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Thomas D. Barker

Thomas
Barker

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

tbarker@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+971 (0)4 3184623

FAX:+971 (0)4 318 4601

Dubai

Building 5, Level 4, Dubai International Financial Centre, P.O. Box 506654, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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PRACTICE

Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Markets Energy Power and Renewables Private Equity

BIOGRAPHY

Thomas Barker is an English qualified associate who works across the London and Dubai offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Mr. Barker has a broad practice advising clients, including listed companies, financial institutions and private equity houses, on a range of corporate matters. His experience covers public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity issues, public offerings, restructurings and corporate governance, with a particular focus on cross-border transactional work.

Mr. Barker has extensive experience in the private equity industry, advising clients such as Bridgepoint, Electra Private Equity, GMT Communications Partners and HgCapital in Europe and North America and Arcapita, Fajr Capital, Gulf Capital, Investcorp, Jadwa and The Olayan Group in the MENA region on a variety of matters throughout the investment life cycle including acquisitions, disposals, re-financings and bolt-on transactions.

Mr. Barker is ranked as a Notable Practitioner in Mergers and Acquisitions for the UAE by the IFLR1000 2022 edition.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Barker was a corporate associate based in the London and Abu Dhabi offices of a major international law firm. Mr. Barker also spent six months seconded to Acacia Mining plc during which time he focused on exploration license renewals, potential asset disposals and general corporate governance matters.

Selected M&A experience advising*:

  • Etisalat on a joint venture with G42 to which both Etisalat and G42 contributed their data centre offerings in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Jadwa Investment Company and United Eastern Group on the sale of their respective stakes in United Eastern Medical Services, a UAE-based healthcare group, to Mubadala Healthcare.
  • Fajr Capital and Blackstone on the sale of a significant minority stake in GEMS Education to funds led by CVC Capital Partners.
  • Polymath Holdings on the sale of its stake in Amana Healthcare to Mubadala Investment Company.
  • GE Power on the sale of its Distributed Power business to Advent International for $3.25 billion.
  • Gulf Capital on its investment in Emirates Auction LLC.
  • ADNOC on the award of a 10% interest in the onshore oil concession (ADCO) to Total.
  • Engie on the sale of its 40.5% stake in Paiton, an Indonesian power asset, to Nebras Power and Mitsui.
  • ZZ Capital International on its investment in Building Energy, a global, vertically integrated, multi-technology IPP operating in the renewable energy industry.
  • GMT Communications Partners with respect to the sale of MeetingZone to LoopUp Group plc which constituted a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules.
  • CMC Biologics on its acquisition by Asahi Glass Co. from various shareholders, including Monitor Clipper Partners, European Equity Partners and Innoven Partenaires.

Selected Capital Markets experience advising*:

  • AO World on its capital raising by way of a cashbox placing.
  • Trustpilot Group on its £1 billion London Stock Exchange listing and IPO.
  • Emirates NBD on the £2.2 billion London Stock Exchange listing and IPO of Network International (a subsidiary of Emirates NBD).
  • Sophos Group on the placing of shares by Dr. Peter Lammer and Dr. Jan Hruska raising $582 million, in connection with the takeover offer by Thoma Bravo.
  • Fairfax Africa on its investment in Atlas Mara, an African-focused financial services institution listed on the London Stock Exchange, through a firm placing and open offer for ordinary shares and mandatory convertible bonds which converted into ordinary shares on closing of the open offer.

*Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

EDUCATION

Kaplan Law School - 2013 Legal Practice Course

BPP Law School - 2012 Graduate Diploma in Law

University of Oxford - 2010 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - June 1, 2021 | 100% Foreign Ownership Permitted in the UAE
Publications - May 11, 2020 | The impact of Covid-19 on Mena M&A
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