Gisele Zouein

Gisele Zouein is a corporate associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Gisele is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Infrastructure practice groups. She is currently on secondment.

Gisele has significant experience advising clients on a variety of cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, with a particular focus on infrastructure and growth investments. She also advises clients on joint ventures, financing, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate and commercial matters. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Gisele practiced at several law firms and served as General Counsel for a large group of companies in the Middle East.

Gisele earned her Ph.D. in corporate Law from Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), where her doctoral thesis was awarded the prestigious Revue des Contrats Prize and has been published by LGDJ-Lextenso in France. She also earned her LL.M. from Harvard University, where she was the recipient of the Victor Brudney Prize for Corporate Governance. Additionally, she holds an Executive MBA from the American University of Beirut, and a Master of Laws and Bachelor of Laws from Saint-Joseph University.

Gisele is a member of the New York State Bar and the Beirut Bar. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.

Recent Experience Includes advising:

• KKR on their investment in Gulf Data Hub, one of the largest independent data center companies in the Middle East, creating a landmark strategic partnership to invest $5 billion in the region.
• KKR on the agreement to launch a new power-to-X platform with IGNIS, a leading integrated global renewable group based in Spain, to develop green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
• KKR on their investment in Dukes Education, a UK-based premium school operator.
• KKR on its investment in Northumbrian Water, a UK water and waste-water services company controlled by CK Group.
• KKR and Inovia Capital on their investment in Guesty, a leading property management platform.
• A client on their bid to acquire Spanish leading data centre platform, Nabiax from Asterion and Telefonica.
• A client on their bid to acquire a co-control stake from Iliad in OpCore, a leading operator of data centres in France and Poland.
• John Laing and KKR on John Laing’s agreement to acquire HICL Infrastructure PLC’s interest in four UK public-private partnership projects (the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital PFI Project, the Queen’s Hospital PFI Project, the South Ayrshire Schools PFI Project and the Priority Schools Building Programme North East Batch) and a 37.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets.
• H.I.G. Capital on its carve-out acquisition of Valeo's thermal commercial vehicles division.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and ADNOC Gas on the IPO of ADNOC Gas on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).
• KKR Health Care Growth Fund II on its investment in German biopharmaceutical research and development company Coriolis Pharma.
• A client on their bid to acquire a stake in green hydrogen-to-steel pioneer, H2 Green Steel.
• KKR-backed Biosynth on its acquisition of VIO Chemicals.
• Dawn Biopharma, a KKR healthcare investment platform, on various investments.
• Kuwait Investment Authority on various investments.
• A.P. Moller on its investment in inventory tracking solution provider, Verity AG.

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Restructuring and Reorganization
• Emerging Companies / Venture Capital
• Finance
• Infrastructure
• Private Equity
• Projects
• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Credentials

Education:

• Harvard University - 2022 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
• Université Panthéon-Assas - 2021 Ph.D.
• Saint Joseph University, Beirut - 2007 Masters

Admissions:

• Lebanon - Beirut Bar Association
• New York Bar