Mira Fayad is a member of the Riyadh office Corporate Department. She advises Saudi, regional, and international clients on a range of corporate mandates across various sectors.

Ms. Fayad focuses on corporate transactional work, in particular on cross border transactions, including M&A, private equity, joint ventures, and strategic alliances in Saudi Arabia and in multiple jurisdictions across Middle East and Africa. Her practice includes:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private equity
  • Joint ventures and in-bound investments
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Antitrust and competition
  • Airport services

Ms. Fayad previously worked as a senior associate at a leading international law firm based in Saudi Arabia and at leading Lebanese law firms.

Ms. Fayad’s experience includes advising**:

  • Advising sellers and acquirers on corporate transactional work, in particular on cross-border transactions, including M&A, private equity, joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Advising on a range of corporate mandates across industries,  with particular experience in investments related to airport services, F&B businesses, start-ups and real estate
  • Structuring and establishing several joint ventures in the Kingdom between Saudi and international partners in various sectors
  • Advising on antitrust approvals and submitting applications to the Saudi General Authority for Competition in relation to economic concentration activities non-objection and exemptions
  • Advising on the structuring of business for the expansion to the Kingdom
  • Providing transactional support with respect to the restructuring of government owned entities in the Kingdom
  • Drafting transactional documents and carrying out legal due diligence exercises
  • Liaising and supervising the work of outsourced legal counsels in the context of cross border transactions

Ms. Fayad’s recent experience includes acting for**:

  • Jahez International Company for Information Systems Technology on the contemplated acquisition of 100% of The Chefz SPV Ltd.
  • The acquirer on the US$450 million acquisition of a company operating in the industrial sector (chemical plants) in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the acquisition followed by a merger of a group of companies operating in the pharmaceutical sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the SAR117 million acquisition of the assets of a business operating in the chemical distribution business in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the SAR230 million acquisition of a group of companies operating in the medical sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the SAR240 million acquisition of a group of companies operating in the F&B sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • The seller on the acquisition of a group of companies operating in the medical sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the SAR105 million acquisition of a group of companies operating in the industrial sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the transfer of business between two groups operating in the technology sector in Saudi Arabia*
  • A prominent Kuwaiti ground handling company on its expansion in over five countries in Africa and the Middle East including in the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia, Iraq, and Nigeria*
  • The acquirer on the acquisition of a Lebanese accelerator and startup incubator*
  • The acquirer on the acquisition of a group of companies operating in the F&B sector in Sharjah, UAE*
  • Bakri International Energy Co on its US$158 million acquisition by Jazan Energy and Development Co in Saudi Arabia*
  • The acquirer on the US$25 million acquisition of a group of companies operating in the F&B sector in the Middle East, through a fund setup in the Cayman Islands*
  • The acquirer on the US$32 million acquisition of a group of companies operating in the public health sector in the Middle East, through a fund setup in the Cayman Islands*
  • The issuer on the Legacy One US$325 million public offering of equity and bonds in real estate fund in Lebanon*

* Matter handled prior to joining the firm

** Firm experience prior to April 2023 includes work completed both at Latham and the Law Firm of Salman M. Al-Sudairi.

Bar Qualification

  • Lebanon
  • Saudi Arabia (Foreign Consultant)

Education

  • LLB, Lebanese University
  • MA in Law, Lebanese University

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Arabic
  • French