Cross-border M&A · Legal due diligence · Global trade
We focus on M&A deals from cross-border transaction structuring through legal due diligence and completion. Completed acquisitions range from USD 20 million to over USD 100 million across New Zealand, Australia, the Gulf and wider Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Europe and South East Asia.
Areas of practice
Hands-on guidance from transaction structure and intensive legal due diligence through sale and purchase documentation, negotiation and completion. Completed acquisitions range from USD 20 million to over USD 100 million.
Retained counsel for high-net-worth individuals and trading houses across international transactions. Shipping and logistics client relationships strengthen execution for M&A and physical commodity mandates.
We currently have sulphur supply through partnered suppliers and welcome direct buyer enquiries. Our wider experience includes large bulk deals in sugar, olive oils, copper, honey and other physical commodities.
Commodity supply and counsel →Jurisdictional range
Completed M&A work spans New Zealand, Australia, the Gulf and wider Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Europe and South East Asia, with acquisition values from USD 20 million to over USD 100 million.
Commodities trading & logistics
Counsel on sulphur, sugar, olive oil and other commodity trading structures, offtake arrangements and cross-border logistics across North Africa.
Physical commodities & trading houses
Advisory on Swiss physical commodity assets, trading-house relationships, international transactions and the regulatory considerations that accompany them.
Business mergers & acquisitions
Guidance on mergers, acquisitions, shipping and logistics businesses, and joint ventures across South East Asian markets, from diligence through to completion.
About
A graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, Nuzhat has spent more than sixteen years practising across five international jurisdictions — UAE, UK, EU, Switzerland and South East Asia.
Nuzhat focuses on M&A, guiding clients from cross-border transaction structuring and intensive legal due diligence through negotiation and completion. She has completed acquisitions ranging from USD 20 million to over USD 100 million across New Zealand, Australia, the Gulf and wider Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Europe and South East Asia.
As a sole practitioner retained by international clients, Nuzhat offers a rare combination of senior-level attention and complete confidentiality. The practice holds legal retainers with high-net-worth individuals and trading houses requiring extensive due diligence and international transaction support. Established supplier and buyer client relationships also support the execution of physical commodity deals across international markets. The practice also works with clients who own shipping and logistics businesses, complementing legal due diligence for M&A and physical commodity trades.
Approach
Every engagement is treated as if it were the only one. Highly sensitive transactions are handled directly, personally and with the discretion that international clients expect.
Complimentary resource
A practitioner’s pre-signature review list for physical commodity transactions — the ten areas where trade contracts, financing and sanctions diligence most often fail. Prepared by Nuzhat Jahan.
PDF · 3 pages · 50 checkpoints
Client document templates
Draft templates prepared for matters requiring absolute secrecy — an instruction form to record your requirements, a client–lawyer confidentiality agreement, and NDA drafts for the consultancy. Everything shared with Nuzhat is treated with complete privacy.
Contact
To discuss an instruction, submit the secure enquiry form. Your message is transmitted directly to Nuzhat and treated in the strictest confidence.
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