Leadership Team

Dominik Kleemann

Founder / Managing Partner

Lawyer / Cross-border Transactions & Investment Specialist – Africa & Middle East

Juris Doctor / MBA

Meet our Founder and Managing Partner, based between Dubai and Accra with a pulse on Africa’s dynamic markets. With a deep dive into emerging economies, he’s your go-to for cross-border deals with an African nexus. Armed with expertise gained during his top-tier law firm career across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, he’s guided market-leading corporate blue chips, SOEs, globally operating SMEs and high-net-worth investors through complex, market-defining transactions. From strategic M&A to corporate finance, he’s your partner for unlocking growth on the African continent and across global markets.

Notable transactions

African Mega-Deal

Spearheaded the acquisition of a West African Caterpillar dealership, the largest non-mining/O&G deal in 2022. Facilitated for a UAE-based client, the target’s operations include 11 African countries, with annual revenues surpassing €700m and a workforce of over 2,000 employees.

Infrastructure Power Play

Guided a Middle East port operator in acquiring major port facilities from a London Stock Exchange listed seller, amplifying their regional footprint.

O&G Deals

Leading role in the acquisition of a Dubai-based O&G service provider with global operations for a US NASDAQ listed client, navigating complexities with a consortium of private equity sellers.

Mining Deals

Advised a market-leading global energy, mining, and commodities trader in its acquisition of energy assets from a Japanese consortium, fortifying their presence in strategic markets.

Joshua Bell

Partner

Lawyer / Cross-border Transactions & Investment Specialist

LLB (Honours) / International Studies

Meet Josh, your cross-border deal maker. Highly experienced in navigating complex legal and commercial terrain, Josh delivers results with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach. Based in Dubai, he brings a wealth of experience in advising on M&A, private equity and venture capital deals across a range of industries. His journey includes stints with leading corporate law firms in Australia, and a senior role at a boutique merchant bank based in Singapore and Shanghai where he specialised in Sino-foreign transactions spanning FMCG, education, and technology. Josh’s expertise covers every aspect of the transaction and investment lifecycle, from origination to strategy to execution and beyond.

Selected industry experience

Technology

Lead counsel on transactions including the sale of a KKR-backed POS solutions business to a NYSE-listed POS group, Five V Capital’s growth equity investment in a payments solutions provider, Airbus Ventures’ investment into a quantum control business, the sale of Xplore Wealth by HUB24 by way of scheme of arrangement, and multiple investments by VC funds into technology businesses.

Healthcare

Led numerous healthcare transactions, including MA Growth Ventures’ investment into the DoctorSquare group and the associated acquisition of the 24-7 Healthcare Group from Crescent Capital, MedAdvisor Limited’s establishment of a Singapore-based joint venture with an Asian healthcare giant and associated commercial arrangements, and the sale of a leading patient support healthcare solutions provider to a Swiss pharmaceutical group.

Professional services

Advised on deals including the sale of a digital consulting business to NYSE-listed Endava, the acquisition of Churchill Consulting by Sia Partners (a French-based global management consulting group), various strategic acquisitions by Mazars in the Australian market, and the sale of an offshore consulting business to Phillipines-based Cloudstaff (backed by private equity firm fund Navegar).

FMCG

Advising on the multibillion-dollar restructure of a global meat processing group’s Australian business, the acquisition of a controlling stake in an Australian winery by a major Chinese alcohol group, the divestment of Australian assets by a global premium wines distributor, and the acquisition of an Australian cosmetics business by US-based PE firm.

Renewables

Advised on multiple capital raising rounds and strategic commercial arrangements and projects for Energy Renaissance (a lithium-ion battery manufacturer) and Renewable Metals (a battery recycling company), and on a US$2 billion decarbonisation fund on a US$17m equity investment into an Australian drone stringing business.

Mining

Transaction lead for the acquisition of Australian magnesia mining business from a global mining giant, handing complex legal elements and critical regulatory approval processes.

* Transactions undertaken prior to NexisAfrica

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