Mazen Baddar
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Investment Management & Private Equity
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Autonomous Systems & Advanced Mobility
- Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
Mazen maintains a versatile corporate practice, providing comprehensive advice on a wide array of corporate and commercial transactions, with specialized expertise in the following areas:
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) – counsels multinational corporations, government entities, and sovereign wealth funds in executing intricate domestic and cross-border transactions, ensuring seamless integrations and value creation;
- Infrastructure – steers clients through every stage of infrastructure development, encompassing planning, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair, while addressing legal and regulatory challenges;
- Joint Ventures- aids clients in structuring and documenting joint venture arrangements, fostering successful partnerships and mitigating potential risks;
- Investment Management & Private Equity - navigates international and domestic firms through the UAE's financial regulatory landscape, supports clients in establishing and launching funds, and represents clients in limited partner-side investments; and
- Technology – offers guidance on a diverse range of technology and technology-related transactions, including Software as a Service (SaaS), framework agreements, and digital asset projects, such as cryptocurrencies.
Temporarily on a Full-Time Client Secondment
Mazen Baddar advises on general corporate matters across a number of sectors. He advises large international private companies, sovereign wealth funds and government-owned entities on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure, joint ventures, financial services (including investment management and private equity) and technology.
- Represented a large Russian-based oil company in its acquisition of a 5 percent stake (valued over $1 billion) in an ultra-sour gas concession from a national oil company.
- Advised a consortium of private equity firms that specialize in the acquisition and development of power generation assets with a focus on renewable power on the purchase of a 75 percent equity interest in an Ontario project owned by a global energy company.
- Assisted an Abu Dhabi governmental department in their design and build of a resort located in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jabel Hafit.
- Advised one of the UAE’s most financially substantial sovereign holding entities in a number of its share acquisitions ranging from $60 million to $300 million.
- Advised one of the UAE’s largest defense conglomerates on its acquisition of a 40 percent stake in a UAE-based military maintenance company from some of the largest U.S. defense contractors.
LanguagesArabic
English
Arabic
English
EducationJ.D., University of Western Ontario, 2017
B.A., University of Western Ontario, 2014
J.D., University of Western Ontario, 2017
B.A., University of Western Ontario, 2014
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of Ontario
Law Society of Ontario
- The Legal 500 EMEA, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, 2022.
- Member, Ontario Bar Association.
- Member, Law Society of Ontario.