Haris is the head of our finance practice group in MENA.
He has extensive banking and finance experience, and acts for sophisticated financial sponsors, alternative capital providers, financial institutions and corporate borrowers.
Haris advises on a wide spectrum of senior and subordinated financings, including acquisition financings, mezzanine financings and other leveraged finance products, as well as a broad range of general banking, Islamic financing, and restructuring and insolvency matters.
Haris is known for taking a commercial and constructive approach to settling negotiations and executing transactions.
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- Advising Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic on the financing of their joint acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in Network International, a leading payment solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa.
- Advising Tunisie Telecom on the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in GO, a company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange.
- Advising TPG and The Abraaj Group on the shariah-compliant financing for their high-profile investment in Kudu, a leading restaurant group in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Advising Network International on a multi-source Islamic and conventional financing for its acquisition of Emerging Markets Payment Solutions from growth markets investor, Actis.
- Advising The Investment Dar on its innovative settlement-in-kind offer to existing creditors in distress circumstances.
- Advising The Abraaj Group in relation to the financing of its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Hepsiburada, Turkey’s largest online retailer.
- Advising a consortium led by sovereign-backed Fajr Capital with Blackstone and Mumtalakat on the financing aspects of their acquisition of a stake in GEMS Education, a leading regional education business.
- Advising GC Credit Opportunities on its investment, by way of a convertible loan, in Carbon Holdings, Egypt’s largest downstream oil and gas holding company.
- Advising National Bank of Abu Dhabi on its acquisition of a portfolio of Indian loan assets value at almost $1bn from Royal Bank of Scotland.
- Advising Gulf Capital on the financing of its acquisition of Destinations of The World, a significant player in the accommodation wholesale market.
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Education
- University College, University of Durham, UK (law (Hons) LLB)
- Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, UK (LPC)
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