Cassy Raby

Associate, Dubai

Biography

Overview

Cassy is an Associate in our Equity Capital Markets practice in Dubai. She has experience in a broad range of capital markets and corporate transactions, including IPOs, rights issues, SPACS international private equity, international M&A and corporate reorganizations. Prior to joining the UAE practice, Cassy has broad experience supporting the firm's Debt Capital Markets, Tax and Private Equity practices.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Education
Legal Practice Course
BPP University
LLB
International Studies
University of Exeter
Languages
English

Experience

Representative experience includes:

Representation of EFG Hermes, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, SNBC, Al Rajhi Capital, HSBC, GIB Capital and Saudi Fransi Capital in their roles as joint financial advisors, joint bookrunners, underwriters and lead manager on the IPO of ADES Holding on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), the largest IPO in Saudi Arabia for 2023 at the time of listing.

Representation of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, EFG-Hermes and Emirates NBD Capital as joint global coordinators on the IPO of Al Ansari Financial Services PJSC, on the DFM.

Representation of Saudi Fransi Capital, J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia Company and AlRajhi Capital Company on the initial public offering of Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals Factory Company on the Saudi Exchange.

Representation of Amanat Holdings PJSC on its acquisition of 60% of the shares in the Human Development Company LLC.

Representation of The Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Al Mansoori Petroleum Services LLC.

Representation of Borealis AG, the parent company of Borouge PLC, a petrochemical group jointly controlled by ADNOC, on its IPO on the Abu Dhabi Exchange, Abu Dhabi's largest IPO to date.

Representation of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) as offeror on its IPO on the Dubai Financial Market. Dubai's largest IPO to date.

Representation of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower) as offeror on its IPO on the Dubai Financial Market.

Representation of Taaleem Holdings as offeror on its IPO on the Dubai Financial Market.

Representation of Alpha Bank S.A. in Greece on the sale of its Albanian banking subsidiary, Alpha Bank Albania SHA, to OTP Bank plc.

Representation of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, in its sell-down of a portion of its shares in the Saudi Telecom Company (STC), amounting to six percent of STC's share capital, through a fully marketed secondary offering. The offering raised SAR 12 billion (approximately US$ 3.2 billion) for PIF.

Representation of 16 fast-growth companies to the U.K. government's Future Fund, a matched equity-investment scheme established in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in securing over GBP1m total equity funding from external investors and matched investment from the Future Fund.

Representation of Piper, a consumer focused investment firm on its investment into Wattbike.

Representation of Crystal Peak Acquisition in its US$150 million SPAC IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.

Representation of the underwriters on C&C Group's £151 million rights issue.

Representation of Hepsiburada.com on its US$780 million IPO on Nasdaq.