The Firm advised prominent investment banker Philippe Jabre on the multi-million dollar acquisition of the Lebanese beer company ALMAZA from global Dutch company Heineken | Abou Jaoude & Associates

The Firm advised prominent investment banker Philippe Jabre on the multi-million dollar acquisition of the Lebanese beer company ALMAZA from global Dutch company Heineken

August 2022
  • The Firm advised Jableb Holding led by the prominent investment banker Philippe Jabre on the multi-million acquisition of the Lebanese beer company ALMAZA from global Dutch company Heineken, involving a highly complex dual-currency valuation in US Dollars and Lebanese pounds amidst Lebanon’s unprecedented financial crisis, and a hybrid legal structure with a buyout and a recapitalization.
  • The Firm advised pioneer healthcare tech start-up CardioDiagnostics on the multi-million divestment of the equity held by the leading venture capital fund Berytech, involving a dual-currency valuation in “fresh” and “local” US Dollars amidst Lebanon’s unprecedented financial crisis, and a complex regulatory compliance process under Circular 331 of the Central Bank of Lebanon (BDL) governing investments in Lebanon’s knowledge economy.
  • The Firm represented global Big Four audit firm Ernst & Young in a major critical lawsuit involving the challenge of its audit of the accounts of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) amidst Lebanon’s unprecedented financial crisis.