Ian Siddell heads the banking and finance team at Baker & McKenzie Limited, leveraging extensive project finance experience to support high-profile banking clients. Siddell’s practice spans Islamic finance and contractor finance and he is particularly experienced in aircraft finance, debt capital markets and insolvency; he co-manages the firm’s Doha, Riyadh, Jeddah and Bahrain offices. The team’s client base includes sponsors and companies, private equity funds, banks and other financial institutions.

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Key clients

  • Saudi Binladin Group Company Limited
  • The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.)
  • Qatar National Bank Q.P.S.C.
  • DBS Bank Ltd (DIFC Branch)
  • Ooredoo, Group LLC

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ian Siddell

Other key lawyers

Basel Barakat