John Cunha > ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners > Kuwait City, Kuwait > Lawyer Profile

ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners‘s banking and finance department leverages its ‘wealth of knowledge and a diverse range of specialisations’ in pursuit of various high-profile mandates involving capital markets, Islamic and conventional finance, and project financing, as well as equity and debt transactions. Noted as ‘responsive’ and ‘commercial’, the team is frequently retained in high-value project financing matters, including novel PPP projects, and is well positioned to handle cross-border matters, especially regional GCC and multi-jurisdictional matters. The team is led by senior partners John Cunha and Rob Little. Ibrahim Sattout boasts over 30 years of experience in high-value transactions in the finance and capital markets sector, while Ezekiel Tuma holds broad expertise in finance restructuring and cross-border financing matters.

ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners‘s corporate department is renowned by clients for its ‘ability to bridge the gap between the expectations of foreign investors and local laws and practice’, routinely advising local and multinational clients on corporate transactions and governance matters, with notably activity in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, especially in the GCC, restructurings, and asset sales. The team is chaired by senior partners Sam Habbas, who is highly active in financial sector-related transactions, and Ibrahim Sattout, who fields over 30 years of experience in M&A mandates. Paul Day and Rob Little are at the forefront of share sale mandates, while co-head Ezekiel Tuma advises clients on some of the highest value acquisitions in the Kuwaiti market, especially the aviation and financial sectors. John Cunha and Luis Cunha are also key members of the team.