Christopher Fenn

Christopher is an associate in the Corporate team in the Dubai office. He advises on a broad range of corporate transactions. Prior to joining Hadef & Partners, Christopher spent 3 years at a prominent local firm in Dubai, advising clients across the Middle East on general corporate and commercial advisory matters, share/asset acquisitions and joint ventures.

He also worked in the Dubai office of a leading offshore law firm, where he advised on a wide range of offshore corporate and regulatory matters. Christopher holds a bachelor’s degree in law and a postgraduate diploma in legal practice. He is admitted to the New York State Bar Association as an attorney and counsellor at law.

Admissions

• New York State Bar Association

• Advising Silal, a division of ADQ, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Sherwood, a leading UAE agricultural input and pest management solutions distributor.
• Advising Jacobs & Thompson, an international elastomeric foam supplier headquartered in Canada, on its acquisition of Ramfoam Limited, a manufacturer and distributor of polyethylene materials based in the UAE and UK.
• Advising Voodoo SAS, a French video game developer and publisher, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Tarboosh, a game studio based in the UAE.
• Advising the shareholders in Emircom, an information and communications technology provider, on the sale of a majority stake to International Holding Company for AED250 million.
• Advising Uniper, a an international energy company headquartered in Germany, on the sale of its UAE-based crude oil processing and marine fuel trading business to a consortium of Montfort Group and the Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum.
• Advising Breitling SA on its asset acquisition of the jewellery division of a prominent UAE-based family enterprise.
• Advising Actis on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Yellow Door Energy Ltd, a UAE-based renewable energy developer.