Corporate & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Kuwait
Band 2
Email address
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+965 2205 1000About
Provided by Meysan Partners
Meysan Partners’ highly trained, skillful, and dedicated transactional lawyers provide counsel on complex corporate and litigation matters that is generally expected from large international law firms.
Meysan Partners is Kuwait’s leading law firm, and the most sought-after firm for cross-border transactions. From M&A and venture capital to private and public equity, debt offerings and litigation, our lawyers assist clients through all stages of their transactions to ensure optimal success.
We advise on more M&A transactions (by value) than any other law firm in Kuwait and have worked on virtually all the big public M&A deals in Kuwait in recent years. In the last seven years our lawyers have advised on 30 multimillion-dollar M&A deals, exceeding US$30 billion in value. This accumulated deal value makes Meysan Partners the undisputed leader for M&A in Kuwait, and one of the leaders in the broader Middle East region.
Our litigation practice has grown year on year for the last five years and is now one of the largest in Kuwait. Senior partner Waleed Al Tattan leads a large team of lawyers skilled at handling the full range of local and international cases, and we now work on virtually all the largest disputes in Kuwait.
The firm’s 2022 merger with Arkan Legal Consultants has further enhanced our name for corporate and mergers and acquisitions.
Chambers Review
Meysan Partners is a prominent Kuwaiti law firm with deep experience across an array of transactional and regulatory matters. Its seasoned team of lawyers advises on high-value capital markets, M&A and private equity work, in addition to banking and finance mandates and all aspects of operational and contractual matters. The firm is also noted for its considerable disputes experience, regularly being called upon to handle big-ticket litigation and arbitration cases.
Work Highlights
- Meysan Partners acted for Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive Company as sole transaction counsel on the USD3 billion private placement offering of AAG.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Meysan is amazing in terms of local knowledge. They're on-point and see the whole strategic vision."
"Meysan is amazing in terms of local knowledge. They're on-point and see the whole strategic vision."
Notable Practitioners
Bader El-Jeaan is the co-founder, senior partner and head of corporate at Meysan Partners. He is a highly respected name in the Kuwaiti legal environment and is known for taking on very high-value M&A and capital markets transactions.
"Bader is terrific on all fronts. He is a brilliant individual and an amazing lawyer."
Tarek Yehya leads the firm's capital markets group. In his client work he is able to draw upon a wide-ranging experience that touches upon all aspects of equity and debt issuances.
"Tarek is very responsive and knowledgeable about the workings of the competition authority in Kuwait."
Waleed Al Tattan heads the dispute resolution team, and is very prominent in this field within Kuwait. He has experience across a range of contentious matters, including agency and taxation disputes.
Ranked Lawyers at
Meysan Partners
Kuwait
Clients
Provided by Meysan Partners
Agility
Ahli United Bank
Dunkin Donuts – Kuwait
Gulf Insurance Company
Jazeera Airways
Johnson Controls (Kuwait)
Kuwait English School Company
Kuwait Projects Company Holdings Company (KIPCO)
Kuwait Telecommunications Company (STC)
Warba Bank
Industries
Provided by Meysan Partners
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Consumer Retail Products
E-Commerce and Marketplace
Fintech
Food and Beverages
Government
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Insurance
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
Projects and Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Telecommunications
Transportation and Logistics
White Collar