Mustafa A. Darwich

Mustafa’s notable recent experience includes advising:

• SILQ, the Saudi B2B e-commerce and fintech platform, on a US$75 million Shariah-compliant financing facility from Fasanara Capital
• EvolutionX on its US$50 million investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council
• Arzan Investment Management in connection with loan facilities extended by Oaktree Capital Management LP to finance the acquisition of a portfolio of hotel assets by Arzan’s GCC wide hospitality platform
• On the joint venture and build-transfer-operate (BTO) arrangements for the development of three hyperscale data centers
• Tabby on its US$700 million in-debt financing by way of receivables securitization from J.P. Morgan, which earned the 2024 IFLR “Middle East Award Impact Deal of the Year”
• A UAE-based technology company in relation to a secured conventional facility provided to it by a private credit provider based in the US
• The financiers with respect to the refinancing of existing indebtedness of Merex Investment Group LLC, a joint venture between Dubai Holding and Brookfield Asset Management, comprising conventional and Islamic facilities
• A global private capital investor in connection with the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in a UAE-based payments business
• An international bank in connection with a murabaha facility agreement with a Malaysian company
• The mandated lead arrangers in relation to a US$200 million revolving credit facility for FIVE Holdings (BVI) Limited in conjunction with its debut bond offering
• A Saudi Arabian technology company in relation to a secured Islamic facility provided to it by a private credit provider based in the US
• e& in connection with several of its banking transactions
• erad, a Saudi-based alternative financing platform for SME’s, on a US$125 million credit facility, led by Jefferies
• BRKZ, a Riyadh-based B2B platform that connects suppliers and contractors in the construction industry, on a US$30 million debt financing from Indian venture capital firm Stride Ventures
• Tamara, a leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East:
  • In relation to the closing of a first-of-its-kind receivables warehouse facility of up to US$150 million from Goldman Sachs
  • On the asset-backed financing provided by Goldman Sachs in connection with Buy-Now-Pay-Later receivables originated in the KSA
• Syarah Inventory for Commercial Services Company, a company based in Saudi Arabia in the car rental business, on Islamic financing
• A mixed-use development joint venture on the loan facility to finance its DIFC-based property
• FlapKap BV on the senior and junior facilities FlapKap provided by Channel Capital Partners to finance eligible receivables underpinning their SME financing products in the GCC
• Investcorp Capital on the revolving credit facilities provided by 21 international and local financial institutions
• Huspy Holdings on the secured financing provided by Partners for Growth in connection with its expansion into the residential mortgage market in Spain