Capital Markets

Capital markets law is where this firm began, and it remains the discipline around which everything we do is built, forming the foundation of our institutional identity and the source of our deepest expertise.

That expertise has a precise origin. Dr. Faisal Alfahad served as Commissioner and Board Member of the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait on its inaugural board, across two consecutive terms, during which he was directly involved in drafting and refining most of the regulations and resolutions that govern Kuwait's capital markets today, including the Executive Bylaw of the Capital Markets Law. When our firm advises on CMA matters, we do not interpret the rules from the outside. We understand why they were written, how they were intended to operate, and how they are applied in practice. That distinction is material, and it is available to our clients on every capital markets engagement we undertake.

Our practice covers the full spectrum of capital markets activity in Kuwait and the GCC: the structuring and execution of initial public offerings, public and private placements of equity and investment-grade debt, prospectus drafting and regulatory review, CMA compliance and ongoing regulatory coordination, listing on Boursa Kuwait, and post-issuance governance and disclosure obligations. We act for the full range of capital markets participants, including issuers, underwriters, subscription agents, financial intermediaries, investment companies, and brokerage firms, both domestic and international.

Our landmark engagement as Legal Advisor on the Boursa Kuwait IPO, the first stock exchange privatisation in the GCC and oversubscribed by over 850%, reflects the level at which our capital markets team operates and the standard against which we measure every capital markets mandate we accept.