“Fraser Galloway stands out for his strategic approach, responsiveness, and clear, solution-oriented advice. Unlike competitors, they combine deep expertise with practical insight and a client-focused mindset. I particularly value their collaboration, reliability, and ability to deliver results efficiently.”
Biography
Fraser is a partner in our Global M&A practice. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and private equity transactions across a broad range of industry sectors.
Fraser has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2017, prior to which he practised at another global law firm in London. He spent a year on secondment in DP World's Head Office legal team.
Fraser was recognised as a 'Key Lawyer (UAE M&A)' by Legal 500 2026 and 'Young Lawyer of the Year' by the ALB Middle East Law Awards 2022.
Experience
Representative experience includes:
- DP World, the global ports operator, on its US$1.2 billion acquisition of syncreon, a US-based logistics provider.
- Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, on a co-investment with Vista Equity Partners in the US$8.4 billion take-private acquisition of Avalara, Inc. (NYSE:AVLR), a provider of tax compliance automation for US SMBs.
- Mubadala Investment Company on a co-investment with Warburg Pincus for the US$2.6 billion acquisition of the pharma intelligence business of Informa, a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group.
- Mubadala Investment Company on a co-investment with Kohlberg & Company in the acquisition of PCI Pharma Services, a global pharmaceutical supply chain business, from Partners Group and Frazier Healthcare Partners.
- Mubadala Investment Company on a US$5.9 billion joint venture with Global Infrastructure Partners, GIC, TotalEnergies and NextDecade Corporation for Phase 1 of Rio Grande LNG in Texas, USA.
- Actis on the carve-out and acquisition of Telekom Srbija's towers business, comprising approximately 1,800 macro towers across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. This transaction was awarded '2024 Deal of the Year: Serbia' at the CEE Legal Matters Awards.
- Africa50 on its US$320 million joint venture with Bayobab (wholly owned by the MTN Group) to develop Project East2West, a terrestrial fibre optic cable network connecting East Africa to West Africa. This transaction was awarded 'Deal of the Year: Private Equity' at the IFLR Africa Awards 2024.
- International Resources Holding (IRH), the mining investment arm of Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC), on its acquisition of 56% of the shares in Alphamin Resources Corp., from Tremont Master Holdings, a subsidiary of US private equity group Denham Capital.
- The shareholders of IHS Holding Limited, Africa's biggest independent operator of mobile phone networks, on the largest ever initial public offering of an African company on the New York Stock Exchange, raising US$378 million for a total valuation of US$7 billion.
- TruKKer on its US$100 million Series C funding round, with key investors including Mubadala and Investcorp.
