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Isabelle deBeer

Isabelle deBeer

Managing Associate

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Isabelle is a Managing Associate in the UAE Corporate department.

She advises international and regional clients on a broad range of corporate and advisory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic corporate projects. She regularly advises on shareholder arrangements, corporate reorganisations and governance.

Based in the UAE since 2023, Isabelle has worked on a number of regional corporate transactions for clients operating across sectors including retail, hospitality, insurance, sports and technology.

Isabelle has substantive experience advising on international and cross-border matters and is well placed to support clients operating across multiple jurisdictions. She works closely with clients to understand their commercial objectives and deliver practical, commercially focused advice that reflects both legal requirements and the realities of doing business in the region.

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Key Experience

  • Advised a prestigious French luxury jewellery company on the acquisition of a stake in its Gulf business through a joint venture with one of the UAE's largest privately owned business groups
  • Advised a multinational insurance and risk advisory business on the acquisition of its UAE joint venture partner’s majority stake
  • Advised a family-owned fashion and fragrance company, on its acquisition of a majority stake in a British luxury make-up and skincare brand (shortlisted for M&A Team of the Year, British Legal Awards 2020)
  • Advised the family-owned fashion and fragrance company on its acquisition of a majority stake in a Swedish fragrance brand
  • Advising one of the world's largest technology distributors and IT services providers on the USD 3 billion divestment of its Commerce & Lifecycle Services division to a global logistics and supply chain management company
  • Advised an international PR agency on its acquisition of a UAE-based integrated communications agency

Career History

Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP
Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP
BPP Law School, LPC LLM Commercial Legal Practice
University of Nottingham, LLB Law

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