About Krishen Patel

Krishen is a senior transactional lawyer who focuses on mergers & acquisitions, complex corporate transactions and corporate commercial matters. With 14 years of legal experience, Krishen represents sovereign entities, financial institutions, multinational companies, family businesses, investors, and sponsors operating in the UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and wider Middle East in a wide range of transactions such as joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, private equity and venture capital.

Concentrations

•Mergers & Acquisitions
•Private Equity
•Venture Capital
•Joint ventures
•Restructurings
•Projects

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Legal 500 EMEA, United Arab Emirates, 2026
•Commercial Contracts
•Commercial, Corporate and M&A
•Listed, IFLR1000 Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, 'Notable Practitioners,' Corporate and M&A, 2025

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • Corporate
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
    • Venture Capital & Emerging Technology

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Mergers & Acquisitions: Advised Lumine Group Inc., a global buy-
    -hold forever acquirer of communications
    media software businesses, on entering into an agreement to acquire Datafusion Systems.
    Advised ShopUp, Bangladesh's largest B2B commerce platform on the merger with Sary, the leading B2B marketplace
    services platform in the Gulf, to form SILQ.
    Advised Moove one of the world's largest fleet operators, on the acquisition of Kovi, an urban mobility provider headquartered in Sao Paulo.
    Advised Sellers on the sale of CBBG Group to Vertex, a Portfolio Company of Wind Point Partners.
    Advised Seesaw on its acquisition of Middle East
    North Africa (MENA)-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds.
    Advising ADMO Lifestyle Holding Limited (ADMO) on their JV with Addmind, launching a new global lifestyle vertical Alpha-Mind. Alpha Mind is a UAE-based JV company that owns
    manages a global portfolio of experiential lifestyle, food
    beverage (F&B),
    entertainment br
    s, created
    developed by Addmind. Its portfolio currently comprises seven iconic names - CLAP, Bar Du Port, ONGAKU, Babylon, Sucre, Alma Bar,
    Iris (including the Iris Beach House hotel br
    ). ADMO was established in 2022 as a JV between Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC (ADX: ALPHADHABI)
    Monterock International Limited.
    Advising Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC on the sale of 49 per cent of the entire share capital of Alpha Dhabi Construction Holding LLC to ADQ Developmental Holding LLC.
    Advising Response Plus Medical on its acquisition of the training
    consultancy business of U.S.-based, Safeguard Medical.
    Advising Cenomi Retail, a Saudi listed company
    pioneering retail br
    partner, on the SAR 120 million sale of its franchise rights (
    related assets) for 18 br
    s to Abdullah Al-Othaim Fashion Company.
    Advising Zaad Capital on its AED 150 million sale of 75 per cent of Basatin L
    scaping to Aldar Properties PJSC, the Abu Dhabi based property development, management,
    investment company.
    Advising noon (a leading e-commerce platform) on its AED 1.23 billion (USD 335.2 million) acquisition of Namshi from Emaar Malls.
    Advising Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm
    a business of Marsh McLennan, in connection with its acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton's strategy consulting business serving the Middle East
    North Africa region.
    Advising US-based Blackfriars Group on the management buy-out of its UAE electrical distribution business, Sentor Electrical.
    Advising a Qatar based hospitality company on its equity investment in a leading UAE based hospitality business with an enterprise value of USD 750m.
    Advised a leading takaful insurance provider listed on the Dubai Financial Market on its acquisition of insurance assets from another insurance company.
    Venture Capital / Emerging Companies: Advised a group of EMEA
    Asian venture capital investors on their Series A Investment in a leading UAE-based sustainable Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) e-commerce br
    . The Transaction won an Honourable Mention at the 2022 Oath Middle East Legal Awards - Corporate Team of the Year.
    Advising Rethink Education, a U.S.-based private equity fund, on its investment (by way of SAFE note) in Aanaab, a Saudi based edtech business.
    Advising a Saudi based private equity firm on a carried interest framework policy.
    Advising JOA Capital, a Saudi based investment manager, on its proposed investment in Enhance Ventures.
    Representing a family office in respect of its participation in the Series A investment round for Grubtech, a leading regional cloud kitchen management platform.
    Joint Ventures: Advising Marubeni in respect of its participation in a joint venture relating to the Laffan Refinery.
    Advising Dubai World Trade Centre free zone in respect of its joint venture with DGME (part of the UK-based Daily Mail group) relating to its events business.
    Advising Majid Al Futtaim Properties on a joint venture in respect of a real estate project in Northern Riyadh.
    Advising H&H, a leading UAE based real estate developer, on its joint venture with respect to a residential plot to be developed in the DIFC.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Patel prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Limited.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    England and Wales
    Dubai Legal Consultant
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    BPP Law School
    Class of 2009
    LPC
    Distinction

    Queen Mary University of London
    Class of 2008
    LL.B.
    (Hons)

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