Imran Asghar

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Imran has advised on a number of corporate transactions, working with clients operating in the energy and natural resources, healthcare and marine sectors. 

Imran is a licensed lawyer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and admitted to practice as an attorney in Pakistan. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the University of London, United Kingdom, in 2010 and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, in 2012.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Imran was a senior associate at an international law firm in Dubai.

Imran is fluent in Urdu, Hindi and English. 

Experience

• Advising ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on its acquisition of Zakher Marine International (ZMI), an Abu Dhabi-based owner and operator of offshore support vessels.*
• Advising the ship-owing and investment company, United Overseas Group Ltd, on the acquisition of United Arab Chemical Carriers Limited. The transaction was structured as a reverse triangular merger, which was the first such merger under the Companies Law of the Dubai International Financial Centre.*
• Advising ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) on its acquisition of all the assets of a UK headquartered equipment hire and manpower supply company.*
• Advising Delta Corp Holdings Limited, an asset-light logistics company with a multinational footprint which facilitates the global trade of energy, raw materials, and agricultural products, on the acquisition of a vessel owing special purpose vehicle from Tristar, a fully integrated energy logistics business serving the downstream oil and gas industry.*
• Advising HP on its acquisition of all the assets of Poly, a leading global provider of workplace solutions, and the subsequent corporate restructuring of HP’s UAE entities.*
• Advising Bhari, The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, on the corporate restructuring of it's ownership interests in the Petredec Group which also involved a groupwide restructuring of the Petredec Group.*
• Advising the shareholders of PositiveZero, an integrated energy transition platform, on the group’s corporate restructuring prior to its initial public offering.*
• Advising Carillion plc, a UK publicly listed company in liquidation, on the USD50 million sale of its joint venture interests in the UAE.*
• Advising the shareholders of a Dubai-based freight forwarding and logistics company engaged in rail, road and airfreight businesses in nine CIS jurisdictions on the sale of a 51 per cent stake valued at USD33 million to Kerry Logistics, a leading Hong Kong-headquartered freight forwarding and logistics group.*
• Advising Thomas Cook India Group (TCI), a leading global integrated travel services player, on UAE law aspects of its AED149 million acquisition of a majority stake in Digiphoto Entertainment Imaging (DEI), a UAE-headquartered imaging solutions and service provider.*
• Advising the sellers in relation to the disposal of a 49 per cent interest in the Neuro Spinal Hospital in Dubai for AED110 million to a private equity investor.*
• Advising Dubai Investments PJSC on the divestment of its entire interest in four limited liability companies owing real estate assets valued at AED700 million to a Dubai-based real estate investment fund.*

*Experience gained prior to joining Clyde & Co