April 22nd, 2022 Announcements

GLA & Company launches UAE offices

After opening last year in the State of Kuwait, GLA & Company, a regional law firm based in the Middle East, announced today that it has officially launched its Dubai office making it the firm’s first office in the United Arab Emirates.

With the new launch, this will be the firm’s second full-service office in the GCC region, in addition to having affiliates in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt. The opening of the Dubai office will reinforce the unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage of GLA & Co in the GCC region. The Dubai office will be providing its legal services in association with Mohammad Al Saadi Advocates & Legal Consultants.

Companies have been significantly pushing for more regional law firms in the region, and we look forward to continuing to assist them with their outbound aspirations”, said Alex Saleh, Managing Partner of GLA & Co.  “After many years of working with all types of clients in each and every jurisdiction in the GCC and the greater MENA region, we will now have the opportunity to service our clients more efficiently and effectively with a base in Dubai being the business hub of this region.  We will continue to invest where our clients need us, and to provide them with the skills and experience they need in areas with the greatest potential for growth.”

Alex Saleh 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. 

GLA & Co will now be able to enhance the firm’s regional offerings to its clients across a number of industries by officially launching the Dubai office” said Nader Al Awadhi, Senior Partner of GLA & Co.  He concluded by saying “this will include clients in financial services, projects, healthcare, energy & utilities, retail & consumer, and technology

Yousef Al Amly, Partner and Head of UAE Corporate & Commercial practice with 15 years’ experience (with 9 years in the UAE), will continue to be based in Dubai full-time.  Yousef stated that “Dubai is a very important market for GLA & Co. We look forward to extending our extensive regional capacity to our clients within the region“.

Yousef is the 2022 awardee of “Lex-Falcon Awards” and he regularly advises clients on complex corporate and commercial structures and transactions in relation to joint ventures, corporate restructuring, M&A, equity capital markets and commercial transactions (including franchise, distributorship and agency).  Prior to joining GLA & Co, Yousef was a Legal Director at the worldwide renowned development company, Emaar and earlier was a Lawyer at Al Tamimi & Company where he worked on several of UAE’s largest M&A and IPO matters.

The UAE-based litigation practice will be headed by Mr. Mohammad Al Saadi, who is a 20+ year veteran of local litigation, with specific expertise in construction, corporate and commercial disputes.

In terms of future expansion, GLA & Co plans on having full offices in Saudi Arabia and Egypt by the end of 2022.   The firm now has full-service offices in Kuwait (25+ lawyers) and Dubai (10+ lawyers) with affiliates in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt.

For additional information, please contact GLA & Co at info@glaco.com