Founder and Managing Partner

Muscat

+ 968 2482 9226

Market leader

English
Urdu
Punjabi


Bar admissions:

England & Wales

Jurisdictions:

Oman

Practice areas:

Asset finance
Banking
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Investment funds
Islamic finance
M&A
Private equity
Project development
Project finance
Restructuring and insolvency

Industry sectors:

Banking
Insurance
Natural resources
Utilities


Mansoor has extensive transactional and advisory expertise in project development, finance and corporate law, regulation, governance, and dispute resolution.  Top ranked by global legal directories for involvement in innovative deals and advisory to government and blue chips over 30 years. Oman Court of Appeal Arbitrator, rights of audience in Supreme Court.

Advised:-

  • Electricity Holding Company SAOC and the Government on the privatisation of its transmission, dispatch, distribution & supply subsidiaries. 
  • JGC Corporation consortium on all pre-bid and post bid aspects of US$ 300 million Sharqiyah IWP and the Marubeni Corporation consortium on the 100 mw Amin Solar IPP.
  • Joint lead managers on all Omani law aspects of the update to the National Bank of Oman’s US$1.5 billion euro medium term notes (EMTN) and the issuance of 5-year tenor EMTNs in the amount of US$500 million.
  • Government of Oman on its US$ 6.5 billion fund raise involving update to the unlimited sukuk issuance programme and the issuance of 7-year tenor US$1.5 billion sukuk thereunder and its issue of US$5 billion triple-tranche notes pursuant to Regulation S / Rule 144-A;
  • Dhofar Generating Company on its IPO and conversion to a joint stock company and listing on Muscat Securities Market raising OMR 20 million through the IPO of a 40% stake (88,896,000 shares at a price of 225 baisas per share) open to individual and institutional investors.

  • Banking
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Islamic finance
  • PPP/PFI
  • Project finance

  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Government and public policy
  • Tech and telecoms

  • England and Wales, 1983

  • IBA, CIArb, Associate member of 3VB Chambers, Grays Inn, London

  • LLB: University of Hull, 1982
  • Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1983