Rehab Abdelwahab is an associate in the Dubai office and a member of the Corporate Department, with experience advising on a range of private equity fund transactions and M&A deals.

Rehab previously worked as an associate at an American multinational law firm based in Houston, Texas.

Rehab has experience advising clients across a range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, fund formation, and general corporate matters.

Her practice includes:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private equity
  • Emerging companies

Rehab’s experience includes advising:

  • Chimera Investments in connection with its investment into SR One, a venture-backed tech company
  • Chimera Abu Dhabi (Chimera) on its joint venture with Haeres Capital (Haeres) to create ChimHaeres Investment Holding (ChimHaeres), an investment vehicle that deploys its capital towards the acquisition and expansion of luxury and lifestyle brands
  • Chimera with respect to the asset combination of Lunate, a newly set up Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment manager launching with over US$50 billion in assets under management (AUM) and a focus on private markets
  • VentureSouq, a GCC-based VC for global early-stage technology companies, on launching MENA Fintech Fund I, Fintech Fund II and various co-investment vehicles, the region’s first sector specific fund focused on fintech across the MENA region
  • Zest Equity, a UAE-based startup digitizing private market dealings on its regulatory framework, structure and entity establishment in the Abu Dhabi Global Market
  • Saks Investment Global, a multi-million-dollar family office, in connection with negotiating its investment management, services and advisory agreements
  • A leading Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on its investment in a venture builder platform and corresponding fund investment structure
  • Various foreign asset managers in connection with the fund passporting and marketing rules in the DIFC, ADGM and UAE mainland
  • Advise and prepare gap analysis for various GCC startups on potential IPOs on ADX 
  • Nana Direct, the leading online grocery delivery platform in the Middle East on its US$35 million Series D investment round and US$133 million Series C equity financing round.
  • Classera Holding Inc. in connection with their US$40 million Series A equity financing round led by Sanabil Investments
  • Global Fintech Company in connection with their US$18 million Series Seed equity financing round
  • Redbox Technologies Global in connection with their US$7 million Series A equity financing round
  • Data Science Company in connection with their US$6 million Series A equity financing round
  • Telgani in connection with their US$6 million Series A equity financing round
  • Omniful, Inc. in connection with their US$4.5 million Series A equity financing round
  • PalmHR Holding LTD in connection with the US$3.6 million Series Seed equity financing
  • 212 Regional Fund II SCS in connection with their US$3 million investment in SP Holding LTD (aka RemotePass)
  • DataLexing, a KSA-based tech company, in connection with its US$3 million Series Seed financing
  • Sirdab Holdings Limited in connection with their US$2.6 million Series A equity financing round
  • Saudi Technology Ventures in connection with their Series A investment into Calo, a Bahrain-based FoodTech
  • Algebra Ventures I Cooperatief I.A in connection with their equity investments in Cartona and BLNK B.V. 
  • TPG on its historic US$7 billion TPG Rise Climate Fund*
  • Melody Investments Advisors on its oversubscribed US$1.95 billion communications infrastructure fund*
  • Private equity sponsors and asset managers on the sale of strategic minority interests to investors in private equity M&A transactions*
  • Private equity sponsors in the formation, structuring, and operation of private equity funds, management companies and other related entities* 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2021
  • BA in Global Affairs, Yale University, 2017

Languages Spoken

  • English