Mr Jeremy Pooley > Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) > Muscat, Oman > Lawyer Profile
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) Offices
SASLO Building No.597/1, Way No.262
Airport Heights, Behind Oman LNG, Ghala
P.O. Box 1288, Ruwi, PC 112, Sultanate of Oman
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Mr Jeremy Pooley
Work Department
Corporate Commercial
Position
Head of Corporate
Career
Jeremy is Head of SASLO’s Corporate Team.
Jeremy is an international corporate lawyer of over 20 years’ standing. He specializes in mergers, acquisitions and divestments; joint ventures; PE/VC/buyouts; fund formation and asset management; capital markets; oil and gas projects (upstream and downstream); other greenfield and brown field projects; and corporate and commercial law. His practice has focused on the Middle East since 2011, and he has closed transactions across the GCC and wider MENA region.
Jeremy graduated with first class honours from Cambridge University in 1994 and is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He joined SASLO from a London private equity law firm, where he was a partner. Jeremy has also worked in senior positions for UK magic and silver circle law firms out of Dubai, London, and Beijing and for a leading US law firm out of Singapore. He is listed in the Middle East edition of Who’s Who Legal 2017, and regularly contributes to legal journals and other publications in the region.
Languages
English, Hindi, French
Memberships
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
BA, English Literature, Pembroke College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1994
MA, English Literature, Pembroke College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1996
Postgraduate Diploma in Law (CPE), University of Law, London, United Kingdom, 1996
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC), University of Law, York, United Kingdom, 1997
Lawyer Rankings
Oman > Projects and energy
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)‘s projects team is noted for its ‘excellent local knowledge’, advising clients on real estate, desalination, mining, and energy projects in various local and international matters. Thamer Al-Shahry and Jeremy Pooley are noted for offering ‘quality advice’, along with Maria Mariam Rabea Petrou, who is highlighted for her ‘helpful and commercial advice’. Sherif Hampton is a key operator in the team for project financing matters, including Islamic financing and PPP projects.
Oman > Banking and finance
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)‘s banking and finance team acts in a number of high-value mandates in the local market, including the recent HSBC Oman merger with Sohar International Bank. The team holds notable expertise in transactional matters, equity and debt capital markets, project financing in the power, oil and gas, and real estate sectors, and share and asset sales to banks, among others. The team is jointly led by its senior partners, including Thamer Al Shahry, an expert in capital markets who is noted by clients for his ‘invaluable guidance’. Head of corporate work Jeremy Pooley is often active in the team’s transaction-heavy matters. Maria Mariam Rabea Petrou is an increasingly key member of the team, and extensively works on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Sherif Hampton is a key port of call for complex Islamic finance matters, especially in regional GCC jurisdictions.
Oman > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Praised by clients for its ‘substantive, tailored advice that directly addresses the specific issues faced by clients’, the corporate team at Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) acts in a diverse range of industries, including technology, insurance, and finance, and demonstrates notable experience in mandates involving IPOs, listings, joint venture agreements, and capital market transactions. The team is co-headed by its senior partners, including international corporate specialist Jeremy Pooley, capital markets expert Thamer Al-Shahry, Sherif Hampton, a specialist in Islamic finance-related matters, and Maria Mariam Rabea Petrou, who has a proven track record in cross-border transactional matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Oman
- Leading partners Oman > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Oman
- Projects and energy Oman