About Us

ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners ("ASAR") is the leading law firm in Kuwait and one of the leading law firms in the Gulf region. We aim to provide our clients with comprehensive legal support for their business activities in the Gulf region and beyond. In addition to our office in Kuwait, we have an office in Bahrain which helps strengthen our ability to provide complete and wide ranging advice with respect to all of our clients' needs.

We work with and advise many local and international agencies and businesses in both the public and private sectors, and we also serve as counsel for a select number of individuals and families. Our overriding aim is to ensure that whatever our clients' business objectives are, whether in the Gulf region or beyond, we are able to provide the advice, experience and technical expertise to ensure that they can achieve them.

Our lawyers operate internationally and we are able to provide our clients with commercial advice that is customized to meet both local and international demands. Our international capabilities are further enhanced by our long-standing association with Stephenson Harwood that provides our clients with access to seamless advice of the highest quality, wherever they are doing business.

The firm has been consistently rated as the leading corporate and commercial law firm in Kuwait by legal guides such as the Chambers Global Guide, International Financial Law Review and the Legal 500.

In addition to English and Arabic, our lawyers are fluent in French, Dutch, Portuguese, Urdu, Afrikaans, Swahili, Lusoga, Luganda, Malay, Tagalog, Punjabi and Indonesian.

 
News
ASAR to act as Kuwait legal advisors on the IWPP project
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners (ASAR) is pleased to advise that the firm is part of the successful consortium that was recently awarded the bid to provide transaction advisory services to the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) and the Partnerships Technical Bureau (PTB) with respect to the Al Zour Independent Water and Power Producer (IWPP) Project in Kuwait. More
Change of Firm Name
Effective April 1st 2010, the name of our law firm has changed to ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners. All our lawyers and staff, except for More
ASAR acts as lead transaction counsel in the acquisition of Sahaab Aircraft Leasing W.L.L by Jazeera Airways Corporation K.S.C
ASAR acted as the lead transaction counsel in the just concluded sale of 100% of the shares of Sahaab Aircraft Leasing W.L.L (“Sahaab”) to Jazeera Airways Company K.S.C (“Jazeera Airways”) for a consideration of US$ 89 Million. As lead transaction counsel, ASAR handled all More
Announcement in respect of the Appointment of New Partner
ASAR is pleased to announce that Ibrahim Sattout has become a partner at the International Section of the Firm with effect from January 1, 2010. Ibrahim’s practice covers banking and finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and More
ASAR receives the Best Law Firm of the Year Award
Al Sarraf & Al Ruwayeh (ASAR) is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the Best Law Firm in Kuwait award for 2009 presented by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR). More
ASAR receives the Best M&A Deal Award
Al Sarraf & Al Ruwayeh (ASAR) is pleased to announce its receipt of the Best M&A Deal of the Year 2009 award for its assistance to Unicorn Investment Bank in its acquisition of the money exchange operations of Bahrain Financing Company B.S.C.(c). More
ASAR Bahrain acts as local counsel to Sellers on a US$115,000,000 Murabaha to Kuwait Turkish Participation Bank, Inc. (KTPB)
ASAR Bahrain acted as local Bahraini counsel to a consortium of Gulf and European Banks (the Sellers) in connection with a US$115,000,000 Murabaha facility to KTPB. ASAR advised in relation to the transaction documents and delivered a local law enforceability legal More
 
 
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