ANMAR AL GHADHANFARI has experience working on complex cross-border M&A and private equity transactions involving both public and private companies. Anmar has a particular focus on sovereign wealth funds and family offices, and has significant experience working on a range of corporate transactions such as direct equity investments, equity co-investments, and joint ventures in technology, sports, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial institutions sectors.
Prior to joining Sidley, he served as an M&A associate in the London office of another global law firm.
Anmar completed his LL.B. degree at the University of Liverpool, where he was awarded the Liverpool Excellence Scholarship (2015–2018). Anmar completed his LL.M. degree at Harvard University, where he received Harvard’s prestigious Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship (2023) and won the Victor Brudney Prize for the “Best Corporate Governance Paper” (2024).
Anmar is fluent in Arabic.