture capital investment in various SMEs
Mabey Holdings Limited — disposal of its modular bridging business and assets to Acrow Global Limited, a subsidiary of Acrow Corporation of America
Independent infrastructure fund — $142 million acquisition of a leading international infrastructure group's stake in the M25 highway in England