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Zain Shaheed

S&A Lawyers LLP

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Position: Partner
Practice Areas:
Financial and corporate
Jurisdictions:
Biography

Zain heads the commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution practice. He is also involved in assisting clients with M&As, infrastructure projects, financing and foreign investment set-ups. 

Zain has won awards for his outstanding client service. Zain has canvassed years of experience in complex high value, contentious and non-contentious work for large blue-chip clients and hospitality clients such as Hilton, Jumeirah, Pontiac, KSL, Blackstone Group, Google, Amazon, Adobe, Ball Corporation, Unilever, Deloitte UK, PwC UK, Grant Thornton UK, Cannacord Genuity, Ipsos Mori, Emirates Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, easyJet and British Airways.

Zain was previously at global top tier firms in the City of London and New York City before joining S&A in 2020.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Acting for a leading global private equity fund on a proposed strategic acquisition of a large seaplane operator.
  • Acting for a prominent Turkish tourism conglomerate in the cross-border acquisition of an operational resort property in Raa Atoll comprising 136 keys. (Turkey / Italy / Maldives)
  • Acting for a UAE-based investment group and its hospitality arm in the acquisition of an operational resort, hotel and attached airport located within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. (UAE / Maldives)
  • Representing a leading Indian commercial bank on its entry into the Maldivian market through a USD 110 million financing to an international hospitality group for the refinancing of a resort property. (India / Maldives)
  • Acting for a Singapore-headquartered alternative asset manager on the cross-border acquisition of an operational resort property in Raa Atoll, involving a complex financing structure and coordination with multiple international stakeholders. (Singapore / Germany / Maldives)
  • Acting for a Maldivian borrower in the refinancing of a USD 36 million term loan facility arranged through Singapore-based lenders. (Maldives / Singapore)
Key practice areas
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Foreign Investments
  • Restructuring and Insolvency

 

Sector expertise
  • Aviation 
  • Construction and Infrastructure
  • Information Technology
  • Media and Communication
  • Shipping and Maritime
  • Tax and Finance
  • Tourism and Hospitality
Academic qualification
  • BA (Hons) Law and Politics, Queen Mary University of London, England
  • LLM Corporate and Commercial Law, Queen Mary University of London, England
  • Legal Practice Course, The University of Law
Address:
Malé
Maldives
Tel:+960 998 2277 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://sandalawyers.com/peoples/profile/zain-shaheed