Ciara M. O'Loughlin

Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. O’Loughlin worked at a Magic Circle firm in Abu Dhabi and at a leading firm in Australia. She was also seconded for a year to Mubadala’s real assets team, where she worked on acquisitions, disposals, fund investments and asset management.

Ms. O’Loughlin’s experience prior to joining Skadden includes advising:

• DP World, a leader in global supply chain solutions based in Dubai:
  • on its acquisition of 100% of the Cargo Services Seafreight business from two separate sellers. The transaction involved the indirect acquisition of a majority stake in CN Logistics International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • on the acquisition of multiple feeder shipping businesses based in India and the Middle East
  • in relation to the all-cash offer by Port & Free Zone World FZE for the 19.55% of shares in DP World listed on Nasdaq Dubai
• ADNOC on its entry into a joint venture with Abu Dhabi-based Group 42
• Meraas Holding on its 56 billion United Arab Emirates dirham retail property joint venture with Brookfield Asset Management
• a regional sovereign wealth fund on two joint ventures with Aldar
• various regional investors on venture capital investments, including:
  • primary investments into Moove Africa’s B.V.’s Series B, Crusoe LLC’s Series D, Plentific Limited’s Series C, Flink S.E.’s Series B, Exscientia Limited’s Series D, Monzo Bank Limited’s Series H and Pocket FM’s Series D
  • a secondary investment into Revolut Group Holdings Ltd
• Luxinva S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), on the recommended cash acquisition of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC valued at £4.46 billion. The consortium was led by Swedish investment firm EQT Fund Management S.a.r.l. with Luxinva S.A. as co-investor
• Investment Trading Group (part of the Al Tayer Group) on the acquisition of an additional stake in KCH Healthcare LLC
• KPMG Lower Gulf LP on the integration of KPMG Lower Gulf and KPMG Saudi Arabia