KUWAIT Law and Practice Contributed by: Alex Saleh, Asad Ahmad, Khaled Al Makhezeem and Liana Rashid, GLA & Company
GLA & Company provides strategic, cost-effective and forward-thinking legal representation for com - panies seeking to do business in the Middle East. The firm’s practice encompasses all legal issues that companies are likely to encounter in the global busi - ness environment. With extensive experience advis - ing clients in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, it provides unique insights for compa - nies seeking to establish or expand business opera -
tions in these nations. The firm’s emphasis is on get - ting deals cleared with the local competition authority and it has excellent relationships with regulators in the GCC. It has been successful in securing no ob - jections from these bodies to the clearance of deals. The firm’s lawyers are intimately familiar with the gov - erning authorities and routinely work with the relevant agencies, departments and committees on behalf of clients.
Authors
Alex Saleh is the managing partner of GLA & Company and takes a leading regional role in the firm in terms of its M&A and private equity practice. With over 25 years of experience in both the GCC and the US, he has
Khaled Al Makhezeem is a corporate and commercial lawyer at GLA & Company. His expertise focuses on corporate and M&A, commercial advisory and capital markets. He advises on various matters such as
accumulated sizeable expertise in the areas of banking and finance, M&A, capital market deals and infrastructure projects. His experience garners praise from the leading legal directories and his transactions regularly win Deals of the Year from the same institutions and organisations.
drafting agreements, carrying out legal due diligence exercises and providing legal opinions on corporate and commercial matters. He focuses on corporate governance compliance, corporate structuring and restructuring, M&A transactions and shareholder disputes.
Asad Ahmad is the head of the antitrust and competition practice at GLA & Company. He has been involved in a number of transactional and advisory works in various industries, including logistics,
Liana Rashid is a trainee lawyer at GLA & Company. While completing her degree, she undertook numerous voluntary roles at both the university and for external events in aid of good causes. She has a diverse range of
construction, finance, healthcare and education. His practice has involved comprehensive representation with regard to M&A, conducting extensive due diligence exercises in relation to complex transactions, as well as distribution and agency arrangements. He has an extensive background in advising on the marketing of securities, corporate governance issues, policies and regulatory compliance and he has expanded his expertise to include advising on data protection and regulation.
experience in the Kuwaiti legal field, including advising on corporate commercial matters and representing high-profile clients in arbitration and litigation proceedings. She also has extensive legal research experience and has already assisted in various high-level corporate transactions taking place in the GCC area.
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