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Level Up: Unlocking Financial Potential In The Middle East
Welcome to this edition of Law Update, where we focus on the ever-evolving landscape of financial services regulation across the region. As the financial markets in the region continue to grow and diversify, this issue provides timely insights into the key regulatory developments shaping banking, investment, insolvency, and emerging technologies.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
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Biography
Rawan is an Associate in the Banking & Finance team and advises on Bahrain and KSA laws. She is a licensed lawyer in Bahrain and has recently been promoted to an Associate in January 2024. She undertakes regulatory, credit and debt capital market work and services both international and local financial institutions and corporate clients.
Rawan has specialist experience working with the Saudi Central Bank and Capital Market Authority. She is a certified UK mediator and has mediated in a wide variety of issues that helped facilitate negotiations between disputed parties. She is currently a trainee on the England & Wales training contract programme.
Recent Experience
- Assisted Al Rajhi Capital with the drafting of a share pledge agreement for shares listed on Tadawul.
- Assisted Gulf International Bank with preparing, negotiating, and finalising of transaction documents including a master Murabaha financing agreement in relation to a SAR 1,000,000,000 Murabaha financing facility extended to a Saudi borrower.
- Assisted Standard Chartered Bank with regulatory advice regarding Capital Market Authority regulations pertaining to the offering and marketing of securities activities, as well as providing regulatory advice on the Saudi Central Bank regulations concerning the offering and marketing of banking activities in KSA.
- Assisted Yes Bank Limited (India) with the preparation and finalisation of transaction documents in relation to a Working Capital Facility of up to USD 20,000,000 extended by Yes Bank Limited (India) to a Saudi borrower.
Language(s)
- Arabic
- English
Education
- 2021 – Master of Law in Professional Legal Practice
- 2019 – LLB Law, University of Portsmouth
Admission
- 2024 – Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Waqf – Kingdom of Bahrain
Practice(s)
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