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Africa to Asia: Legal Narratives of Change and Continuity
This Edition of Law Update, From Africa to Asia: Legal Narratives of Change and Continuity, takes you on a journey through dynamic markets.
Africa is undergoing a tech-driven transformation, overcoming regulatory challenges while its startup ecosystem thrives. India’s legal framework is evolving rapidly, keeping pace with its expanding economy and diverse business environment.
We also dive into China’s regulatory shifts, particularly how they are shaping investments in the MENA region, and explore Korea’s innovative global partnerships, which are driving advancements in industries across the UAE and beyond.
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Biography
Layla is a market-leading associate with an exceptional reputation in advising and assisting corporations with their corporate structuring needs.
Working closely with international, regional and domestic clients, Layla provides assistance to commercial entities in the full range of corporate structuring and restructuring related mandates including advising on FDI options, registering corporate entities, corporate restructuring, share transfers and re-organisations, asset transfers, nominee arrangements, sale purchase agreements, share mortgage agreements, personal guarantees, increases and decreases in capital, drafting and amending constitutional documents, corporate secretarial matters, advising on trust structures in Bahrain and conducting due diligence.
Layla also has specialist, innovative experience in the start-up space specifically the growth of the FinTech sector, as well as advising on and assisting with Central Bank of Bahrain Sandbox applications.
Layla is a licensed Bahraini Attorney and is a qualified Solicitor of England & Wales.
Recent Experience
- Advising and assisting with the comprehensive restructuring of a major State owned entity to include setting up holding subsidiaries, completing commercial name changes, branding amendments, and advising on the restructuring as a whole.
- Advising and assisting with the sale and purchase of shares in a leading provider of temporary power and cooling solutions in the Middle East and its subsidiaries in Bahrain and KSA, to include ensuring completion of the SPA is concluded particularly with respect to Bahrain law and procedures.
- Advising and assisting a Kuwait based portfolio and investments entity with the due diligence process and purchase of a local private air charter and ground handling business in Bahrain, including providing advice relating to the share transfer, restructuring, branding and commercial name change of the same.
- Advising and assisting with the incorporation and entry of a leading buy now pay later business, to the Bahrain market, and assisting with the Central Bank of Bahrain regulatory requirements.
- Advising one of the world’s largest care and assistance providers, in connection with its acquisition of the assets of a leading insurance service provider in the GCC Region.
- Advising and assisting with the incorporation and entry of a leading smart and cloud kitchen service, to the Bahrain market, and subsequently the restructuring the same.
- Advising a large family-owned conglomerate with its complex, internal restructuring plan in the GCC Region (Bahrain, KSA, UAE and Oman).
Language(s)
- Arabic
- English
Education
2022 – Law of Economics of Mergers & Acquisitions – London School of Economics and Political Science.
2018 – LLM Law – Queen Mary University of London
2015 – LPC Law – University of Law – Bloomsbury London
2014 – LLB Law – University of Kent – Canterbury
Admission
2022 – Practising Lawyer – Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs & Waqf – Kingdom of Bahrain
2022 – Solicitor of England and Wales
Practice(s)
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