6TH FLOOR, AL SALAM TOWER, PO BOX 11981, MANAMA, BAHRAIN
What we say about the firm's legal practice in Bahrain
Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,
Baker & McKenzie Limited’s Bahrain office is best known for advising clients on the financing for Saudi deals, although it regularly acts on matters throughout the region. The group recently advised Marafiq on its first commercial financing – a 15-year, SAR2.5bn murabaha facility – and acted for Arab Bank on a $35.8m term loan facility to Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo for the construction of a building in Bahrain’s diplomatic area. Julie Alexander and Bilal Kahlon have ‘extensive knowledge of the regional banking market’, while Ian Siddell is a ‘very safe pair of hands’.
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,
Baker & McKenzie Limited’s Julie Alexander advised First Energy Bank as part of a consortium acquiring an equity interest in the Al Dur power generation and seawater desalination plant in Bahrain, while Caroline Long acted for Gulf International Bank on its $4.8bn asset sale and capital restructuring. The group also represents a number of prominent Saudi Arabian clients such as Saudi Basic Industries. George Sayen heads the team.
Islamic finance
Within Islamic finance, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,
Baker & McKenzie Limited’s ‘quality of work is among the best’. Its work includes acting for The National Commercial Bank and Samba Financial Group on the SAR4.75bn multi-option Islamic and trade finance facilities for Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University, and advising Saudi Binladin Group on a murabaha-based sukuk. Ian Siddel and Julie Alexander are ‘both extremely knowledgeable, calm under pressure, and tenacious in negotiations’.
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, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,
Baker & McKenzie Limited has ‘a great deal of experience, particularly in the Saudi project finance market’, and its practice is ‘one of the most thorough in the GCC’. The group recently advised Saudi Arabian Mining Company on multi-tranche project financing for an aluminium smelter and rolling mill, and acted for The National Commercial Bank on the SAR205.8m project financing for a district cooling plant. Ian Siddell’s ‘measured and non-confrontational approach is well suited to the GCC market’.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
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Australia
Offices in Sydney and Melbourne
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition and trade : Competition and trade
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and resources : Energy and resources
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
- TMT : TMT
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
- Tax : Tax
Azerbaijan
Offices in Baku
Belgium
Offices in Brussels, Antwerp, and Brussels
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Environment : Environment
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Environment (including WEEE and RoHS)
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Islamic finance : Islamic finance
- Project finance : Project finance
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Employment : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Germany
Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals : Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Oil and gas : Oil and gas
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
- Tax and trusts : Tax and trusts
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
- 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
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
India
Italy
Offices in Rome, Milan, and Bologna
- 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
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Bologna Leading firms : Bologna Leading firms
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
- Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : International firms and joint ventures
Kuwait
Kazakhstan
Offices in Almaty
London
Offices in London EC4V and London EC4V
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs and Excise
- 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 : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: corporate crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
- 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)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
- Public sector : Overview
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- 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
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Investment funds : Investment funds
Libya
Malaysia
Offices in Kuala Lumpur
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Islamic finance : Islamic finance
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Employment : Employment
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
Philippines
Offices in Makati
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
- Immigration : Immigration
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Russia
Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: Moscow : Corporate and M&A: Moscow
- Corporate and M&A: St Petersburg : Corporate and M&A: St Petersburg
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Switzerland
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance: Geneva : Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich : Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, competition and WTO : EU, competition and WTO
- Insolvency and corporate recovery : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private banking : Private banking
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Geneva Leading firms : Geneva Leading firms
- Zurich Leading firms : Zurich Leading firms
Taiwan
Offices in Taipei
- 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
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Shipping : Shipping
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets) : Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, and Houston
- Finance : Project finance
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
- Labor and employment : Immigration
- Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : International trade
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : International
- Tax : Tax controversy
Vietnam
Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- 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
- Intellectual property : International firms
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Tax : Tax