Rule making bodies have adopted regulations to improve transparency and to protect corporate shareholders and stakeholders. Corporate accountability and governance risks faced by boards of directors have increased significantly in recent years. The credit crisis has produced a further increased focus on corporate governance issues both locally and globally. This, in turn, leads to a large demand on professional corporate lawyers and legal advisors. Since corporate law is a basic activity of MLSN, we are approached by many high profile corporations to provide them with due corporate compliance services and daily corporate legal solutions.

With more than 12 offices in the Middle East, Us, Europe, Asia and North Africa, MLSN Corporate group provide corporate advice to many of the leading and emerging companies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other GCC and MENA countries, as well as to financial institutions and private equity houses on a variety of complex transactions ensuring the effectual realization of clients’ Legal purposeful objectives and manage the development of legal policies and oversee its implementation transversely clients’ business elements. MLSN has one of the leading Corporate Governance practices in the Middle East, providing strategic guidance and representation to companies and their directors, officers, and shareholders. Our proactive approach to corporate controls, compliance assessment, and planning helps us to anticipate and protect clients from legal issues that would adversely affect their business operations or shareholder value. MLSN provides legal advice to boards, board committees, officers and company managers on their duties, obligations, and liabilities under home-country laws and regulatory requirements. MLSN provides dynamic and effective demonstration of the company, its directors, and managers. Our experienced lawyers cover a wide range of legal disciplines, including corporate, securities listing regulation and executive compensation. Our corporate lawyers adept in corporate law also advise boards and their special and independent committees on oversight of corporate finance transactions, including M&A, Initial public offerings (IPOs), private placement, Repurchase Arrangements (REPU), debt (high yield and investment grade) ; Mezzanine financings via convertible and converting preference shares, Hybrid securities, Leveraged buyouts, captive and semi-captive, (corporate and strategic), Private equity Funds, Hedge Funds and Takeovers. With comprehensive due diligence skills, we regularly provide Legal Due Diligence as well as legal special investigations. Our corporate lawyers ensure the effectual realization of clients’ Legal purposeful objectives and manage the development of legal policies and oversee its implementation transversely clients’ business elements.

Our corporate consultants advise to Chairmen, CEOs and Managing Directors regarding shareholder agreements; Shareholders disputes;

foreign investment regulation; investment company law; mutual funds and offshore investment.

Our corporate group is involved in must-win matters – disputes in which huge sums, invaluable assets and company survival are at stake through planning, performing and managing Complex international commercial arbitration and corporate litigation unfolding at breakneck speed and involving multiple practice specialties as have been prevailed in many trials particularly in Egypt, KSA and Kuwait. MLSN’s White Collar and Corporate Crime practice is a team of partners and associates who specialise in criminal, regulatory and compliance problems affecting major corporations, their officers and employees.