Arif Mawany > Al Tamimi & Company > Muscat, Oman > Lawyer Profile

Al Tamimi & Company
AL ASSALAH, TOWERS BUILDING 223, BLOCK 237
OFFICE 409, STREET 3701, GHUBRAH SOUTH
MUSCAT
Oman

Work Department

Corporate Commercial

Position

Head of Corporate Commercial – Oman

Career

Arif Mawany heads the Corporate Commercial department in Oman. Arif is also a member of the antitrust / competition, healthcare and turnaround, restructuring and insolvency groups.

He regularly advises corporations involved in joint ventures, corporate and M&A transactions across a range of sectors including utilities, healthcare, education, retail, telecoms, leisure, mining and energy.  Arif previously worked in senior roles at New York and London head quartered law firms.

Arif has extensive experience advising on IPOs, M&A, private equity, corporate finance and project matters and has worked with a wide variety of financial institutions, private equity investors and companies from the USA, UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, undertaking deals in the Middle East.

Arif is recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ by the Legal 500 EMEA for Commercial, Corporate and M&A and as a ‘Rising Star’ in Oman by IFLR 2020.

Languages

English

Memberships

2006  – Solicitor, England & Wales

Education

2004 – LPC (distinction), College of Law

2001 – LLB Laws, University College London (UCL)

Lawyer Rankings

Oman > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Arif Mawany Al Tamimi & Company

Al Tamimi & Company‘s corporate and commercial department is praised by clients for its ‘strong relationship with regulators and authorities’, advising major local and regional Gulf clients in high-value transactions, including asset and share sales, stake acquisitions, and cross-border M&As. Arif Mawany heads the team with Ahmed Al Barwani, and both are notably experienced in Islamic financing, cross-border transactions, and restructurings across a range of industries, including retail, telecommunications, energy, and healthcare.