About
Co-Founder and Partner at Meysan Partners in Kuwait, Abdul Aziz Al Yaqout is a leading regional lawyer who established a prominent capital markets practice advising on IPOs, public take-overs and capital markets compliance. He also advises on regulatory and competition law, has extensive experience in restructuring, out-of-court workouts and insolvency matters, and was a co-author of the Kuwait Companies Law.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsRegulatory & ComplianceCompetition / AntitrustRestructuring & Insolvency
Office
Expertise
Capital markets (IPOs, public take-overs, capital markets compliance)Regulatory and competition lawRestructuring, out-of-court workouts and reorganizationsInsolvency (representation of insolvency administrators, distressed companies, creditors)Privatisation transactions
Education
- University of Cologne, First State Examination, 1997
- Appeal Court of Cologne, Second State Examination, 1999
- University of Münster, LL.M., 2004
Admissions
- Rechtsanwalt registered with Rechtsanwaltskammer Koln
Languages
ArabicEnglishGerman