Meysan Partners

Corporate, Regulatory and Government Affairs

Co-Founder and Partner

Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout is the Co-Founder and Partner with Meysan. He is one of the region’s most prominent lawyers, having advised some of the most successful businesses and public sector organizations operating in the region.

Abdul Aziz has established a leading capital markets practice in Kuwait, which advises on transactions including initial public offerings (IPOs) and public take-overs as well as capital markets compliance matters. His practice also focuses on regulatory and competition law, where he represents corporate clients and financial investors in a wide array of complex legal matters.

Abdul Aziz also has vast experience in restructuring matters, including out-of-court workouts and reorganizations, and he regularly represents insolvency administrators, distressed companies, lending institutions, private equity funds, purchasers of distressed equity and debt, and secured and unsecured creditors.

Key Representative Matters:

Advised Kuwait Capital Market Authority on the privatisation and IPO of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, including the structuring of the privatisation under the new Kuwait Companies Law, drafting of all relevant documentation and the drafting of the special law on the privatisation of the Kuwait Stock Exchange Co-author of the Kuwait Companies Law. Advised A’ayan Leasing & Investment Company KSCC on all aspects of its US$ 1.5 billion restructuring, including advising on court proceedings under the Financial Stability Law. Advised Egis - French multinational company on its acquisition of a 51% interest in one of the largest Middle Eastern project and construction management firms. Advised Boubyan Petrochemicals Company, sponsors of the $120 million Amghara Solid Waste Treatment Project in Kuwait. Advised the shareholders of Iso Octane Company, an independent refining company in the Emirate of Dubai, in its proposed $200 million sale to affiliates of The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings. Advised the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on Central Bank regulations and Kuwait Foreign Investment Bureau processes. Advised Kuwait Investment Authority on the implementation of the national development plan conceived through law no. 9 of 2010. The national development plan envisions the establishment of a media city as part of Kuwait's endeavours to enhance the competitiveness of Kuwait.

Arabic, English, German

International Bar Association German Bar Association German Lawyers Association Member of the Board of Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht e.V. (Society for Arabic and Islamic Law)

University of Cologne, First State Examination, 1997 Appeal Court of Cologne, Second State Examination, 1999 University of Münster, LL.M., 2004 Rechtsanwalt registered with Rechtsanwaltskammer Koln