KUWAIT Law and Practice Contributed by: Sam Habbas, Luis Cunha, Hisham Al-Quraan and Mustafa Sayed, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners is a Tier 1-ranked corporate law firm and has operated in Kuwait for over 35 years. As one of the re - gion’s premier law firms to both domestic and foreign companies, it has a strong network of contacts throughout the MENA region. With its team of lawyers, its expertise extends over a wide range of areas that cater to the needs of local and foreign multinational corporations, banks and investment companies, industrial conglomerates, governments and state authori -
ties, and private clients. Its work cuts across various sectors and includes IPOs, capital mar - kets, M&A, banking and finance, real estate, government projects, securities, taxation, con - struction, corporate and commercial matters, franchising, commercial litigation and arbitra - tion. ASAR is also regularly retained by leading international law firms and has won numerous awards for legal services rendered. The firm has multilingual capabilities, including being able to provide services in English, Arabic and French.
Authors
Sam Habbas is the chairman and co-founder of ASAR and brings over 30 years of legal experience in Kuwait. He was instrumental in providing strategic direction and
Luis Cunha is a partner at ASAR and heads the firm’s corporate commercial team. With over two decades of top-tier legal experience across three continents, he has played a
development of ASAR it into the leading legal practice it is today in both Kuwait and Bahrain. An accomplished corporate lawyer, Sam has extensive expertise in corporate and commercial law and serves as lead counsel to a wide range of local and international clients. His practice covers a broad spectrum of matters, including commercial, banking and finance, aviation finance, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, energy, infrastructure and projects, as well as complex multi- jurisdictional corporate transactions across both the private and public sectors.
pivotal role in ASAR’s growth and success since joining the firm in 2009. Luis advises both international and domestic clients on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions. His sector experience spans pharmaceuticals, construction, defence, telecommunications, e-commerce, manufacturing, and oil and gas. He has been involved in several market-first transactions, notably the establishment of a majority foreign- owned company under a hybrid framework aligned with Kuwait’s Foreign Direct Investment Law. Luis is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
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