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Louise is an Associate in the Corporate team at CMS. She advises corporate, private equity and sovereign-backed clients on domestic and cross-border M&A, strategic investments, joint ventures and general corporate matters, with particular experience across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Louise trained with the firm in London, spent two years in CMS's Dubai office, and transferred back to London in 2026. She has worked on a broad range of high-value and multi-jurisdictional transactions spanning the real estate, technology, financial services, consumer, infrastructure and industrial sectors.

Relevant experience

  • CRH plc on the disposal of its global construction accessories business, Leviat, to One Equity Partners for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 675m, including advising on the UAE aspects of the transaction.
  • Louis Dreyfus Company on its acquisition from Bunge of Viterra's grains and oilseeds businesses in Hungary and Poland for an equity value exceeding USD 630m. 
  • Savills plc on the UAE aspects of its acquisition of Eastdil Secured Holdings LLC for an enterprise value of approximately USD 1.1bn.
  • Aldar on the expansion of its strategic joint venture with Dubai Holding through the addition of two major development sites in Dubai with an aggregate gross development value exceeding AED 38bn.
  • AW Rostamani Group, a Dubai-based conglomerate, on its GBP 57m acquisition of Johnsons Cars, a UK automotive dealership group operating more than 50 sites nationwide. 
  • Aldar Properties PJSC on its acquisition of London Square Developments for an enterprise value exceeding GBP 230m.
  • Phoenix Equity Partners on its acquisition of, and majority investment in, 4most Group, a leading analytics consultancy serving the financial services sector, for an enterprise value exceeding GBP 110m.
  • Dains Accountants, a Horizon Capital-backed platform, on its acquisition of and investment in Opto Group. 
  • InstaDeep on its GBP 562m acquisition by BioNTech, a leading global biotechnology company.

Education

  • 2022 - LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management, Distinction, University of Law
  • 2022 - GDL, University of Law 
  • 2018 - LLB (Hons) Law, 2.1 - The University of Edinburgh
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Insights by Louise

UAE updates the Federal Commercial Companies Law - a deep dive into what's changed

UAE updates the Federal Commercial Companies Law - a deep dive into what's changed

29 Jan 2026 8 min read
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