About
Jeff is a senior associate in our MENA Global Transactions team (Finance and RCS).
His practice encompasses advising financial institutions and large corporates in financing transactions, with an emphasis on event-driven financings and special situations, from complex cross-border restructuring & insolvency matters to project financings, Islamic financings and corporate acquisitions & leveraged financings.
Additional Information
Recent deals and highlights include advising:
- A regional sovereign wealth fund on a series of widely syndicated financings amounting to c.US$5bn.
- An ad hoc creditor group, comprising a regional credit fund and international DFIs, in relation to the debt restructuring of an Egyptian petrochemicals business.
- Financiers and hedge providers in connection with the provision of conventional and Islamic finance facilities totalling c. US$1.5bn to assist with the development of Hafeet Rail, a transformative cross-border transport project in the GCC.
- A syndicate of regional and internal lenders on a secured capital call facility of US$2.2 billion to an Abu Dhabi’s investment fund focused on artificial intelligence technologies.
- A London headquartered investment manager in connection with the onshore UAE bankruptcy process of a healthcare business.
- Investors in connection with non-performing loan portfolio acquisitions in the Middle East.
- Hayfin Capital on its landmark financing of a luxury residential development (Imperial Avenue in Downtown Dubai) using a highly novel and creative approach, involving multiple creditors and requiring the collaboration of the real estate regulator.
- Arcapita on various leveraged financings, including the financing of its acquisition of the DataFlow Group.
- Lenders on a multicurrency financing package for the acquisition of a majority stake in Magnati by Brookfield Business Partners.
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on a landmark USD3bn green financing agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
- A regional GRE on its debut US$2.5bn green loan financing.
- A regional GRE on a USD250m Ijara transaction with a regional bank.
- Ruya Partners on a secured credit facility made available to Energia KSA, a major provider of power and engineering solutions in the MENA region.
- Janus Henderson (previously NBK Capital) on various private credit financings, including a growth financing facility for Moove, an African mobility fintech company and Uber's exclusive vehicle supply partner in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Jeffrey Effah
Senior Associate
Dubai Office
ICD Brookfield Place, Level 13
Al Mustaqbal St, Trade Centre
DIFC, PO Box 506569
Dubai