Profile

Jennifer is a corporate and M&A lawyer advising regional and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and other strategic transactions across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. She works with private equity investors, family offices, multinational corporations, and prominent Saudi family groups on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Her practice includes acquisitions, investments, governance matters, private capital transactions, and family business succession planning across the healthcare, F&B, agriculture, logistics, maritime services, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. She combines civil law and common law training with a commercially focused approach to complex legal matters.

Fluent in English, Arabic, and French, Jennifer supports clients on multi-jurisdictional transactions. Prior to joining Hourani & Partners, she spent two years on secondment with a publicly listed global media company as in-house legal counsel for the MENA region, advising on corporate and commercial matters.

Expertise
  • Corporate
  • Commercial
  • Private Wealth & Family Offices
Experience

Jennifer’s experience includes advising:

  • Shahini Group on the carveout and sale of its logistics business (Etmam Logistics) to Almarai.
  • Saudi Biotechnology Manufacturing Company and its shareholders in connection with the investment by, and secondary sale to, the Pharmaceutical Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
  • A prominent group in Saudi Arabia in relation to the carve out and restructuring of their fashion line business.
  • Aliph Capital on its acquisition of the Pet Shop, a leading regional pet products e-commerce site which also provides various services to pets.
  • One of the largest Saudi industrial family businesses in relation to the implementation of a family constitution and the restructuring of the group holding company to benefit from the new Saudi Companies Law which came into effect in January 2023.
  • A prominent Saudi family in relation to the restructuring of investments, companies and real estate properties owned by the family patriarch to ensure a smooth succession of wealth ownership and wealth to the next generation.
Qualifications

Education

  • LLM (Business Law Certification), Duke University School of Law, USA
  • LLB, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon

Admissions

  • Beirut Bar Association, Lebanon
  • Dubai Legal Affairs Department, UAE
Languages
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
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