AMJ has earned top ranking as a law firm in Oman for the eighth consecutive year in Chambers Global, a leading international guide to lawyers and law firms around the world. The Firm has retained Band 1 ranking (the highest rating provided by Chambers) for its corporate law practice, and Band 2 for litigation in Chambers Global 2018 released mid-March.
Chambers Global conducts independent research into the legal markets of 190 countries every year in order to identify the leading lawyers and law firms.
Additionally, four AMJ partners and special counsel retained the ‘leading lawyer’ ranking they have held for successive years. Chambers singles out managing partner, Mansoor Malik as the star individual in Oman ranked for both his dispute resolution and corporate practices for the eighth year in succession. According to Chambers, market commentators state that Malik “knows the laws of Oman better than anyone”, and praise him for being “very well versed in the law and very well respected.”
Marcus Pery, banking and finance partner, retained his Band 2 ranking with clients describing him as “unquestionably the leading finance lawyer in Muscat.” Ardeshir Patel, corporate and capital markets partner also retained his Band 2 ranking and Graham Mouat, special counsel in the commercial department, his Band 3 ranking. Senior associate Nasar Ahmad appeared in the rankings for the first time as an ‘associate to watch’ and is praised by clients for “always [being] available…”, and for his ability to “walk in the shoes of clients and go the extra mile”.
At the end of 2017, AMJ retained its top-tier ranking in the IFLR1000, another leading global directory for financial and corporate law firms. Malik was awarded the new IFLR elite ‘market leader’ lawyer ranking for Oman for his track record of innovative work on landmark transactions in the preceding twelve months. Patel and Pery retained their ‘highly regarded’ status as leading lawyers in the jurisdiction and Islamic Finance specialist, Asad Qayyum entered the IFLR rankings as a highly regarded lawyer.