Professional Profile
Abrar Hussain is a corporate partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Palo Alto office and adjunct faculty at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. His practice focuses on assisting clients in their cross-border transactional needs in emerging markets, particularly in India and the Middle East. He also has significant experience assisting investment funds in their fund structuring and emerging markets transactions. Abrar's practice has consistently been rated one of the top U.S. / India cross-border practices and he has represented some of the world's largest multinationals and investment funds in their emerging market transactions including Apollo Management, Soros Fund Management, the Carlyle Group, New Enterprise Associates and the Hinduja Group.
Representative Matters
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Private placements in India, the Middle East and Asia with companies in the automotive, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, health care, energy, infrastructure, software and retail industries;
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Cross-border acquisitions of companies in Spain, Singapore, India, the UAE, Egypt, China and the U.K.;
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Numerous PIPE transactions in Indian companies;
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Inbound acquisitions of U.S. companies by foreign companies;
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Leveraged buy-outs of U.S. and foreign companies;
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Investment in an Indian Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC);
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Joint ventures between multinational companies;
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Formation and structuring of numerous emerging market investment fund;
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Formation and structuring of numerous Indian and Middle Eastern funds, including shariah compliant funds; and
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Use of shariah compliant investment structures including musharika, mudaraba, murabaha and ijrah structures.
Memberships & Affiliations
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U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC)
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California Bar Association
Other Distinctions
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Consistently named one of the most notable cross border practices between South Asia and the U.S. by the India Business Law Journal
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2010 Deal of the Year for the representation of Glodyne Technoserve Limited's leveraged acquisition of DecisionOne, Inc.
Prior Experience
Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, San Francisco, CA
*modified from Kirkland & Ellis website