Osama Lone

Osama has been involved in advising:

• The Public Investment Fund on:
  • a consortium consisting of PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in relation to the acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) in an all-cash transaction that values EA at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion
  • multiple minority investments in technology companies across the US and France
  • general corporate matters in connection with its investment in Softbank Vision Fund I
  • its subscription for a significant minority interest in El Seif Engineering, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE*
  • its subscription for a significant minority interest in Nesma & Partners Contracting, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia and Lebanon*
  • its subscription for a significant minority interest in Almabani General Contractors, a construction group operating across Saudi Arabia and Lebanon*
  • its subscription for a significant minority interest in Al Bawani Holding, a construction group operating in Saudi Arabia*
  • its internet of things joint venture with STC*
  • its artificial intelligence joint venture with SenseTime*
• Tamasuk Holding on the sale of a minority interest in its non-digital Middle Eastern infrastructure platform
• SIDF Investment Company on its minority investment in MASIC Logistics, a Saudi developer and operator of logistics and industrial solutions
• Dussur on the sale of its entire 55% stake in General Electric Saudi for Advanced Turbines
• Jadwa Investment on its acquisition of 70% of Dabdoob Holdings, the largest toy e-commerce application in the Middle East*
• The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its privatization of the flour milling industry through the sale of four separate flour milling companies via a competitive auction process*
• Amazon.com, Inc on its acquisition of Souq.com, the largest e-commerce platform across the Middle East*
• Unico on its acquisition of Oz Forensics, a Dubai-based deepfake fraud prevention company*
• ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Al-Jubail on its acquisition of Jubail Energy Services Company and related debt-to-equity conversions of shareholder loans from the Public Investment Fund and ArcelorMittal*
• M42 on its:
  • healthcare joint venture in Bahrain with Mumtalakat*
  • healthcare joint venture in Bahrain with Health Vision*
• MBC on its subscription for a significant minority interest in the Antenna Group, a Greek television and media conglomerate*
• Rakiza Infrastructure Fund on its:
  • acquisition of a significant minority interest in Oman Broadband Company, an operator of passive fibre broadband infrastructure*
  • restructuring of interests in Oman International Container Terminal*
• Dubai Holding on its:
  • acquisition of a significant minority interest in the Azadea Group, a Middle Eastern lifestyle retail business*
  • acquisition of The Westin Paris - Vendôme, a France-based hotel located in central Paris*
• Epiris on its acquisition of Inchcape Shipping Services, a global provider of port agency and marine services*
• Convergint on its acquisition of the MVP Group, a security, IT infrastructure and software engineering group operating across the Middle East*
• Al Rajhi Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Drahim, a financial management and automated investment platform operating across the Middle East*
• BayWa AG on its:
  • restructuring of its agriculture joint venture with Al Dahra and related asset sale to the joint venture company*
  • disposal of a majority interest in Al Dahra BayWa LLC, an agriculture and greenhouse operator in the UAE*
• Dubai World on its:
  • sale of Dubai Maritime City to DP World Limited*
  • sale of Dubai Drydocks World DP World Limited and related debt restructuring*
• HSBC Middle East Limited on the disposal of its Lebanese operations*
• Mubadala Infrastructure Partners on its disposal of minority interests in three universities in Abu Dhabi (Zayed University, Sorbonne University and UAE University)*
• Eutelsat S.A. on its asset acquisition of the Noorsat business, a key satellite capacity aggregation and resale business in the Middle East*
• Mitsui & Co. Ltd on its minority investment in the ETC Group, an agriculture business operating across Asia and Africa*
• A private investment firm based in Abu Dhabi on its digital gold trading joint venture with an operator in the field*
• Magrabi Group Investments on its optical lenses manufacturing joint venture with a specialist in the field*
• McKal Holdings Limited on the restructuring of its minority interests in McLaren Group Limited*
• Nouryon Holding BV on its chemicals trading joint venture with the Kanoo Group*
• Alkhabeer Capital on its acquisition of a majority interest in Express Investment Holding, a provider of flexible packaging solutions in the Middle East*
• UAE-based private equity firm on its contemplated minority investment in a fitness centre chain operating across the Middle East*
• Global private equity firm on its contemplated acquisition of a clothing retailer operating across the Middle East*
• ByteDance (TikTok), a video-sharing mobile application, on its expansion into the Middle East*
• Kuaishou, a video-sharing mobile application, on its expansion into the Middle East*
• Stripe, a financial services and software company, on its expansion into the Middle East*
• Tencent, a technology conglomerate, on corporate governance and regulatory advice in the Middle East*
• Kitopi, a tech-powered multi-brand restaurant and one of the Middle East’s first unicorns, on its Series A and Series A-1 fundraisings*
• Swvl, a tech-powered transportation platform and one of the Middle East’s first unicorns, on its Series C fundraising*
• Kiklabb, a business set-up facilitator, on its Series A fundraising*

*Transactions prior to joining Kirkland

Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, Dubai, 2018–2023

Associate, Clifford Chance LLP, Dubai, 2016–2018

Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance LLP, London & Dubai, 2014–2016