The banking and finance team at Al Markaz Law Firm regularly advises clients on local and multi-jurisdictional mandates, including transactions, refinancings, restructurings, and contentious matters. The team demonstrates notable aptitude in project financing matters, typically involving major or novel projects, and especially those done through PPPs. Ayman Nada heads the banking team and fields more than 26 years of experience, including in financial work, and is particularly sought after for his restructuring experience. Associate Mohammad Ramadan is extensively experienced in securities transactions, while Nazih Hameed is skilled in PPP project finance.

Al Tamimi & Company's banking and finance team carries broad expertise in Islamic and conventional finance matters, working closely with local Kuwaiti clients in project financing, Shari’a securitisations, and syndicated and bilateral loans, and is a key port of call for cross-border facility transactions. The department is headed by Omar Handoush, a go-to for high-value transactions in the Kuwaiti market. He is supported by the debt capital market, derivatives, and Islamic finance experience of Madhurima Basu. Associates Yomna El Shibawy and Amna Khan are also both key members of the team, especially in transactional matters.

ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners's banking and finance department leverages its ‘wealth of knowledge and a diverse range of specialisations’ in pursuit of various high-profile mandates involving capital markets, Islamic and conventional finance, and project financing, as well as equity and debt transactions. Noted as ‘responsive' and 'commercial’, the team is frequently retained in high-value project financing matters, including novel PPP projects, and is well positioned to handle cross-border matters, especially regional GCC and multi-jurisdictional matters. The team is led by senior partners John Cunha and Rob Little. Ibrahim Sattout boasts over 30 years of experience in high-value transactions in the finance and capital markets sector, while Ezekiel Tuma holds broad expertise in finance restructuring and cross-border financing matters.

Alfahad & Partners (Consultants and Attorneys)'s financial team offers a range of contentious and non-contentious advisory services to clients in the banking and capital markets sector. The team is notably experienced in complex regulatory matters, along with criminal litigation, and contractual and civil claims in the financial sector, and in particular before the Capital Markets Authority. Faisal Alfahad heads up the team and is sought after by clients for his over 17 years of experience in financial law.

Alex Salah leads the finance offering at GLA & Company, and operates in numerous transactional matters in GCC jurisdictions, including syndicated loan facilitation, project finance, facilities, bonds, and debt transactions. The team is increasingly relied upon to oversee Shariah-compliant transactions, including complex Sukuk and Wakala.

Meysan Partners's banking and finance practice is a key actor in capital markets work in Kuwait, overseeing conventional and Islamic finance transactions in matters ranging from convertible bonds and tranches to procuring more novel types of sukuk. The team is led by its senior partners, which include Tarek Yehya, who holds over 20 years of experience in local and international financial transactions. Dually-qualified Abdulwahab Sadeq is sought after by clients for his cross-border experience, including in equity and debt transactions in the financial sector, and Bader El Jeaan is notably active in high-value securitisation mandates. Michel George Ghanem fields over 20 years of experience in healthcare, media, energy, and telecommunication-related transactions.