Banking and Finance

From acquisition, asset-backed or mezzanine financings, to workout and restructurings, private placements and investment-grade financings, our lawyers represent lenders and borrowers in some of the largest and most complicated financing transactions in the region. Our clients include many of the region’s largest commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, finance companies, investment and merchant banking firms, private investment funds and other institutional lenders and investors, as well as private equity sponsors, strategic buyers, borrowers and issuers of securities.

Meet our team

Bader El-Jeaan
Managing Partner
KUWAIT | UAE
Tarek Yehya
Partner
KUWAIT
Michel Ghanem
Partner
KUWAIT | SAUDI ARABIA
Muhammad Nassef
Partner
Egypt
Patrick Obeid
Senior Associate
LEBANON
Samar Jrade
Senior Associate
LEBANON
Rosy Rizk
Associate
LEBANON
Sara Awaly
Associate
LEBANON
Neyla Rahal
Counsel
SAUDI ARABIA
Bassem ElAzhary
Counsel
Egypt
Lama Abou Ali
Counsel
KUWAIT | UAE
Omar Adel
Counsel
Egypt
Salwa Abdallah
Head of Lebanon office
LEBANON

Our insights

Protecting Your Workforce and Business: Key Legal Insights for Kuwait
Protecting Your Workforce and Business: Key Legal Insights for Kuwait
May 19, 2026

OVERVIEW Recent regional developments have created operational challenges for businesses across the GCC, including in Kuwait. In practice, employers may be considering measures such as mandating annual leaves, implementing reduced working hours or part time arrangements, imposing unpaid leave, temporary or permanent salary reductions, temporary suspension of employment and termination,… Read more ...

Kuwait’s New PAI Dispossession Rules: Why Classification Matters
Kuwait’s New PAI Dispossession Rules: Why Classification Matters
May 14, 2026

Not Every PAI Plot Is At Risk: Why Classification Matters The Minister of Commerce and Industry, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of the Public Authority for Industry (“PAI”), has issued Ministerial Resolution No. 8 of 2026 concerning the rules and procedures for the dispossession of plots, sites… Read more ...

ADGM Introduces Significant Amendments to its Commercial Legislative Framework
ADGM Introduces Significant Amendments to its Commercial Legislative Framework
May 13, 2026

On 24 April 2026, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”) introduced a series of amendments to its commercial legislative framework, published by the ADGM Registration Authority, marking another important step in the continued evolution of ADGM as a leading international financial center. The amendments reflect ADGM’s ongoing efforts to strengthen… Read more ...