Sam Habbas
About
Provided by Sam Habbas
Practice Areas
Aviation, Banking & Finance, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, PPP & PFI Projects, Private Client Services, Private Equity, Oil & Gas
Experience
Sam is the Senior Partner at ASAR and he established ASAR’s international division in 1988, providing strategic direction and developing it into the leading legal practice that it is today. As an accomplished corporate lawyer, Sam has extensive corporate and commercial law experience and both advises, and acts as lead counsel to, a host of local and foreign multinational clients on a wide range of commercial, banking and finance, aviation finance, M&A, oil and gas, energy, projects and infrastructure projects and multi-jurisdictional corporate transactions.
Sam also leads ASAR’s specialist private clients service and advises leading family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals in relation to their personal, business and philanthropic affairs. He also advises family offices on their governance and succession matters. Sam has been instrumental in the establishment of new family offices as well as providing ongoing strategic advice to families with long established family offices.
Languages Spoken
English
Arabic
Education
Boston College Law School, Massachusetts, USA
Juris Doctorate
University of Santa Clara, California, USA
Bachelor of Arts
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
International Financial Law Review (IFLR)
2019
Chambers Review
Global
Senior partner Sam Habbas is a prominent figure in Kuwait's legal landscape. He is especially sought after for his expertise in the finance sector, with recent experience advising on the provision of syndicated credit facilities and assisting with Islamic finance leasing arrangements.
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