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Priding itself on being one of the fastest-growing banks in the Middle East, Bank Sohar counts upon a similarly dynamic and forward-thinking in-house legal function to drive its enviable rate of expansion. Fortunately, both individuals within the team and the function as a whole are highly rated. One nominator praised the team for ‘consistently providing very high quality advice to the bank’, pointing out the excellent standard of the teams work on ‘project finance, wholesale banking, retail banking, financial regulation, debt capital markets and general corporate advice’. Head of legal Elsamawal Idris came in for extensive praise from nominating sources as well, who described him as ‘technically a very strong lawyer who is accessible and punctual in carrying out his role’.