DLA Piper Middle East LLP's corporate and commercial team routinely advises government ministries, multinational companies, local and regional banks, and various other clients in M&A and Shariah-compliant transactions. Mohamed Toorani heads up the practice and is praised as ‘extremely commercial' and ’always responsive‘. He is ably supported by the multilateral expertise of Jenan Banahi, Noor Haqiqi, and Lulwa Alzain, who are experienced in M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, and other commercial matters.
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Testimonials
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- 'Mohamed Toorani is extremely commercial and, regardless of the size of the mandate, always responsive. He is one of my trusted, go-to lawyers for big issues in Bahrain. I highly recommend him.'
- 'Mohamed Toorani thinks like an in-house lawyer and doesn't give you memos full of disclaimers but finds a work-around which works legally and commercially.’
Key clients
- Binance
- Abdulla Al Abdulghani & Brothers W.L.L.
- Bahrain Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
- Venture Capital Bank
- GFH Financial Group
- Mashreq Bank
- Kuwait Investment Authority
- Bank ABC
- Al Salam Bank
- Gulf International Bank
- Batelco
- Rain Financial
- Environmental Chemical Corporation
- Roche
- Sabre
- Arab Bank
- Kuwait Finance House
- Bahrain Islamic Bank
Work highlights
Advising the Bahraini Ministry for Transport and Telecommunications on the procurement of a 109km above ground metro line PPP project.
Advised Binance Holdings Ltd firstly on its license, from Bahrain’s central bank to be a crypto-asset service provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Advised Riverstone, an administrative agent, collateral agent, and sustainability-linked loan coordinator, on a sustainability-linked term loan with the borrower, Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc.
Practice head
Mohamed Toorani
Other key lawyers
Jenan Banahi; Lulwa Alzain; Noor Haqiqi