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Alan Wood

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Alan is a partner in Clyde & Co’s corporate group and co-head of the education sector. He advises private, government owned and multinational corporations, family businesses, and investors on share and asset acquisitions and disposals, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, joint ventures (JVs), structuring, reorganisations, corporate governance and compliance, general corporate advisory, and commercial agreements. Alan focuses on Saudi Arabia.

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Alan is a partner in Clyde & Co’s corporate group and co-head of the education sector. He advises private, government owned and multinational corporations, family businesses, and investors on share and asset acquisitions and disposals, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, joint ventures (JVs), structuring, reorganisations, corporate governance and compliance, general corporate advisory, and commercial agreements. Alan focuses on Saudi Arabia.

Direct Lines
+971 4 384 4109 +971 56 417 6723 / +966 54 297 4060
Main Office
Dubai
+ 971 4 384 4000 + 971 4 384 4004
Regional experience
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Alan has advised on a multitude of corporate transactions, working with clients operating in the education, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, retail and consumer, and technology sectors.

Alan is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) in 1989. 

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Alan established the PwC Legal Middle East corporate team and led the corporate function in Saudi Arabia. He was a partner at Pinsent Masons in the UK before locating to the Middle East in 2009 to establish and lead the Middle East corporate team. 

Experience
  • Advising a Saudi Giga project on various elements of the establishment of a college of tourism and hospitality.
  • Advising a JV co-owned by a Saudi Giga project on its recapitalisation.
  • Advising a Saudi family conglomerate on a restructuring exercise in respect of its real estate and retail divisions.
  • Advising a Kuwaiti headquartered conglomerate on an assets acquisition in Saudi Arabia. 
  • Advising a Chinese-based multinational Jofo Nonwovens Co. on the acquisition of a 70 per cent shareholding in Advanced Fabrics Company (SAAF), a Saudi company involved in manufacturing products for the healthcare sector, from Tadawul listed Takween Advanced Industries.
  • Undertaking legal due diligence on behalf of a Saudi-based company on targets in Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the IT sector.
  • Advising a Kuwaiti owned energy sector client in obtaining a “No Notification Required Certificate” from the General Authority for Competition (GAC) in Saudi Arabia.
  • Undertaking legal due diligence of Saudi and UAE targets on behalf of a US-based healthcare client.
  • Advising multiple global companies operating across a range of sectors on the requirements of the Saudi Regional Headquarters (RHQ) programme.

*Experience gained prior to joining Clyde & Co

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  • Education

  • Healthcare

  • Professional Practices

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  • Corporate

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