Rahul Medappa
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Rahul Medappa is a corporate lawyer based in London. He focuses on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, consortium transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, corporate restructurings and general corporate advisory work. He advises clients in the technology and telecommunications sectors.
Rahul trained in our London office and spent six months on secondment to the legal team of a global insurance company where he obtained particular experience with corporate governance and internal reorganisations.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Accelerated Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
- LLB, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
- Advising Global Partnership for Ethiopia B.V. on the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's equity investment (US$157.4m), loan (US$100m) and guarantees (US$1bn) to support the ongoing construction and operation of Safaricom Ethiopia PLC's greenfield telecommunications network in Ethiopia
- Advising Safaricom Ethiopia PLC and Global Partnership for Ethiopia B.V. on the continued roll out of its greenfield network in Ethiopia, including shareholder and governance arrangements
- Advising Zain Group on its joint venture arrangements with Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. and TASC Towers Holding to form the largest tower company in the MENA region valued at US$2.2bn
- Advising a global bank on a number of its strategic minority investments in the technology and sustainability sectors
Insights
Gaming M&A trends and predictions
Blog | March 26, 2024
Gaming M&A trends and predictions
Publication | March 26, 2024
Venturing forwards: CVC and strategic minority investments in 2023 and 2024
Publication | February 01, 2024