Carla Saliba

Carla Saliba is an Of Counsel in the Corporate practice at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Dubai International Financial Centre, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. She holds an LL.M in United States Legal Studies from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and graduated from Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

She is a member of the Beirut Bar Association. Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Co, Carla worked with Abouhamad, Merheb, Nohra, Chamaoun, Chedid Law Firm, one of the leading law firms in Lebanon. She joined Al Tamimi & Co in March 2006.

Carla has been extensively involved in major M&A, corporate restructuring, family business, IPO and other capital market transactions in the UAE.

Her recent experience includes advising Dubai Financial Market PJSC on the acquisition of a controlling interest in NASDAQ Dubai, a stock exchange registered and operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre; advising SHUAA Capital PSC on a transaction concerning the sale of a strategic holding in Rotana Hotels, a leading Middle Eastern hotel management company; advising on corporate and family restructuring, corporate and family governance, due diligence, and public and private joint stock governance; and advising a major multinational beverage company on the acquisition of half the equity in the Aujan beverage brands and Aujan bottling business in nine countries for US$980 million.

Her practice areas are corporate / mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. She holds a Master of Laws from Case Western Reserve University (1998) and a Bachelor of Laws from Saint Joseph University (1997), and was admitted to the Beirut Bar Association in 1999. She speaks Arabic, English and French.