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Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie

PO BOX 4288, RIYADH 11491, SAUDI ARABIA
Zurich, Washington DC, Warsaw, Vienna, Valencia, Toronto and 70 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Saudi Arabia

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie’s lawyers are ‘continuously high quality’, and demonstrate ‘good industry and regional knowledge – especially in banking and Saudi projects’. Energy projects are a prime source of instructions, and the firm recently advised Saudi Electricity Company on the $989m COFACE-backed financing of Shoaiba III thermal power plant. The firm’s growing strength in Islamic finance is also worthy of note. Ian Siddell, who splits his time between Riyadh and Bahrain, and Julie Alexander are ‘excellent’.

Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie advised the Saudi Binladin Group on the $187m sukuk al murabaha issued by BVI-based SGB Sukuk Limited. Ian Siddell is ‘one of the market’s prominent lawyers’.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie has a long history in Saudi Arabia and is ‘one of the few firms that has kept its high quality of service in all aspects’. In 2011, Karim Nassar and Ian Siddell, who splits his time between Riyadh and Bahrain, advised Al-Ittefaq Steel Products on the corporate and financial restructuring of over $2bn of existing conventional and Islamic liabilities.

Projects and energy

Within Projects and energy, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie handles conventional and Islamic project finance deals, and shows ‘good regional and industry knowledge, especially in banking and Saudi projects’. It advised Ma’aden on the $7.5bn multi-tranche integrated project financings of an aluminium smelter and rolling mill. Ian Siddell and Julie Alexander are ‘industrious, careful and knowledgeable’.

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