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Adam Fadian

Partner

Email

Adam.Fadian@aoshearman.com

Phone

+971 4426 7150

+90 549 480 1523

Offices

Dubai

V-CARD

Adam is Co-Lead of the Ukraine Desk.

Adam advises on complex restructuring and insolvency matters, project and acquisition financings and private credit transactions across the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and CIS.

He has advised on several of the most prominent and innovative restructurings and transactions in the region.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Drake & Scull International PJSC on its AED 4 billion successful debt restructuring, the first major restructuring to be fully implemented under the UAE Bankruptcy Law.
  • A leading European private credit fund on various financings and investments across Europe and the United States.
  • A global financial institution and UK Export Finance on the EUR 1.247 billion financing for a 140-kilometer segment of high-speed, low-carbon electric railway in Turkiye.
  • The lenders on the $600m financing for Borusan EnBW Enerji’s renewable energy portfolio in Turkiye.
  • The bank creditors in connection with a USD2.8bn debt restructuring for Premier Oil.
  • The bank creditors in connection with the USD2.3bn debt restructuring for Metinvest.
  • The mezzanine lenders on the first of a kind USD8.5bn giga-scale NEOM Green Hydrogen Project in Saudi Arabia.
  • The mezzanine lenders on the USD4.4bn DEWA IV CSP Project in Dubai, the largest concentrated solar power project in the world.

Recognition

“Adam Fadian acts for major financial institutions and corporations on cross-border finance matters. He advises on debt restructuring and is also involved in acquisition finance. Sources describe him as a "very flexible and pragmatic" practitioner.”
Chambers Global 2019 (Russia)
“Super lawyer especially in acquisition finance, syndications, ECAs, etc.”
IFLR 1000 2018 (Russia)

Awards

  • Band 3, Russia Banking & Finance, CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2019

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales, 2008
Admitted as a Solicitor in Queensland / NSW, 2004

Academic

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, Sydney, 2004
Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland, 2004
Bachelor of Commerce / Finance, University of Queensland, 2002
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.