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Bahrain
Banking and finance
Banking and finance - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Baker & McKenzie Limited is regularly involved in project finance mandates, debt restructuring and refinancing, and debt capital markets transactions. The practice is headed byΒ Ian Siddell, who is acting for Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation, as majority sukuk certificate holder, in relation to the development of Villamar @ The Harbour, a luxury residential complex at the Bahrain Financial Harbour. Julie Alexander provides ongoing advice to Arab Banking Corporation in relation to the structuring and documentation of a range of Islamic and conventional loan arrangements for its customers in Bahrain and abroad. On the borrower side,Β Bilal KahlonΒ advised Sulb Company on a $50m working capital facility provided by Arab Banking Corporation.
Leading individuals
Ian Siddell - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Julie Alexander - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Next Generation Partners
Bilal Kahlon - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Baker & McKenzie Limited has experience of capital markets and M&A transactions, joint venture agreements and corporate reorganisations. Key figures in the team includeΒ practice headΒ George SayenΒ andΒ Ian Siddell, the latter of whom assistedΒ Aergen Management Services with the purchase of two aircraft. Also recommended areΒ Gavin Witcombe, who is particularly active in the energy and infrastructure space, andΒ David A. Monnier, who advised a multinational transportation company on various licensing and operational requirements for foreign companies doing business in Bahrain.
Leading individuals
David A. Monnier - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Islamic finance
Islamic finance - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Baker & McKenzie Limited acts for banks, corporate borrowers and government bodies in a broad range of Islamic finance transactions.Β Julie Alexander and Nick Church advised Bahrain Islamic Bank and Arab Bank on the provision of an Islamic project finance facility for the development of a housing project. In addition,Β Bilal Kahlon is assisting Takween Advanced Industries with the restructuring of an existing SAR1.3bn murabaha facility for its acquisition of Savola Packaging Systems.Β Ian Siddell heads the practice.
Leading individuals
Ian Siddell - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Julie Alexander - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Next Generation Partners
Bilal Kahlon - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Projects and energy
Projects and energy - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Baker & McKenzie Limited advises on project finance, commercial and development contracts and operational issues in relation to a range of energy and infrastructure projects. Nick Church and Julie Alexander advised Arab Bank on the provision of financing for various wind and solar projects, and practice head Ian Siddell is acting for Arab Banking Corporation in relation to the financing for the development of a copper tubing manufacturing facility.
Leading individuals
Ian Siddell - Baker & McKenzie Limited
Julie Alexander - Baker & McKenzie Limited
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
- Dispute resolution: local litigation
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Islamic finance
- Shipping
Argentina
Offices in Buenos Aires
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Electricity
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Australia
Offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and trade
- Construction
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Media and entertainment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project development
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Regulatory compliance and investigations
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Belgium
Offices in Brussels and Antwerp
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: Belgian law
- Competition: EU and global
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Food
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
Brazil
Offices in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution (including White-collar crime)
- Energy and natural resources : Electricity
- Energy and natural resources : Hydrocarbons
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition: foreign firms
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: foreign firms
- Fintech : Fintech: foreign firms
- Healthcare and life sciences : Healthcare and life sciences: foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property: foreign firms
- Investment funds : Investment funds: foreign firms
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment: foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Private equity/venture capital: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction: foreign firms
- Regulatory/compliance : Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms
- Tax : Tax: foreign firms
- TMT : TMT: foreign firms
Chile
Offices in Santiago
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Canada
Offices in Toronto
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Labour and employment
- Tax
- Technology
Colombia
Offices in Bogota
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Germany
Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
- Compliance
- Compliance : Internal investigations
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized deals (sub-β¬500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Information technology : Data protection
- Information technology : Information technology (including contracts)
- Information technology : Outsourcing
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Private equity : Transactions
- Private equity : Venture capital
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Public sector : Public procurement
- Public sector : State aid
- Real estate and construction : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- Trade and distribution
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure
- TMT
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- White-collar crime
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Employment
- Environment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus : Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Industry focus: IT, telecoms and the internet
- Industry focus : Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Real estate
- Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Antitrust and competition
- Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax and trusts
- TMT
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Foreign firms
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
India
Italy
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition β International firms and joint ventures
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance β International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : Capital markets β International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A β International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution β International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property β International firms and joint ventures
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment β International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy β International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction β International firms and joint ventures
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency β International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : Tax β International firms and joint ventures
- TMT : TMT β International firms and joint ventures
Kazakhstan
Offices in Almaty
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- IP and TMT
- Tax and customs
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets β mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, Β£500m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions β high-value deals (Β£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives (including commodities)
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Structured products and securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions (non-contentious)
- Human resources : Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Investment fund formation and management : Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate funds
- Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- 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 : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate : Commercial property: hotels and leisure
- Real estate : Commercial property: investment
- Real estate : Commercial property: retail
- Real estate : Construction: contentious
- Real estate : Contruction: non-contentious
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Risk advisory : Brexit
- Risk advisory : Corporate governance
- Risk advisory : Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Myanmar
Offices in Yangon
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
Mexico
Offices in Juarez, Tijuana, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Malaysia
Offices in Kuala Lumpur
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Islamic finance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance: asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: debt
- Commercial, corporate and M&a
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Energy: regulatory
- Energy: transactional
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Peru
Offices in Lima
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Electricity
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- Tax
Philippines
Offices in Manila
- Aviation
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Immigration
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&a: Moscow
- Commercial, corporate and M&a: St Petersburg and elsewhere
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
- White-collar crime
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Tax
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and media
- IT and telecoms
- Real estate
- Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition β Local firms
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance β Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Capital markets β Foreign firms
- Construction : Construction β Local firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A β Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A β Local firms
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution β Local firms
- Energy : Energy β Foreign firms
- Financial services regulatory : Financial services regulatory β Local firms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property β Local firms
- International arbitration
- Investment funds : Investment funds β Foreign firms
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment β Local firms
- Private wealth
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy β Foreign firms
- Tax : Tax β Local firms
- TMT : TMT β Local firms
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A β Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy β Foreign firms
Saudi Arabia
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
Switzerland
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Sports law
- Tax
- TMT
- Transport
Taiwan
Offices in Taipei
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Project finance/projects
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- White-collar crime
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, and Los Angeles
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : International trade
- Finance : Project finance
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus : Transport: aviation and air travel - regulation
- Intellectual property : Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment : ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment : Immigration
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
- Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology transactions
- Real estate
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious
Venezuela
Offices in Valencia and Caracas
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
Vietnam
Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City