John Boehm has been a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. since 1993, and has worked in the Middle East since 2005.

In the area of corporate and business transactions, he regularly advises clients on the formation, financing, governance and operation of companies, joint ventures and distribution arrangements in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other countries in the region. He has handled mergers and acquisitions for a wide variety of companies (including manufacturers, technology and media companies and health care systems) as well as debt and equity offerings.

He has represented clients in project finance and privatization transactions involving health care systems, toll roads, telecommunications systems and industrial and petrochemical facilities.  Such work includes teaming agreements for joint bids, and EPC and separate contracts for the design, construction and supply for the project, as well as utility contracts and off-take agreements.

His work with debt financing includes matters involving senior, mezzanine and subordinate debt, working capital loans, asset-backed loans, debt backed by letters of credit and insurance policies, convertible debt, and a variety of other debt products, such as variable rate demand tender debt, auction securities, interest rate swaps and hedges.

He also represents clients in supply chain and distribution management issues, including procurement programs and contracts, outsourcing transactions, software and technology licensing and product development agreements, franchising and distribution agreements.

He has been engaged on the following matters:

Corporate and Finance

• Represents a regional securities firm from time to time on regulatory matters
• Represents a US health care company in its ventures to develop and manage hospitals in the Middle East
• Represents a Saudi holding company in its joint ventures for oil and gas exploration, drilling, platform construction, industrial gases production and oilfield services
• Represents an oilfield equipment manufacturer in its operations in Saudi Arabia
• Represents an Asian pharmaceutical company in its operations in the Middle East
• Represents a European pharmaceutical company in its operations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
• Represents a US chemical manufacturer in connection with Saudi Arabian and UAE matters
• Represents an international transportation systems company in connection with its Saudi Arabian operations
• Represented a Saudi holding company in its acquisition of 50% of an oilfield services company
• Represented a US equipment manufacturer in the acquisition of 50% of a Saudi distribution company
• Represented a US systems manufacturer in establishing a joint venture with a UAE distribution company
• Represented a Middle East sports television channel in the sale of half of its equity to a strategic partner for a value in excess of $56 million and in the follow-on sale of further equity
• Represented a U.S. semiconductor manufacturing company in its sale to a financial buyer for $127.5 million
• Represented a US health care system in its merger with a former competitor, combining acute care facilities, health maintenance organizations and outpatient facilities in a single integrated system

 
Lending and Debt Offerings

• Represented a Saudi industrial concern in a $138 million debt financing
• Represented a UAE borrower in a combined commercial and Islamic finance borrowing totaling $215 million, and in related refinancings
• Acted as local counsel for Saudi and UAE law matters on corporate financings for various clients
• Represented various issuers of student loan asset backed securities in a series of transactions over several years totaling over $2 billion
• Represented various issuers and underwriters of revenue backed debt in a series of transactions over twenty years
• Represented various borrowers in interest rate swaps and debt-based total return swaps

 Projects and Privatization

• Represents a European technology company in its water projects in the region
• Represents a North American technology and equipment provider in the supply of such items to a greenfield glass fiber plant in Saudi Arabia
• Represented an Asian chemicals company in establishing a joint venture for an integrated petrochemical complex in the Gulf
• Represented the Saudi industrial company owner of a greenfield project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia in its EPC, technology, off-take and financing arrangements
• Represented a private US toll road company in regulatory, development, construction, financing and operational matters
• Represented a US toll road concession company and contractor in several privatization projects
• Represented a US municipal health care system in its privatization to a non-profit health care system and the subsequent creation and transfer of residual rights to a special purpose district
• Advised in connection with the reorganization of a county-wide health care system and its transfer to a special purpose district

 Real Estate; Construction

• Represents a US architectural firm in projects in Qater, Saudi Arabia and the UAE
• Represents a US engineering firm in connection with activities in the UAE and Qatar
• Represents a US facilities construction company in connection with its UAE operations
• Represented a leading Dubai developer in connection with a master planned community, involving residential, commercial and public facilities
• Represented a North American design firm in connection with Dubai based commercial projects
• Represented developers of hotel properties in Dubai

 Technology

• Represented a UAE company in negotiations with the technology provider and with telecommunications providers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East jurisdictions for the roll out in those territories of the wireless push-email solutions
• Represented the provider of a Kingdom-wide electronic funds network in its concession negotiations with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
• Represented an international company in its implementation in the Middle East of a new software platform
• Represented a consortium comprised of a major international telecommunications operator and leading Saudi-based investment group regarding its structure and bid for the third mobile telecom license in Saudi Arabia
• Represented a major US semiconductor equipment manufacturer in the outsourcing of certain manufacturing operations
• Represented an international semiconductor research consortium in technology development agreements, industry partnerships and public-private partnerships
• Represented a major public university in the US in its acquisition and funding of genomics research facilities, including technology sharing agreements
• Represented a consortium of public and private US universities in their participation in a nationwide fiber optics consortium

From 1977 to 1982, Mr. Boehm served as a Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association. Mr. Boehm is the immediate past-President of the American Business Council of Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

• Recognized in the United Arab Emirates as highly recommended in Projects & Energy by the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (2011)
• Recognized in the United Arab Emirates for his work in Corporate/Commercial by Chambers Global (2008)
• Mentioned in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates) under Banking and Finance by Legal 500 UK (2007)

Mr. Boehm received a B.A. in 1976 from the University of Virginia and a J.D., with high honors, from The University of Texas in 1984. Mr. Boehm was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1984.

Iraqi Women's Fellowship Foundation (IWFF), Board of Directors