Abdulwahab Sadeq

Dr. Sadeq has extensive expertise in Companies, Capital Markets, Regulatory, and Competition law. He is a professor at Kuwait University and vice chairman of Kuwait National Sports Arbitration Tribunal. His experience covers equity and debt transactions within the banking and capital markets, advising clients on initial public offerings (IPOs), block trades, securitizations, convertible and exchangeable bond offers, debt issues, liability management transactions, and regulatory capital and hybrid securities. He has also developed a specialization in banking transactions, private and public mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and private equity investments.

• Advised Beyout Investment Group Holding on the successful offering of 90,000,000 ordinary shares, representing 30% of the issued share capital, and its listing on the Premier Market of the Boursa Kuwait, which was oversubscribed approximately 17 times with demand exceeding USD 2.5 billion.
  
  
• Advised Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive Company K.S.C.C on a USD 3 billion private placement offering on Boursa Kuwait, representing the region’s first‑ever family business offering and oversubscribed 11 times.
  
  
• Advised Agility Public Warehousing Company KSCP on the sale of its Global Integrated Logistics business to DSV Panalpina A/S, one of the largest private M&A deals in the region in 2021.
  
  
• Advised Global Auto Group on the acquisition of 100% of Mid‑East Auto Company Ltd, directly and indirectly owning the Bavarian Auto Group, BMW’s Egypt dealership.
  
  
• Advised Kalaam Telecommunications on the acquisition of 100% share capital of Zajil International Telecom Co., a Kuwait‑based ISP and ICT services provider.

• Banking
• Capital markets: debt
• Capital markets: equity
• Competition
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Project bonds
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Other

• Agriculture
• Aviation
• Automotive
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Energy
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Media
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Social infrastructure
• Technology and telecommunications
• Tourism
• Transport

• Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Georgetown University
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), Georgetown University
• Bachelor of Laws, Kuwait University

• US Supreme Court Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• New York State Bar
• Kuwait Bar Association