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Said Al Shahry Law Office (Saslo)

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Oman

Financial and corporate

Said Al Shahry Law Office

Said Al Shahry Law Office's leading lawyer Alastair Neale departed the firm to join Jihad Al-Touie & Associates in Muscat and competitors feel it compounded issues the firm already has. "I wouldn't think Saslo would be tier two anymore.... [more]

Physical address
OOSC Building 1st Floor, Building No. 75/A, Way No. 2311 Dohat Al Adab Street, Al Khuwair

Postal Address
P.O. Box 1288, P.C.112, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: +968 24603123
Fax: +968 24603400
Email: mail@saslo.com
Web: www.saslo.com

Tel: +968 24636923
Fax: +968 24603400
Email: sts@saslo.com

Director of Business Development: Stephen Sayer

Firm profile:

SASLO (Said Al Shahry & Partners) is a pre-eminent law firm in Oman, providing legal services to the local and international business community since 1992. The firm has a commitment to creating solutions for clients throughout the Gulf region and has a blend of highly experienced senior Omani and foreign lawyers with extensive local and international expertise. SASLO prides itself in representing a prestigious clientele, whether they operate locally or globally and whether they are market leaders or smaller firms. It remains the only Muscat based law firm with both a well-established branch office in Salalah, the capital of the fast developing Dhofar Governorate in the south of the country and in Sohar, the industrial hub of the Batinah coast.

The Key Strengths
• SASLO has developed associations with a network of leading law firms in the Gulf region.
• SASLO has a close working relationship with many corporate in-house counsel, providing support and assistance on all aspects of Omani laws and regulations.
• SASLO has successful associations with significant leading international law firms.
• SASLO has significant expertise in privatisation projects and in areas such as oil and gas, banking, project finance, power, port services, desalinated water, wastewater, solid waste shipping and telecommunications.
• SASLO has a preeminent construction team, advising clients in the building and infrastructure sectors on procurement methods (including p.p.p. delivery), documentation associated financing and the issues (in particular, variations and delay claims) that arise during the carrying out of large projects.

Areas of practice:

Banking, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Labour and Employment, Litigation and Arbitration, Project Finance, Privatisation, Shipping and Aviation.

Languages spoken:

Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swahili