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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 ‘benefits from strong links with its Bahrain and London office’, and the experience of a number of partners who have been based on the ground in Riyadh for decades. The firm is perceived as ‘strong on the company side work’ (as opposed to financial institutions work). The firm advised Ma’aden, the Saudi mineral resources company, on its $2.46bn IPO of shares on the Saudi Stock Market; the deal was one of the largest Middle Eastern equity transactions in 2008. Other clients include Mitsubishi Corporation and SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation). ‘They are normally very busy, but once they are onboard a transaction, they are very good to work with’, comment clients. John Xefos is recommended.
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,
‘Reliable and experienced’ Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie has an unusually longstanding reputation in the region, thanks primarily to the work of well-known partners John Xefos and George Sayen. The firm recently advised Saudi Arabian Mining (Ma’aden) on contracts for the $1.5bn development of process plants. Other clients include Mitsubishi and Almarai, the dairy company. Unusually, the firm does not have a Dubai office in the Middle East, but has ‘an extensive track record of work in the region’.
Legal market
Within Legal market,
Foreign law firms are obligated to operate in alliance with local Saudi practices. The firms best placed to cater to the commercial demands of the domestic market are: Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie; Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm in co-operation with Clifford Chance LLP and Law Office of Mohammed A Al Sheikh (in assoc with White & Case LLP).
Projects and energy
Within Projects and energy , Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,
‘Active on the sponsor side’, Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie advised Saudi Arabian Mining (Ma’aden) in connection with a major phosphate mine project. George Sayen leads a team which ‘works closely with colleagues in Bahrain and London’.
What we say worldwide
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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
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- 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
- Employment : Employment
- Tax : Tax
- Legal Market : Legal Market
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
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
- EU regulatory Environment (including WEEE and RoHS) : EU regulatory Environment (including WEEE and RoHS)
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Islamic finance : Islamic finance
- Project finance : Project finance
- Legal market : Legal market
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Foreign firms : Banking and finance
- Foreign firms : Capital markets
- Foreign firms : Corporate & M&A
- Foreign firms : Dispute resolution
- Foreign firms : Employment
- Foreign firms : Intellectual property
- Foreign firms : Projects and energy
- Foreign firms : Real estate
- Foreign firms : TMT
- Foreign firms : Tax
- Foreign firms : WTO/international trade
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
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- 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
- Real estate and construction Real estate : Real estate and construction Real estate
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Egypt
Offices in Cairo
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Oil and gas : Oil and gas
- Privatisation : Privatisation
- Projects and infrastructure : Projects and infrastructure
- Telecoms : Telecoms
- Legal market : Legal market
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- 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
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Health and life sciences : Health and life sciences
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Media and entertainment: Full-service firms : Media and entertainment: Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Ghana
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt and equity) : Capital markets (debt and equity)
- Construction : Construction
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- 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
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy : Energy
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- IP : IP
- 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
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets Equity : Capital markets Equity
- Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition : EU, regulatory and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Bologna Leading firms : Bologna Leading firms
- Legal market : Legal market
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance - International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : Capital markets - International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A - International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution - International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property - International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy - International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction - International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : Structured finance/securitisation - International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : Tax - International firms and joint ventures
Kuwait
Kazakhstan
Offices in Almaty
London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Customs & Excise
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets -UK 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 : Outsourcing and procurement
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud - commercial and regulatory investigations
- Dispute resolution : Overview
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- 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 : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions (incl pensions dispute resolution)
- 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 : Water
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- 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
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
- Malaysia overview : Legal market overview
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Employment : Employment
- Mediation : Mediation
- Project finance and PFI : Project finance and PFI
- Tax : Tax
UK Overview
Philippines
Offices in Makati
- 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
- Immigration : Immigration
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
- Foreign firms : Foreign firms
- Philippines overview : Legal market overview
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Projects, energy and natural resources
- Real estate : Real estate
- 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
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
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
- Shipping : Shipping
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Joint law ventures : Joint law ventures
- Local firms : Projects and energy - Local firms
- Foreign firms : Banking and finance - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Capital markets - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Corporate and M&A - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Projects and energy - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Restructuring and insolvency - Foreign firms
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
- Legal market : Legal market
Switzerland
- 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
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Zurich - Leading firms : Zurich - Leading firms
- Legal market : Legal market
Taiwan
Offices in Taipei
- 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
- Taiwan overview : Legal market overview
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- 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
- Thailand overview : Legal market overview
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Tax : Tax
US
Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, and Houston
- Finance : Bank lending: Midwest
- Finance : Project finance: National
- Finance : Structured finance: derivatives and structured products: National
- Finance : Structured finance - securitization: National
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious - specialist advice: National
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology - data protection and privacy: National
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology - outsourcing: National
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology - transactions: National
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: national firms - large deals
- Real estate and construction : Illinois
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : Tax controversy: National
Vietnam
Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- 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 : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Vietnam overview : Legal market overview