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Key contacts
Partner: Asad Qayyum
Quick facts
Partners

3

Other qualified practitioners

16

Total number of lawyers

19

Languages spoken

English, Arabic, Urdu

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Firm overview

MAQ Legal is a leading and multi‑award‑winning full‑service Omani law firm, with expertise in capital markets, banking and finance, project finance, M&A, Islamic finance, funds, and energy (oil and gas) matters.

In five years, the firm has grown from three to 19 lawyers and has played a leading role in the majority of debt issuances in Oman, pioneered Islamic fund formation, and advised on recent IPOs. The firm is recognized by multiple legal directories and serves a premier client base.

Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: debt
  • Capital markets: derivatives
  • Capital markets: equity
  • Capital markets: high yield
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • Islamic finance
  • M&A
  • PPP and PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance / securitisation
  • Trade finance
  • Other
Sector expertise
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Food and beverage
  • Forestry
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
  • Other
Address:
Suite 321/322, Office 1991 Building
P.O. Box 1963, Al Khuwair South Bousher
Muscat, 130
Tel:+968 21 132 800 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://maqlegal.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
2 practice areas
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Dentons
2 practice areas
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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
2 practice areas
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Al Alawi Law Firm
1 practice area
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Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

MAQ Legal is a full-service law firm based in Muscat. The firm has more than 50 years of experience gained in multiple jurisdictions including the UK, Pakistan and Oman. The firm’s practice cuts across banking and finance, debt capital markets, M&A and investment funds. The banking team acts for borrowers and lenders on a variety of transactions including bank-to-bank lending, real estate financing and other syndicated and bilateral financing.

 

Key clients

The firm’s key clients include Government of the Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Finance, OQ SAOC, Oman Air SAOC, Sohar International Bank SAOG, and OQ Exploration and Production SAOG.

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