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State of Qatar bond offer

US$7,000.00 m
  • Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
  • Jurisdiction - Qatar
  • Practice - Debt Market
  • Largest bond offering by a Middle East issuer

  • Firm
    Latham & Watkins
  • Client
    Qatar Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • Lead Lawyers
    Bill Voge, Craig Stoehr, Phillip von Randow
  • Role
    Int. Counsel


DEAL SUMMARY

  • Qatari government''s second bond offering in 2009. Issue has broken regional records as largest bond offering by a Middle East issuer.

  • Latham & Watkins has longstanding relationship with state of Qatar - advised on US$3bn bond offering in April 2009 again with Skadden, which advised underwriters. Firm retained by Qatari government in 2000 for inaugural bond issue

  • Follows recent US$1.6bn offering by Commercial Bank of Qatar.

  • Latham’s Craig Stoehr: “[The deal] is testament to the success of the carefully planned expansion and diversification of Qatar’s economy,” said Stoehr. “The Ministry of Economy and Finance and its State Finance Policy Committee … [established] Qatar as a strong sovereign credit and sophisticated debt capital markets issuer in only a little more than six months.”



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