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Erin Kiem
Senior AssociateDubai
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +971 4 377 9302
Fax +971 4 377 9378
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Erin has advised clients in the UAE and across the wider Middle East for nearly ten years. She has experience across the whole range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on employment, corporate acquisitions and disposals, M&A, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, regulatory matters and commercial contracts.
Erin advises clients across various industry sectors including retail, hotel & leisure, life sciences, education and technology. She has a deep understanding of the issues impacting her clients and is results driven. A proactive lawyer, she addresses potential problems before they arise.
Education and admissions
Education
Bachelor of Economics, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Laws, University of Newcastle
Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Newcastle
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, University of Sydney
Memberships
Law Institute of Victoria
Law Society of England and Wales
Law Society of New South Wales
Bar admissions and qualifications
New South Wales
Victoria
Solicitor, England and Wales
Court admissions
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of Victoria
Representative experience
Advising an Italian luxury goods manufacturer with respect to its US$40m UAE joint venture and acquisition
Advising a UAE entity with respect to a disposal of a 30% interest in its elevator distribution group
Advising Millennium Private Equity on its AED92m investment in a corporate joint venture for the development of a US$2.2bn power plant in Tamil Nadu, India
Advising the Rotana group of companies in connection with its restructuring in the UAE
Assisting a Finnish crane manufacturer with its US$20m acquisition of 100% of its shares in a Saudi Arabia crane company
Acting for a DIFC based Islamic investment firm with respect to its acquisition of a 15% interest in a large Bruneian bank
Advising Tb Medco Energi International Tbk on their US$175m acquisition of Novus Middle East Limited to Meridian Oil and Gas Limited.
Structuring and implementing two UAE-based corporate joint ventures for a French exhibition management company.
Advising an American hardware manufacturer with respect to its Middle East distribution agreements.
Latest thinking and events
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Recent changes to the UAE legal landscape: March 2022
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