Sarmad Haidar
SocioSarmad Haidar has an extensive experience in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions transactions.
He also has a deep knowledge in the areas of restructurings, external growth transactions and setting up of investment agreements for management.
Sarmad mostly advises investment funds, industrial groups, listed and non-listed, and management teams.
He has expertise across a broad spectrum of industry sectors (Consumer Goods, IT, Renewable Energy and Infrastructure, Healthcare, Hotels & Leisure).
EXPERIENCE
- French
- Inglés
- Arabic
- Graduate of ESCP-EAP school of management
- University of Paris XI –Jean Monnet, Master’s degree in Business Law
RECOGNITIONS
- Legal 500© – Private Equity: LBO – Tier 3 – 2023
- Leaders League© – “Leading”, PE Midcap - 2022
“Mr Haidar’s international experience is a huge asset for any cross-border deal”, Legal 500, 2023
Publications
- Article “Trends & Developments of the Private Equity market in France" – Private Equity 2022” (Chambers & Partners) (September 2022)
- Article: “Doing business in France” Thomson Reuters - Practical Law (2019-2022)
Seminars
- IPEM 2022 (20, 21, 22 September 2022), 20 September 2022
- IPEM 2023 (23, 24, 25 January 2023), 23 January 2023
- Fair: International Private Equity (IPEM), Cannes, France, September 2022
- Conference : LBO Conference, Les Echos Capital Finance, October 2021
- Fair: International Private Equity (IPEM), Cannes, France, January 2019, 2020
- Conference: M&A Conference DLA Piper: October 2019
Prior Experience
Before joining DLA Piper, in 2012, Sarmad worked as an associate in an London based international law firm in Paris and in a French boutique M&A firm.
Memberships And Affiliations
- Beirut Bar Association
