Leen Zaza

Leen’s experience includes advising:

M&A

• ACWA Power on a private placement of primary equity shares to Sanabil and Saudi PPA*
• Deutsche Bank on selling shares in Deutsche Gulf Finance*
• GlaxoSmithKline on acquiring shares in Glaxo Saudi Arabia Limited*
• Infinigate Group acquiring StarLink*
• Iron Mountain, a US-based information management specialist entity, on acquiring InfoFort, the leading records and information management entity in the MENA region, from Aramex*
• Kingdom Investment and Development Company on its share swap with Dallah Healthcare Company*
• Levant Capital on a joint US$100 million acquisition with Citi Venture Capital International of a controlling stake in Al-Raya For Foodstuff Company, a leading supermarket chain in Saudi Arabia*
• Outotec Oyj on acquiring the Australian aluminum capital expenditure business of Kempe Engineering Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries incorporated in Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Mozambique*
• Rexam on its US$122 million acquisition of a 51% stake in Saudi Arabia’s United Arab Can Manufacturing, a supplier to Coca-Cola*
• Samba Financial Group on its statutory merger with the National Commercial Bank*
• SABIC on its sale of shares with Vopak in Jubail Chemical Storage and Services*
• Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE) on acquiring shares in a tech company*
• Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) on its US$5.7 billion merger with Sahara Petrochemicals Company*
• Souq Group Ltd. and certain of its shareholders on selling the entire issued share capital of Souq (the largest e-commerce vendor in the MENA region) to Amazon.com*
• Sunbulah Group on a sale and leasback transaction in Saudi Arabia*
• Tenaris Saudi Steel Pipes on an acquisition of shares in GPC*

Venture Capital and Private Equity

• DUSSUR on its acquisition of shares in Baker Petrolite Saudi Company Limited from Baker Hughes*
• Prosus N.V., a Dutch multinational conglomerate, on its Series C Investment into Foodics*
• Sanabil on its:
  • US$40 million Series A investment in Classera, US-based education technology startup*
  • Acquisition of shares in Richard Attias & Associates* 
  • Divestment of shares in Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium to Priora*
  • Series B investment in Saudi fintech startup Tamara as part of a US$100 million funding round with participation from Coatue, Shorooq Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst*
  • Series B investment in Unifonic as part of a US$125 million funding round alongside Softbank*
  • Series C investment into Sary, a B2B marketplace as part of a US$75 million funding round led by Sanabil*
• Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed) on its:
  • Investment into Red Sea Farms*
  • Investment into YNMO*
  • Investment into White Helmet*
  • Investment into Forus*
  • Investment into Golden Scent*
  • Investment into Noon Education*
  • Series A investment in Bonat Holding Ltd*
• Sila Development Company (SHIFT) on a sale and an acquisition of shares by Merak Capital*

Joint Ventures

• American Multi-Cinema on its joint venture with the Development and Investment Entertainment Company*
• Arabian Tires on its joint venture with DEKRA in the automobile sector*
• Dussur on its joint venture with Baker Hughes, to provide oilfield and industrial chemical products and services in Saudi Arabia*
• Fresenius Medical Care Saudi Arabia on joint venture arrangements in the Saudi healthcare sector*
• Greif International on its joint venture with Petrolube Oil Company*
• Hyatt International on its development and operations and maintenance agreements with Diriyah Gate Development Authority*
• Johns Hopkins International, the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine, on a joint venture with Saudi Aramco to establish a new healthcare provider for Saudi Aramco, the first American-owned healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia*
• Sahara International Petrochemical Company on its joint venture with Linde*
• Sanabil on its joint venture with Robertet in the agricultural sector*
• Saudi Public Transport Company and RATP Development S.A. on establishing and operating the Riyadh Bus Project, a greenfield development of a network of 1,000 buses on 22 lines around Riyadh capable of transporting 900,000 passengers per day*
• Sunbulah Group on a joint venture in the food and beverage sector*

Corporate Governance, Regulatory, and Advisory

• Delivery Hero SE on various corporate and antitrust matters*
• KAPSARC on a corporate and regulatory restructuring project* 
• Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation (SPIMACO) on its corporate restructuring*
• Saudi Sports Company and the Saudi Professional League on various corporate and regulatory matters*
• Tenaris Saudi Steel Pipes and Global Pipe Company on various corporate, regulatory, and antitrust matters*
• Trendyol on various corporate and regulatory matters*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham