GLA & Company
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GLA & Company is a regional MENA-based full-service law firm serving companies doing business in the Middle East. The firm advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters, with a noted focus on data protection and privacy, and has offices across several GCC countries and Egypt.
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Alex Saleh
Alex Saleh is the Managing Partner of GLA & Company and takes a leading regional role within the firm with respect to its M&A and Private Equity practice. With over 25 years of experience in both the GCC markets as well as the US, he has accumulated sizable expertise in the areas of banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital market deals and infrastructure projects. His experience garners praise from the leading legal directories as he is annually awarded “Market Leader” by the IFLR1000, “Band One” by Chambers & Partners and “Leading Individual” by Legal 500. Alex’s transactions regularly win Deals of the Year by the same institutions and organizations. With respect to his corporate practice, Alex has closed on a significant number of GCC merger & acquisition transaction in various industries including logistics, education, health care, construction, and finance. He has also represented many private equity firms in various investments in the same industries developing and building a good relationship with that community over the years. He also represents many GCC-based financial institutions in all facets, including basic bilateral facility agreements, syndicated loan transactions (conventional and Sharia-compliant) and project finance. He has also been involved in many of the large bond and sukuk debt capital market issuances in the region. Finally, Alex has also acted in many large infrastructure projects such as power generation plants, water desalination plants and wastewater projects, in the context of both public private partnerships and more traditional structures. On various transactions, he has alternatively represented GCC governments, private sponsors and project lenders depending on the particular project. · Mergers And Acquisitions
Asad Ahmad
Partner · Merger Control
Ashraf Hendi
Partner and Regional Head of Banking & Finance · Banking & Finance
Dean Jaloudi
Partner and Head of Doha office · Corporate and M&A
Hegui Taha
Partner, Head of Cairo Office · Corporate
Mohammed Al Awadhi
Partner · Corporate Law
Mohammed Al Mandeel
Partner, Head of Riyadh Office · Corporate
Nader Al Awadhi
Founder, Senior Partner & Head of Litigation · Corporate Litigation