Tier 1 in Financial & Corporate – ASAR Bahrain Shines in IFLR1000 ASAR Bahrain has secured a Tier 1 ranking in Financial & Corporate in the newly released IFLR1000 Middle East guide, underscoring our strength in the Bahraini market. This year’s…
Leading the Way: ASAR, Kuwait’s Only Tier 1 Project Development Firm in IFLR1000
Kuwait’s legal market saw a major standout this year — and ASAR is at the centre of it. ASAR Kuwait has been ranked Tier 1 in Financial & Corporate and is recognised as the only Tier 1 firm for Project Development…
Distinction. Creativity. Innovation. Celebrating Bahraini Women.
Bahraini Women’s Day: Powering Progress Bahraini Women’s Day celebrates the women whose ideas, leadership and resilience continue to shape the country’s growth. This year’s theme — “Bahraini Women: Distinction, Creativity, Innovation” — captures what drives Bahrain forward: new thinking, high standards…
Engaging with CRCICA on Regional Arbitration Trends
We welcomed Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), to our office for an in-depth discussion on how CRCICA is shaping arbitration in Egypt and across the region. Dr. Selim outlined CRCICA’s practical approach…
Building Kuwait’s Infrastructure through Partnership
Building Kuwait’s Infrastructure Future: PPP Successes and Next-Phase Projects At the ASAR Conference 2025, Manal Al Mutairi of KAPP shared how Kuwait’s public-private partnership (PPP) model is shaping the country’s infrastructure and driving sustainable economic growth. Her presentation highlighted how collaborative…
Financing the next generation of energy projects
Powering Kuwait’s future: Structuring and financing energy projects through PPPs Kuwait’s energy transition is gaining momentum. In one of the most technical sessions of ASAR Conference 2025, David Charlier, Kunal Singh, Ayman Al-Qattan, Fahad Al-Zuabi, and Ibrahim Sattout examined how Kuwait can…
Guiding NBK’s KWD 150M Tier 2 Issuance: Structured. Rated. Delivered
Guiding NBK’s KWD 150M Tier 2 Issuance: Structured. Rated. Delivered ASAR acted as legal counsel to National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. on the successful issuance of KWD 150 million in resetting subordinated Tier 2 bonds, maturing in 2036. Structured across fixed…
Executing a complex cross-border Tier 2 Notes Issuance for NBK
ASAR advised National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. on its US$300 million Resetting Subordinated Tier 2 Notes issuance – a cross-border transaction requiring coordinated execution across multiple regulatory frameworks and jurisdictions. This issuance involved collaboration with leading global financial institutions and international law firms, including Citibank N.A., London…
Advising on a KWD 1.5 billion facility
Another major step in Kuwait’s financing landscape: a KWD 1.5 billion facility for KPC Kuwait’s financing market saw the closing of a KWD 1.5 billion senior unsecured conventional loan and commodity murabaha term facility for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. ASAR advised the…
Turning vision in action for Kuwait’s future
Kuwait at the Crossroads: Translating Global Change into Local Strategy The first panel of ASAR Conference 2025 explored how Kuwait can adapt to global economic shifts and translate them into sustainable domestic policy. Moderated by Robert Willock, the session brought together…