Tarek Soliman

tarek.soliman@lw.com

+971.4.704.6302

Profile

Tarek Soliman is an associate in the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins.

Tarek advises private equity funds and sovereign investors on all stages of the investment cycle of complex cross-border transactions including private M&A, public takeovers, joint ventures, complex carve-outs, equity capital markets transactions, and other corporate matters, including minority and preferred equity investments, consortium transactions, restructurings, and management equity plans.

Tarek previously worked for a white-shoe firm in its London office, and a Magic Circle law firm in its London and Dubai offices.

Tarek also completed a secondment to the legal team of Mubadala Investment Company PJSC.

Experience

Tarek's representative transactions include advising:

General Atlantic on its investment in KAYALI, the fragrance business founded by Huda and Mona Kattan in 2018 under the parent company Huda Beauty
PJT Partners on its acquisition of deNovo Partners, a leading advisory firm focused on the Middle East
Melrose Industries and Dowlais Group on the £2billion spinoff and listing of GKN Automotive, GKN Powder Metallurgy, and GKN Hydrogen businesses*
KKR on its US$4.3billion acquisition of Coty’s professional beauty business, including Wella, Clairol, OPI, and GHD brands*
KKR and Viridor Limited on the pre-sale reorganization and auction of Viridor Energy business*
H.I.G. Capital on its £400million acquisition and rebranding of KPMG’s UK restructuring business to Interpath Advisory*
Bridgepoint on its £2.88billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange*
KKR and Viridor Limited on the carve-out and sale of Viridor’s waste collections business to Biffa*
Stonepeak on its €1billion acquisition of Inspired Education*
KKR on its £500million acquisition of Hyperoptic and subsequent corporate governance and shareholder arrangements*
Blackstone and Huws Gray on the £520million acquisition of Grafton Group’s generalist builders’ merchanting business*
Viridor Limited on the acquisition of Thameside Energy Recovery Facility from ESB Group*
Viridor Limited on a joint venture with Equitix for the Westfield Energy Recovery Facility in Scotland*
Blackstone on a £750million share buyback in the London Stock Exchange Group*
KKR on the business combination of NielsenIQ and GfK SE*
BC Partners and GardaWorld on the proposed hostile takeover bid for G4S plc*
Blackstone on its US$1billion acquisition of Piramal Glass Private Limited’s glass manufacturing and packaging business*
KKR and Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl on structuring and managing Wella’s co-investor arrangements and global management equity plans*
Apax Partners and MatchesFashion on structuring and managing MatchesFashion’s shareholder and management equity plans*
CEPSA on its up to US$4.8billion sale to the Carlyle Group*
On a joint venture with ACWA Power for the Al Taweelah Power and Desalination Complex, the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination facility*
A UAE government entity on the acquisition of an international offshore support company*
On the sale of up to 50% of Mubadala’s interest in a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Umm Al Quwain*
On the sale of a REIT investment in Treat Towers California to Rockpoint for US$187.2million*
On a US$500million investment in Stonepeak Claremont Holdings for Cologix Holdings*
On a joint venture with 3650 REIT to invest in a REIT for commercial mortgage-backed securities in the US*