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Meysan Acts as Kuwait Counsel to the Joint Lead Managers on Boubyan Bank’s US$500 Million Sukuk Issuance.
Meysan Acts as Kuwait Counsel to the Joint Lead Managers on Boubyan Bank’s US$500 Million Sukuk Issuance.
June 13, 2025

KUWAIT CITY, June 15,2025 - Meysan Partners successfully advised the Joint Lead Managers as Kuwait counsel on Boubyan Bank's US$500 million senior unsecured Sukuk issuance under its US$3 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme. Transaction Overview: The transaction marks Boubyan bank’s return to the debt market after 3 years • 4.2… Read more

MEYSAN ADVISES ON SUCCESSFUL US$250 MILLION AT1 CAPITAL SUKUK ISSUANCE FOR WARBA BANK
MEYSAN ADVISES ON SUCCESSFUL US$250 MILL...
June 11, 2025

Meysan acted as Kuwait counsel to Warba Bank K.S.C.P. (“Warba”), in its successful issuance of a US$250 million Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Capital Sukuk through its SPV, Warba Tier 1 Sukuk (3) Limited. This successful transaction marks the first US Dollar AT1 issuance from Kuwait in 2025, and the first… Read more

Dr. Abdulwahab Sadeq, Partner and Head of the Competition Practice, was a featured speaker at the inaugural GCR MENA Conference in Dubai
Dr. Abdulwahab Sadeq, Partner and Head o...
May 15, 2025

As part of Meysan’s continued commitment to contributing to the legal discourse in the region, Dr. Abdulwahab Sadeq, Partner and Head of the Competition Practice, was a featured speaker at the inaugural GCR MENA Conference in Dubai. The event brought together prominent legal practitioners, regulators, and economists to explore emerging… Read more

Final COMESA Competition Commission investigation into CAF broadcasting agreement wraps up, with Meysan team securing closure
Final COMESA Competition Commission inve...
May 15, 2025

Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF)'s $400 Million+ broadcast investigation into its agreement with beIN Sports concludes; leading #African and #Middle #Eastern law firms played key roles behind the scenes. Meysan's Partner Tarek Badawy, Senior Associates Salma Abdelaziz and Ismail Lamie, and Associate Aya El Far advised CAF; beIN was represented… Read more

Kuwait: Legal Reforms and Their Impact on Equality, Society, and Child Protection
Kuwait: Legal Reforms and Their Impact o...
March 24, 2025

Kuwait has recently introduced three significant legal reforms marking a major step towards strengthening human rights, gender equality, and child protection. These legislative amendments include: Raising the Minimum Marriage Age to 18: Decree Law No. 10 of 2025 amending Article 26 of Law No. 51 of 1984 (Personal Status Law)… Read more

Meysan Launches a new Initiative to Sponsor Talented Junior Squash Players in Partnership with Leading Squash Academies in Cairo and Dubai
Meysan Launches a new Initiative to Spon...
March 6, 2025

Dubai/Cairo— Meysan, a leading law firm in the Middle East, announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Shoukry Squash Academy in Egypt and Maqbool Squash in the United Arab Emirates to develop MeysanElite, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at nurturing young squash talents across the Arab world. Meysan… Read more

Meysan Advises Shareholders of Upayments on the Sale to National Bank of Kuwait
Meysan Advises Shareholders of Upayments...
December 2, 2024

Meysan has successfully advised the shareholders of Upayments Electronic Payment and Settlement Systems KSCC, a leading fintech solutions provider, on their partial exit through the sale of a 51% stake in the company to the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). Upayments, founded in 2016, is a prominent provider of online… Read more

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