Our Managing Partner, Alex Saleh, has once again been awarded the highest ranking of IFLR1000, “Market Leader” for both the United Arab Emirates and the State of Kuwait.  He has received this honor for over 10 years running.

More importantly, he is the sole lawyer in the GCC to receive the gold standard of IFLR1000 for both the UAE and the Kuwaiti legal markets.  Further, in Kuwait he shares this high distinction with only 2 other lawyers in the entire state and in the UAE he once again shares the same with only 2 other local lawyers with the remainder of the Market Leaders in the UAE being with international law firms.

IFLR1000 has a four tier system with the first being “Rising Star”, second being “Notable Practitioner” followed by “Highly Regarded” and finally, their top title “Market Leader”, which is very exclusive.  It is a respected ranking system relied upon by law firms and in-house legal departments globally. 

Nader Al Awadhi, Senior Partner of GLA & Co, stated, “IFLR’s award of Market Leader to our Managing Partner is a testament not only to Alex who has been in the region for almost 30 years but also to the vision of GLA & Co to be the best regional law firm in the Middle East especially in the key markets of UAE, Kuwait and KSA.”

Commenting on the award, Alex stated “I am humbled once again to receive this honor given the small number of awardees of Market Leader in those jurisdictions and knowing that my local and regional colleagues in Kuwait and UAE who have been awarded this same distinction are true legends of their fields.”

Please see the release of IFLR1000 Rankings for Lawyers here for Kuwait and here for the UAE.