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What the Team is Known For

Linklaters maintains a compact team in Riyadh with pronounced strengths in finance as well as M&A work. The banking and finance group provides frequent counsel to a range of domestic and international banks and financial institutions, as well as assisting several regional corporations with their borrowing needs. The group has experience relating to a wide range of financing transactions, including acquisition and project financing as well as refinancing.

Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters acted for the lending syndicate, which included Saudi National Bank and Riyad Bank, on a debut SAR10 billion revolving credit facility provided to NEOM for use towards its general short-term credit requirements.

Strengths

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Linklaters handle things in a thoughtful, commercially minded but robust way.

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Notable Practitioners

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Omar El Sayed
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Omar El Sayed
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Omar El Sayed is Linklaters' principal banking and finance lawyer in Riyadh. He has an extensive background in Islamic and conventional financing, with significant expertise in syndicated loans and restructurings. He has a wealth of experience acting for commercial banks and export credit agencies, with further capability representing borrowers.

Omar is absolutely top-class and a very trusted partner for our activities in the Middle East. I can't say enough positives about him and the way he conducts business.

He is diligent, commercial and easy to work with. He is even-handed, whether he is acting on the borrowers' or the lenders' side.

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