Lawyers

Basel Barakat

Basel Barakat is consistently top-ranked and recognized by international legal publications, including Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and Legal 500, as one of the leading banking and finance, project finance and Islamic finance practitioners residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with over 20 years of experience advising on major and high-profile transactions. In addition, he has substantial experience in corporate and commercial transactions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

BORN: 1977

NATIONALITY: American

EDUCATION: University of Michigan - Dearborn, B.A., Highest Honors, 1998; University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., Cum Laude, 2001; New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2003

ADMITTED: New York Bar, 2003

MEMBER: American Bar Association

PRACTICE: Project Finance, Banking

PUBLICATIONS: "The Amended Regulations for the Investigation and Imposition of Penalties for Violations of the Saudi Arabian Foreign Investment Law", IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2014 Edition (co-author).

"The New Saudi Arabian Arbitration Law", IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2013 Edition (co-author).

"A Decade of Continuous Saudi Arabian Legal Reforms", IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2012 Edition (co-author).

"Changes to the Implementing Regulations for Saudi Arabia's Commercial Mortgage Law", IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2011 Edition (co-author).