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  • Baker McKenzie Cairo Legal Counsel to The Arab Energy Fund on Strategic Investment in Tagaddod, a Tech-Powered Biofuel Feedstocks Platform | Newsroom

    Baker McKenzie Cairo Legal Counsel to The Arab Energy Fund on Strategic Investment in Tagaddod, a Tech-Powered Biofuel Feedstocks Platform | Newsroom

    Baker McKenzie Cairo has acted as lead legal counsel to The Arab Energy Fund on its strategic investment in Tagaddod, the tech-powered biofuel feedstocks platform operating across Africa, Asia and Europe. The investment was made through Series A funding round led by The Arab Energy Fund (TAEF) and included FMO, VKAV and A15.

    The transaction marks a key milestone in The Arab Energy Fund’s commitment to advancing innovative and sustainable solutions in the energy and environmental sectors. The deal was successfully completed in September 2025.

    Leading the transaction, Hani Nassef, Partner and Head of M&A at Baker McKenzie Cairo, commented: “We are proud to have supported The Arab Energy Fund on this impactful investment that aligns with their regional sustainability goals. By bringing together our teams in Cairo, Riyadh and Amsterdam, we were able to deliver strategic, coordinated advice that supported our client’s objectives and ensured a smooth execution”.

    Baker McKenzie Cairo provided comprehensive legal counsel across all stages of the transaction, including deal structuring, regulatory advisory and closing. The team was led by Hani Nassef, with key support from Bassem Abdelrahman and Hala Mohamed, and was part of a cross-border team that included colleagues from Baker McKenzie’s Saudi Arabia office including Karim Nassar and Rami Younes as well as the Dutch offices, including Koen Bos, Suzanne van Balen and Hein Blaauwendraad, reflecting the firm’s integrated global approach to complex transactions.

    This transaction is a great example of our distinguished cross-border capabilities in M&A mandates, reflecting the consistent quality of work delivered by Baker McKenzie in the M&A domain.

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  • Cosmetics Business reveals the top hair loss beauty trends rooted in place for 2025

    Cosmetics Business reveals the top hair loss beauty trends rooted in place for 2025

    Hair loss remains one of the most prevalent and distressing beauty concerns in the modern beauty industry.


    But a boom in innovation and products is attempting to curb these numbers and provide people…

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  • How Google enables third-party circularity by increasing recycling rates with Machine Learning

    How Google enables third-party circularity by increasing recycling rates with Machine Learning

    Google’s CircularNet empowers recycling facilities to significantly improve waste identification and sorting, unlocking business value with the circular economy.

    The challenge of democratizing data for the recycling…

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  • Prince William fights back tears in emotional interview on suicide

    Prince William fights back tears in emotional interview on suicide

    LONDON — Prince William has fought back tears during an emotional conversation with a woman who lost her husband to suicide, in a video released by Kensington Palace Friday.

    William, 43, was speaking to campaigner Rhian Mannings at her home in…

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  • ‘Tron: Ares’ Wants to Gaslight You About the Future of AI

    ‘Tron: Ares’ Wants to Gaslight You About the Future of AI

    Ares, named after the Greek god of war, was built to be an AI super-soldier. Then he found out about Frankenstein, started listening to Depeche Mode, and realized the tech bro who made him might be a hack. So he takes matters into his own hands…

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  • Just a moment…

    Just a moment…

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  • Set to hunt for Earth-like planets

    Set to hunt for Earth-like planets

    The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially completed the construction of its latest deep-space observatory, Plato, marking a crucial step in its mission to discover Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.

    The spacecraft, designed to…

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  • Attackers are exploiting Gladinet CentreStack, Triofox vulnerability with no patch (CVE-2025-11371)

    Attackers are exploiting Gladinet CentreStack, Triofox vulnerability with no patch (CVE-2025-11371)

    CVE-2025-11371, a unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing and remote access platforms, is being exploited by attackers in the wild.

    While Gladinet is aware of the vulnerability…

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  • Repowering wind turbines under simplified rules

    Repowering wind turbines under simplified rules


    Leaving Dentons

    Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP (“大成”) is an independent law firm, and not a member or affiliate of Dentons. 大成 is a partnership law firm organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, and is Dentons’ Preferred Law Firm in China, with offices in more than 40 locations throughout China. Dentons Group (a Swiss Verein) (“Dentons”) is a separate international law firm with members and affiliates in more than 160 locations around the world, including Hong Kong SAR, China. For more information, please see dacheng.com/legal-notices or dentons.com/legal-notices.

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  • Scientists discover brain circuit that can switch off chronic pain

    Scientists discover brain circuit that can switch off chronic pain

    Pain may be unpleasant, but in most cases it plays a vital, even lifesaving, role. Short bursts of pain act as warning signals that protect us from harm. When you touch a hot pan, stub your toe, or bump your head, your nervous system instantly…

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