DLA Piper Middle East LLP‘s banking and finance division holds broad expertise in transactional matters and is recommended for advisory work in the financial sector. The team is experienced in matters involving the facilitation and financing of large-scale projects, being frequently retained by government ministries, along with structuring and due-diligence-related work for loan and stake transactions. The team is headed by Mohamed Toorani, who is active in local and foreign jurisdictions, particularly in the Gulf, and is well supported by co-heads Paul McViety and James Iremonger from Dubai.

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Key clients

  • Binance
  • Riverstone Credit Management LLC
  • Mashreq Bank PSC
  • Ali Zaid Al Quraishi & Brothers
  • Arab Bank

Work highlights

  • Advised the Bahraini Ministry for Transport and Telecommunications on the procurement of a 109km above ground metro line PPP project.
  • Advised and assisted Binance Holdings Ltd to be a crypto-asset service provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mohamed Toorani, James Iremonger, Paul McViety

Other key lawyers

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