
Baz Banai
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Corporate & Finance
- Investment Management
- Sovereign & Government Investors
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Maintains a diverse corporate practice.
- Advises sovereign wealth funds, financial sponsors and strategics on M&A, private equity transactions and joint ventures.
- Experience spanning the Middle East, United Kingdom and Australia.
Baz is an associate in the corporate team in Abu Dhabi. His practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions and joint ventures across a wide range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, technology and industrials.
His experience covers the full spectrum of private capital transactions such as buyouts, take-privates, joint ventures, growth and minority investments, co-investments and carve-outs.
Prior to joining Akin, Baz practiced at another leading international law firm in Melbourne and a magic circle law firm in London, advising global private equity funds and financial sponsors.
- Advised an Abu Dhabi stated-owned entity on the development of a new landmark globally branded theme park on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
- Advised a leading Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company on the establishment of an AI-focused joint venture with VentureOne and AI71.
- Advised an Abu Dhabi stated-owned entity on a $1.2 billion strategic joint venture with a global resources investor to pursue critical metals and minerals investments across multiple jurisdictions.
- Advised Abu Dhabi’s national oil company on its first strategic equity investment and long-term LNG offtake arrangements with NextDecade in the Rio Grande LNG liquefaction project.
- Advised Abu Dhabi’s national oil company on its proposed take-private bid for a large Australian LNG producer.
EducationJ.D., Monash University, 2019
J.D., Monash University, 2019
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of Victoria, Australia
Law Society of Victoria, Australia