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Bahrain
Banking and finance
Banking and finance - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
The βextremely polishedβ practice at Baker & McKenzie Limited provides βa very high-level serviceβ; for some, it stands βhead and shoulders above other firms in Bahrainβ. The βdedicated and organisedβ Julie Alexander is highly recommended for her βunbelievable connection to the marketβ; she advised Ahli United Bank on facilities provided to Joannou & Paraskevaides for the development of two government infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. Ian Siddell and Bilal Kahlon have a track record acting for government entities and major banks.
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
The βexcellentβ corporate team at Baker & McKenzie Limited is well versed in M&A, joint ventures and reorganisations, and has extensive experience handling domestic and cross-border matters. David Monnier regularly acts for government entities, major banks and corporates on the full range of commercial, corporate and M&A matters, and has been particularly active in handling multijurisdictional restructurings and regulatory compliance matters. Key clients include the United Steel Company, Aluminium Bahrain, and First Energy Bank.
Islamic finance
Islamic finance - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
At Baker & McKenzie Limited, Islamic finance experts Ian Siddell and Julie Alexander handle a range of transactions, from sukuk issuances to corporate and commercial deals and projects-related matters in Bahrain. Highlights included acting for Nogaholding subsidiary Bahrain National Gas Expansion Company on conventional and Islamic financing for the development, construction, and operation of a gas plant in Sakhir, Bahrain.
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Projects and energy
Projects and energy - ranked: tier 1
Baker & McKenzie Limited
The βvery helpful and practicalβ projects and energy practice at Baker & McKenzie Limited provides βan excellent serviceβ and is βextremely efficient on all countsβ. Ian Siddell and Julie Alexander are highly regarded for their experience acting for lenders and developers across the oil and gas, aviation, and infrastructure sectors; recent highlights include acting for Nogaholding subsidiary Bahrain National Gas Expansion Company on the $515m financing for the development, construction, and operation of a gas processing plant in Sakhir, Bahrain.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
- Dispute resolution : Local court litigation
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Islamic finance
- Real estate
- Shipping
Afghanistan
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
- TMT
- Tax
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)
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Azerbaijan
Offices in Baku
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
- EU regulatory : Financial services
- EU regulatory : Food
- EU regulatory : Privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus : IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Legal market overview
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Islamic finance
- Projects and energy
Brazil
Offices in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A (including βcomplianceβ)
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Electricity
- Energy and natural resources : Hydrocarbons
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport and shipping
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 (including compliance)
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Canada
Offices in Toronto
Colombia
Offices in Bogota
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
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 international deals (β¬100m-β¬500m)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (β¬100m-β¬500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Telecoms
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Private equity
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Public sector : Public procurement
- 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
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Industry focus : Food
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Manufacturing
- Industry focus : Retail
- Industry focus : TMT
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patents
- Intellectual property : Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Environment
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Intellectual property : Trade marks, designs and copyright
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- 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 and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
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
Offices in Rome, Milan, and Bologna
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- 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
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs and Excise
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, Β£250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- 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 : Professional discipline
- 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 and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- 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 and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- 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
- TMT
- Tax
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 : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy : Regulatory
- Energy : Transactional
- Industry focus : IT
- 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
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT
- Tax
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
- TMT
- Tax
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Tax
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- IT and telecoms
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and media
- 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
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Sports law
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
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 and Istanbul
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Foreign firms
- IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- 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
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston
- Antitrust : Cartel
- 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
- 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 : Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment : ERISA litigation
- 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 : Immigration
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- 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