Capital Markets: Equity | Global

Khalid Garousha has an impressive reputation for his work handling IPOs and private equity matters across the region. Based in Abu Dhabi, he is a senior member of the global A&O Shearman leadership team and primarily focused on managerial and operational matters.

Sami Al-Louzi is based in Dubai, from where he has acted on several ground-breaking matters. He is noted for his impressive list of clients from the oil and gas, infrastructure and healthcare sectors, among others. In addition to his capital markets work he is also active on a broad range of M&A mandates.

Jason Manketo is a New York-admitted lawyer based in London. His practice has a noted emphasis on the Middle East, with recent work including lead roles on high-value and innovative IPO listings on both the Muscat and Abu Dhabi exchanges.

Marwan Elaraby of Gibson Dunn is widely respected for his capital markets skills, with notable experience handling equity matters relating to the UAE and Egypt. Based in Dubai, he is well versed in acting for issuer clients from the oil and gas sector.

With a long-standing reputation in the Saudi Arabian legal market, Omar Rashid leads Clifford Chance's Middle Eastern equity capital markets division. He combines his expertise in ECM matters with extensive experience in M&A transactions.

Ahmed Ibrahim is a leader in equity issuances within the UAE and has further experience handling matters in Egypt. He frequently acts for leading domestic banks on rights issues and IPOs. He is the founder of independent law firm Ibrahim & Partners and is based in Dubai.

Ali Shaikley is an increasingly prominent figure in Middle East capital markets matters. He offers considerable experience relating to IPOs on the Dubai Financial Market and divides his time between the London and New York offices of Sidley Austin.

Nomaan Raja is based in Dubai and offers a full breadth of capital markets expertise. He is a leading regional debt lawyer who is highly acclaimed for sukuk and sovereign issuances, and who has strong expertise in high-yield bond offerings. He demonstrates significant further activity in the equity capital markets arena.