OMAN LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Said Al-Shahry, Thamer Al-Shahry, Jeremy Pooley, Maria Mariam Rabeaa Petrou, Shadha Al Kharusi and Salim Al Harthi, Said Al Shahry & Partners (SASLO )
Jeremy Pooley is a special counsel and head of SASLO’s corporate and commercial practice and an international corporate lawyer of over 25 years’ standing. He specialises
Maria Mariam Rabeaa Petrou is a special counsel in SASLO’s corporate and commercial team. She is a Cypriot-qualified lawyer and holds an LLB from the University of Central Lancashire
in mergers, acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, PE/VC/buyouts, banking and finance, fund formation and asset management, capital markets, power and water projects, oil and gas projects (upstream and downstream), other greenfield and brownfield projects, and corporate and commercial law. His practice has focused on the Middle East for almost 15 years, and he has closed transactions across the GCC and wider MENA region.
and an LLM in International Business and Commercial Law from the University of Manchester. She is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and holds a diploma in international arbitration. Maria has practised law in Cyprus, the UAE and Oman, and has been based in the Middle East for the last nine years. She advises clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including advising consortia and lenders on independent water projects in Oman.
Shadha Al Kharusi is an associate in SASLO’s corporate and commercial team. Shadha is a qualified Omani lawyer who has a range of practice experience in advising clients on
Salim Al Harthi is an associate in SASLO’s corporate and commercial team. He frequently assists in advising clients on a variety of issues, including company law/corporate
commercial agencies, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, fund formation, due diligence procedures, acquisitions and regulatory compliance matters including in the fields of electricity generation, telecommunication and labour arrangements.
governance issues, new laws, regulatory compliance, and privacy and data protection. He joined SASLO from a reputable Omani company, where he assisted with a wide range of corporate and commercial legal work. Salim graduated from Brunel University in the United Kingdom with a bachelor’s degree in law in 2018.
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