Physical Address:
Saaha Offices – Block C, Office n. 501A, The Palace Downtown
Postal Address:
P. O. Box 58553, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telephone:
+971 4 4529091
Email Address:
ashafi@ach-legal.com
Adil is a Partner at Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota where he also leads the Corporate M&A team and the Pakistan desk of the firm. He has extensive experience in advising on corporate M&A and banking and finance matters. He has assisted clients within the banking, energy, packaging, pharmaceutical, logistics, as well as governmental entities, including Proparco, Government of Somaliland, Oman Trading International, City School Pakistan, GEMS Education, Getz Pharma International, Al Dahab Exchange, Derby Group, Aga Khan Health Services, OurSun Solar Power Limited, Raha Group, Mauritius Commercial Bank, Catalyst Principal Partners, Habib Bank Limited, Packages Limited, MCB Bank Limited, United Bank Limited, Lucky Electric Power Company, Glenbeigh Group and City School Group in Pakistan.
Adil is Registered as a Legal Consultant with the Dubai Ruler’s Court, and Advocate of the High Court, Pakistan, and an Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York State, USA. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and holds an LL.B from the University of Manchester, England.
Advocate of the High Court, Pakistan
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York State, USA
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Manchester, England
2016 – Date Partner, Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota, Dubai, UAE
2013 – 2015 Senior Associate, Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota, Dubai, UAE
2011 – 2013 Senior Associate, Haidermota & Co. (now HaidermotaBNR & Co.), Karachi, Pakistan
2008 – 2011 Senior Associate, Mandviwalla & Zafar Advocates and Legal Consultants, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 – 2008 Associate, Mandviwalla & Zafar Advocates and Legal Consultants, Karachi, Pakistan
- Acting for a UAE based investor in connection with acquisition of a hospitality project in Dubai, including conducting due diligence on the property and preparing the documentation for the transaction.
- Acting for a Pakistani financial institution in connection with setting up and launching a private equity fund with a focus on investments in Gulf Cooperation Council and South East Asia region.
- Acting for a UAE based investor in connection with acquisition of a waste paper business in UAE, including conducting due diligence on three target companies, preparing the share purchase documentation, preparing the shareholders agreements and finalising the sale transaction.
- Acting for Atlas Mara Co-Nvest in connection with the acquisition of BancABC, including conducting a regulatory due diligence, reviewing of specified jurisdictions in Africa and obtaining regulatory approvals.
- Acting for an African investment company in connection with the acquisition of an oil and gas trading company in the UAE, including conducting due diligence and preparing share purchase agreements.
- Acting for a bank on the advance of a loan facility to a Mauritius based mobile micro-finance company. The scope of work included advising the client on the security structure to be implemented for securing their liability under the bank guarantee being provided by the bank to service providers in the UAE, reviewing and commenting on the commercial agreements entered into between the UAE service provider and the mobile microfinance company and the loan agreements with the bank and advising on the perfection and enforcement of the UAE law security to be created as security for the proposed transaction.
- Acting for Seacom in connection with the East African portion of its development of the USD 650 million, 17,000-kilometer undersea fiber optic cable, stretching from India to France through Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania, including advising on Landing Station Lease Agreements, the selling of Indefeasible Rights of Use(IRUs) and option agreements.
