Corporate & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Kuwait
Band 2
About
Provided by Meysan
Meysan’s Kuwait corporate practice is renowned for handling a diverse range of high-value and complex legal matters. The team specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, restructurings, and cross-border investments. It also provides expert counsel on regulatory compliance and innovative “market-first” transactions. Clients benefit from Meysan’s deep understanding of Kuwaiti law and its ability to align legal strategies with commercial objectives, ensuring tailored solutions for every engagement. The firm represents a broad spectrum of clients, including leading blue-chip companies and multinational corporations.
Recent work highlights include advising on transformative cross-border M&A transactions, facilitating inbound investments into Kuwait, and successfully navigating complex regulatory frameworks for multinational corporations. The firm’s specialisations extend beyond corporate law to include finance, commercial law, and dispute resolution.
Meysan’s lawyers are particularly skilled in managing cross-border transactions, ensuring compliance with multi-jurisdictional regulations, and mitigating risks in high-value deals. With a reputation for innovation and excellence, the Kuwait corporate practice consistently delivers outstanding results for its clients, maintaining its position as a leader in the region.
Chambers Review
Meysan is a prominent Kuwaiti law firm with deep experience across an array of transactional and regulatory matters. Its seasoned team of lawyers advises on high-value capital markets, M&A and private equity work, in addition to banking and finance mandates and all aspects of operational and contractual matters. The firm is also noted for its considerable disputes experience, regularly being called upon to handle big-ticket litigation and arbitration cases.
Work Highlights
- Meysan acted for Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive Company as sole transaction counsel on the USD3 billion private placement offering of AAG.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Meysan is amazing in terms of local knowledge. They're on-point and see the whole strategic vision."
"Meysan is amazing in terms of local knowledge. They're on-point and see the whole strategic vision."
Notable Practitioners
Bader El-Jeaan is the co-founder, senior partner and head of corporate at Meysan Partners. He is a highly respected name in the Kuwaiti legal environment and is known for taking on very high-value M&A and capital markets transactions.
"Bader is terrific on all fronts. He is a brilliant individual and an amazing lawyer."
Tarek Yehya leads the firm's capital markets group. In his client work he is able to draw upon a wide-ranging experience that touches upon all aspects of equity and debt issuances.
"Tarek is very responsive and knowledgeable about the workings of the competition authority in Kuwait."
Waleed Al Tattan heads the dispute resolution team, and is very prominent in this field within Kuwait. He has experience across a range of contentious matters, including agency and taxation disputes.
Ranked Lawyers at
Meysan
Kuwait
Clients
Provided by Meysan
Agility
Ahli United Bank
Dunkin Donuts – Kuwait
Gulf Insurance Company
Jazeera Airways
Johnson Controls (Kuwait)
Kuwait English School Company
Kuwait Projects Company Holdings Company (KIPCO)
Kuwait Telecommunications Company (STC)
Warba Bank
Industries
Provided by Meysan
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Consumer Retail Products
E-Commerce and Marketplace
Fintech
Food and Beverages
Government
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Insurance
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
Projects and Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Telecommunications
Transportation and Logistics
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