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Key contacts
Founder & Senior Partner: Ali Khamis Al Alawi
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

20

Network memberships

IBA, Legal500, IFLR1000, Chambers & Partners, INTA, Oman Society for Intellectual Property

Languages

Arabic, English, French, Hindi

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Firm overview

Al Alawi & Co. is a full service law firm with a broad spectrum of domestic and international clientele. Our team comprises common and civil law trained lawyers who have practiced with international as well as domestic law firms. Consequently, we provide the best of both worlds: “in-country value” combined with international competence and responsiveness.

Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • Islamic finance
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance

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Sector expertise
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction 
  • Consumer goods/services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries/aquaculture
  • Food/beverage
  • Government/public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Mining
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Technology/telecommunication
  • Tourism
  • Utilities
Other office

Salalah Free Zone Office
Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
GSM:  +968 92668015
Website: www.alalawico.com

Tel:+968 24 699 761/2 Fax:+968 24 699 763 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.alalawico.com
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Notable
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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Tier 2

Al Tamimi & Company
2 practice areas
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MAQ Legal
1 practice area
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Said Al Shahry and Partners (SASLO)
1 practice area
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Trowers & Hamlins
2 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
2 practice areas
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Notable

ALC Lawyers and Counsels
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Al Alawi Law Firm
1 practice area
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Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Al Alawi & Co is an Omani law firm established in 1982. It is based in Muscat.

 

Highlights

The firm is generally active in financial and corporate work. 

The banking practice is well-versed in the full spectrum of transaction, both local and cross-border, and often works on the full range of lending transactions in Oman. The team regularly support both financiers and issuers and is well regarded for its expertise in supporting Islamic finance instruments involving multiple Shari’a principles.

In corporate work the firm is active in local M&A transactions, often on the seller side, but also regularly works on significant restructuring, corporate governance and capital markets mandates.

 

Key clients 

Key clients include Salalah Free Zone Company, Oman Arab Bank, Oman Global Logistics Group (ASYAD), Majan Glass Company, Muscat Overseas Group, Al Tasnim Group, Ecolab Inc., DNV GL AS, Ahli Bank, Blue Star Limited, Procter & Gamble, Talabat Electronic & Delivery Services, Tractebel Engineering GmbH, Qatar National Bank, Halliburton Oman and MOL Oman.

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Al Izz Bank - Islamic finance
2020-10-01
Al Alawi Law Firm
Oman
Islamic finance
Riza Ismail
Al Izz Bank
Lender
Ahli Islamic; Ahli Bank - Project finance
2021-02-25
Al Alawi Law Firm
Oman
Project finance
Riza Ismail
Ahli Islamic, Ahli Bank
Lender
Ecolab - Restructuring
2021-02-25
Al Alawi Law Firm
Oman
Restructuring
Sahil Taneja
Ecolab
Debtor
Ahli Islamic; Ahli Bank - Restructuring
2021-01-01
Al Alawi Law Firm
Oman
Restructuring
Riza Ismail
Ahli Islamic, Ahli Bank
Creditor
Salalah Free Zone Company - Project development
2020-12-01
Al Alawi Law Firm
Oman
Project development
Sahil Taneja
Salalah Free Zone Company
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