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Patrik Daintry

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Patrik Daintry

Partner

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CMS (UAE) LLP
Level 15 Burj Daman
Dubai International Financial Centre
Burj Daman
PO Box 506873
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Languages English, Swedish

Patrik Daintry is a Partner in the Corporate Team at CMS Dubai.  Patrik has been based in the Middle East since 2006 and has a robust knowledge and affinity to the region. During this time Patrik has lived and worked in Bahrain, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.  

Patrik’s core practice area is corporate finance with a particular emphasis on cross-border international mergers and acquisitions, private equity and international joint ventures (both MENA inbound and MENA outbound). However, Patrik also advises his clients on day to day corporate and commercial affairs including matters relating to regulatory (in the sectors of heath care, defence, financial services), employment, sale and distribution, disputes and data privacy. 

Patrik has a deep familiarity with the Gulf Cooperation Council markets, specifically the considerations and nuances of local laws, and Patrik is often sought after for his commercial perspective and approach in taking the best practices of a Western-style transaction and adapting it to the local market.

Being half Swedish, Patrik has strong links and relationships with Scandinavian businesses.

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"a 'Next Generation Lawyer,' for UAE Commercial, Corporate/M&A."

Legal 500, 2019

"a 'Next Generation Lawyer,' for UAE Commercial, Corporate/M&A."

Legal 500, 2019

Relevant experience

  • Etihad Rail on certain of its rail joint venture arrangements in the UAE.
  • Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG and the Wellboss Company on the acquisition of Praxis Completion Technology FZCO. 
  • Multinational company in connection with its aborted joint venture and asset purchase transaction with a UAE based SWF in connection with setting up a gaming business.
  • Al-Futtaim Group in relation to its acquisition of Marks & Spencer’s retail business in Hong Kong and Macau.
  • An Asian defence business on the sale of defence-related equipment to the UAE and the resulting offset obligations imposed pursuant to the Tawazun Economic Program.
  • Emirates Hospital with respect to its acquisition of two clinics based in Dubai.
  • The founder of TruDoc Health on the sale of the entire share capital of TruDoc to a venture capital firm.
  • SAMI on the acquisition of AEC from BAE Systems (the largest KSA defence acquisition to date).
  • European defence contractor in connection with its joint venture with a KSA partner with respect to the manufacture and sale of military vessels.
  • An international corporation in connection with its joint venture and the establishment of its heavy industrial business in the KSA.
  • Abu Dhabi family office in the sale of the entire issued share capital of Warid Telecom Uganda Limited, a telecom company operating in Uganda, to Bharti Airtel, a rival operator.
  • Abu Dhabi SWF in connection with its minority investment into a North African port concession.
  • Miral Asset Management and its JV with Warner Bros and the construction, operation and management of the Warner Bros Theme Park in Abu Dhabi.
  • Klarna in relation to the regulatory fintech regime of the GCC. 
  • China Everbright on its aborted joint venture and acquisition of a stake in a waste-to-power plant in Sharjah.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Qualified Solicitor, England & Wales, 2006.
  • American Chamber of Commerce.
  • Swedish Business Council.
  • British Business Council.
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Publications

  • 2019 - The UAE's New Offset Program Guidelines - Ten Things You Should Know, Corporate Update.
  • 2019 - Securing Health-Tech Data, The Oath.
  • 2019 - Data Protection and Patient Confidentiality Considerations for Health-Tech Companies in the UAE, Corporate Update.
  • 2018- Sale and Purchase Agreement Key Issues, Oil and Gas Programme.
     
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Education

  • 2003 - LPC, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham.
  • 2002 - Bachelor of Laws, University of Durham, Durham.
     
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Expertise

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