Sanjarbek Abdukhalilov
Partner
Sanjarbek Abdukhalilov focuses his practice on advising clients in a wide range of sectors in relation to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, corporate restructurings, foreign investments, real estate transactions, finance, and regulatory matters. Sanjarbek represents a variety of public and private corporates, family offices, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds. Sanjarbek speaks English, Russian, and Uzbek. He is admitted in England and Wales and Uzbekistan.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Sanjarbek helped build the Saudi corporate practice of another international law firm.
- Represented a Saudi family group on its sale of a Saudi producer and distributor of bottled water to a Saudi listed company*
- Represented a Saudi company on its sale of a luxury shopping mall in Riyadh to an investment fund*
- Represented a subsidiary of a sovereign wealth fund on a joint venture for the manufacture and assembly of wind turbines*
- Represented a sell-side consortium of GCC-based investors on the sale of a majority interest in a pan-GCC education platform to a US private equity firm*
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund on its investment in a UAE-based healthcare group*
- Represented a German defense company on its joint venture with a Saudi group to manufacture air defense system-related products*
- Represented a Saudi bank on its sale of retail brokerage, and investment management business to a Saudi bank*
- Represented a Saudi family group on its sale of a majority stake in a Saudi internet service provider to a regional private equity firm*
- Represented a subsidiary of a sovereign wealth fund on its joint venture with a Saudi defense company and a French defense group to manufacture aerostructure components*
- Represented a Saudi aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) company on the sale of its interest in a Saudi rotorcraft MRO*
- Represented a US energy technology company on its joint venture with a Saudi energy company to manufacture nonmetallic materials for multiple applications in the energy industry*
- Represented lenders on the development and financing of a Saudi-based multi-utilities megaproject consisting of an optimized off-grid renewable energy system, a BESS, plus a 37,000 MLD desalination plant and wastewater treatment plant*
- Represented lenders on a financing of a Saudi-based greenfield industrial steam and electric cogeneration plant with delivery of output to a Saudi energy company*
- Represented a subsidiary of a sovereign wealth fund on its $8.4 billion green energy joint venture with a Saudi energy group and a UK industrial gas company that will incorporate the region's largest solar and wind renewables production projects (4 GW in total) as well as a groundbreaking green hydrogen/green ammonia export project*
- Represented lenders on the project financing for a $12 billion world scale integrated gasification and combined cycle energy project within a Saudi-based refinery and terminal complex*
- Represented lenders on a refinancing facility for a Saudi power and water project company*
- Represented note purchasers and lenders on a tiered refinancing comprising a project financing to a Saudi power and water project company and a private placement notes issuance by an issuer registered in the Dubai International Financial Center*
- Represented a consortium of international investors on their acquisition of a majority stake in a Saudi waste management company*
- Represented a UAE-based healthcare chain and distribution business on its acquisition of a significant minority stake in a leading Saudi Arabian healthcare provider*
- Represented the Saudi branch of a global investment banking firm, acting as the financial advisor to a banking company, on the merger with another banking company*
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund on its acquisition of a significant minority stake in a Saudi project management company*
- Represented an investment vehicle established by a US sponsor group on a multimillion-dollar acquisition of a strategic stake in a listed Saudi financial institution*
- Represented a Japanese chemical products manufacturer on its sale of a minority interest in a Saudi methanol producer to a Saudi chemical manufacturing company*
- Represented a real estate development company on its joint venture with a leading Middle Eastern hotel management company*
- Represented a Saudi-based aircraft MRO company on its joint venture with a global aerospace company and another Saudi Arabian MRO*
- Represented initial purchasers on a $814 million bond offering by a power generation company and an investment company*
- Represented a nonwoven fabrics and plastics company on its SAR 600 million (about $160 million) rights issue on the Main Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented a restaurant operations and management company its SAR 216 million (about $57.6 million) initial public offering on the Parallel Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented an insurance company on its SAR 175 million (about $46.7 million) rights issue on the Main Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented an insurance company on its SAR 150 million (about $40 million) rights issue on the Main Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented an insurance company on its SAR 105 million (about $28 million) rights issue on the Main Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented an insurance company on its SAR 120 million (about $32 million) rights issue on the Main Market of the Saudi Stock Exchange*
- Represented an investment company on a SAR 152 million (about $40.5 million) Shari’ah-compliant closed-ended real estate development fund for a residential project in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia*
- Represented a Saudi real estate consultant company on its sale of a hotel to a real estate investment fund*
- Represented a family-owned conglomerate on its acquisition of an industrial services company*
- Represented a regional asset manager on its acquisition of a minority interest in a Saudi sweets producer and distributor*
- Represented a regional asset manager on its exit from a Saudi car leasing company (named a Deal of the Year by The Banker in May 2012)*
- Represented a Saudi industrial and petrochemical company on its acquisition of a minority interest in a Saudi specialty chemicals manufacturer*
- Represented a regional bank on its acquisition of a minority interest in a Saudi education recruitment company*
- Represented a UK-based private equity firm on its sale of a minority interest in an Iraqi telecom operator to another telecom company*
- Represented a Saudi retail group on its acquisition of a Saudi retailer of fashion products*
- Represented a UAE retail group on its acquisition of a fashion franchise from a Saudi retail and distribution group*
- Represented a Canadian materials technology company on its exit from a Saudi manufacture of pipe coating products*
*Indicates matters handled prior to Morgan Lewis
- University of Nottingham, 2001, LL.M., international commercial law
- University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Uzbekistan, 1999, LL.B., international law
- England & Wales
- Uzbekistan