2105 ALMOAYYED TOWER, PO BOX 18259, SEEF DISTRICT, BAHRAIN
What we say about the firm's legal practice in Bahrain
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a second tier firm,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is ‘very responsive and switched on’, and Harnek Shoker in particular ‘chases everything down and follows up promptly’. The team worked closely with colleagues in the UAE to advise Mumtalakat on the corporate restructuring of Gulf Air, and acted for the Court of the Crown Prince’s investment arm on a number of transactions. It is also assisting the National Oil and Gas Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain on a proposed gas exploration and production-sharing contract. Other clients include Arcapita, the Ministry of Finance, and Deutsche Bank.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
Baker & McKenzie Limited, Norton Rose (Middle East) LLP, and Trowers & Hamlins are the leading international firms in the jurisdiction. Charles Russell LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP opened up offices in 2007, and DLA Piper Middle East LLP entered the market in 2009.
Project finance
Within Project finance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a second tier firm,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has strong relationships with Bahrain’s government, for which it regularly provides projects advice. Harnek Shoker advised the government on its first PPP-based affordable housing project, and acted alongside Joseph Huse to advise the National Oil and Gas Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain on a proposed LNG project, and assist Bahrain Petroleum Company on financing the proposed Saudi-Bahrain gas pipeline. Huse splits his time between Bahrain, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Central and Eastern Europe : Central and Eastern Europe
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- IT and telecommunications : IT and telecommunications
- Insolvency and corporate recovery : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Private client : Private client
- Public procurement : Public procurement
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping : Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Energy
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Food
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Telecoms
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Transport
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Seef District
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Project finance : Project finance
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, and Cologne
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Banking and finance: Project finance : Banking and finance: Project finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Large deals : Corporate and M&A: Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring
- IP: patents: Litigation : IP: patents: Litigation
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Media: Entertainment : Media: Entertainment
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction: Real estate : Real estate and construction: Real estate
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Transport : Transport
France
Offices in Paris
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and energy: Project finance : Project finance and energy: Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Private equity : Private equity
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
India
Italy
- Administrative law : Administrative law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt : Capital markets: Debt
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Gaming and betting
- Dispute resolution : Overview
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Overview
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Public sector : Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
Morocco
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and PFI : Project finance and PFI
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Philippines
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Moscow : Corporate and M&A: Moscow
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Public private partnership : Public private partnership
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
Tunisia
United States
Offices in New York and Washington DC
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Tax : Financial products
- Tax : International
Vietnam
Offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Tax : Tax