The Kuwait office of Al Tamimi & Company, the largest law firm in the Middle East, recently sponsored the annual MEED Kuwait Projects event. The event draws companies regionally and from around the globe that are directly or indirectly involved with the privatization projects being tendered in Kuwait.
Alex Saleh, Partner & Head of Office for Al Tamimi & Company in Kuwait, presented a detailed discussion on financing solutions and challenges for Kuwait's mega projects from a legal analysis on the first day. He then moderated a panel involving prominent individuals from the public sector, the banking industry and the World Bank.
On the second day, Mr. Saleh hosted another panel discussion regarding Kuwait's first PPP project, Az Zour North IWPP, and the ability to transfer key learning's to future PPP's. Among others, this panel included Philip Kotsis, Partner with Al Tamimi & Company, and esteemed officials from the Partnership Technical Bureau and the private sector. Al Tamimi is currently mandated as the Kuwait legal counsel on behalf of the lenders with respect to the Az Zour North project.
As the sole law firm sponsoring the event, the Al Tamimi & Company team worked with a number of other institutions and individuals to help make the conference a success. After the event, Mr. Saleh noted, "We are pleased to be involved in the projects being tendered by the PTB. Our involvement ranges from representing the government to representing lenders and development companies. Our team is known as the trusted legal partner for Kuwait" Partner and Kuwait Joint Venture Partner, Attorney Yaqoub Al Munayae added, "Being involved with helping Kuwait develop its infrastructure is historical. We are proud to be involved at the various levels."
About Al Tamimi & Company
Al Tamimi & Company was established in 1989 and is the largest regional law firm, with twelve fully-owned offices or through partners in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and employs approximately 500 staff, 270 lawyers and 44 partners. The Kuwait office offers full legal service in Kuwait through a joint venture with Kuwait lawyer Yaqoub Yousef Al Munayae.
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