Serves as co-partner in charge of the Abu Dhabi office.
Focuses on domestic and cross-border transactions.
Also advises on complex matters relating to technology, communications, cybersecurity and intellectual property.
Has been based in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) since 2005 and is fluent in Arabic.

Wael Jabsheh’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and investment fund formations. He also advises on complex matters related to technology, communications, cybersecurity and intellectual property.

Wael advises a variety of sovereign and private clients, including Middle East-based and international companies and financial institutions. His clients value his awareness of how they operate, his ability to find solutions, and his skill at identifying and addressing the core issues in a given matter.

Based in the U.A.E. since 2005, Wael has extensive experience advising on technology, media and communications transactions in the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. He is fluent in Arabic.

Representative Work

Represented Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) on its US$158 million acquisition of 20 percent of the share capital of the Yemen Company for Mobile Telephony (Sabafon) from Sheikh Hamid bin Abdullah Al-Ahmar.
Counseled Etisalat, a multinational Emirates-based telecommunications company, on its successful US$2.65 billion acquisition of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), in the largest-ever privatization by the government of Pakistan.

"Wael Jabsheh is one of the outstanding lawyers in the region. Thoroughness and proficiency on all types of corporate, commercials and M&A issues."

Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Languages
Arabic
English

Education
LL.B., University of Victoria Faculty of Law, 2003
B.A., University of British Columbia, 2000

Bar Admissions
Law Society of Alberta, Canada

Recognitions

Chambers Global, Corporate/Commercial Contracts - U.A.E., 2016 to 2022.
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, Commercial, Corporate and M&A - U.A.E., 2015 to 2022.
Who’s Who Legal, “Who’s Who of Sports and Entertainment Lawyers,” 2013 to 2016.