Oman is one of the first countries in the Middle East to implement policy guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in government. Under the umbrella of Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology an AI Policy issued by ‘National Center for Space, Artificial Intelligence and Advance Technologies’ (the “National Center for AI”) encourages Read More

We are proud to announce that AMJ has won two prestigious awards at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Middle East Awards held in Dubai on October 22, 2024. The awards include: ‘Domestic Deal of the Year’ wherein AMJ acted as Omani counsel for Fajr Capital in relation to acquisition of Aster Healthcare‘s business; ‘Oman Read More

Our Managing Partner, Mr. Mansoor Jamal Malik recently shared his views on Oman’s financial law reforms in an interview conducted by IFLR. Mr. Malik, with more than 35 years of experience in Oman’s legal landscape, holds an informed perspective on the transformation within the financial sector as well as the challenges faced by the banking Read More

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Coddington as a senior associate in AMJ’s Banking and Finance team. Andrew has over 20 years of experience handling matters in a wide variety of subject areas and has extensive corporate lending and finance experience specializing in trade, acquisition and property financing. Andrew has also worked on Read More

We are pleased to announce that AMJ has retained its position as Tier 1 law firm in IFLR1000 2024 rankings released today. In addition to the Firm’s ranking, Mansoor Jamal Malik is ranked as ‘Market Leader” for his outstanding contribution to the Firm and five lawyers of the Firm namely Marcus Pery, Ardeshir Patel, Ravinder Read More

AMJ was recently honoured to receive three prestigious awards at the Islamic Finance News (IFN) 2023 Awards including the “Best Merger & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year”. The other two awards were for the first Sharia compliant IPO deal ever undertaken in Oman. For this transaction, AMJ acted as the Issuer’s (OQGN) counsel and Read More

AMJ is delighted to have advised Fajr Capital, as Omani law counsel, along with the international counsel Allen & Overy LLP, on the transaction involving the purchase of a majority stake in @Aster’s GCC’s (including Oman) business by a consortium led by Fajr Capital, a sovereign-owned private equity firm based in the UAE. AMJ’s M&A team advising on the Read More

AMJ is delighted to have advised United Solar on this OMR 520 million polysilicon factory project, the first of its kind in the Middle East, with an annual production capacity of 1000 tonnes. Congratulations to United Solar on the signing of several project agreements with Oman Electricity Transmission Company, Nama Electricity Supply Company, and Sohar Read More

We are pleased to announce that AMJ has received Band 1 ranking from Chambers Global 2024. AMJ was top ranked for all 3 practice areas which includes Corporate & Finance, Projects & Energy and Dispute Resolution.  In addition to the Firm’s ranking, Mansoor Jamal Malik is ranked as ‘Star Individual’ for his outstanding contribution and Read More

We are delighted to announce that Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co (AMJ), has been presented with the prestigious ‘Oman Law Firm of the Year’ award at the inaugural Legal 500 MENA Awards held in Dubai on February 8, 2024. We would like to thank Legal 500 for honoring us with this award in recognition Read More

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Yousuf Nasim as a senior associate in AMJ’s Banking and Finance team. Yousuf has over fourteen years of experience handling matters in a wide variety of subject areas. Yousuf’s area of expertise include banking & finance, corporate and M&A, projects, and Tax. He has advised and represented Read More

The eagerly anticipated Executive Regulations to the Oman Data Protection Law Royal Decree 6/2022 (“PDPL”) were recently issued on 28 January 2024 through Ministerial Decision 34/2024 (“Executive Regulations”). Some of the key provisions of the Executive Regulations are as follows: Article 10 of the PDPL requires the express consent of data owners to be obtained Read More

Leading Omani law firm, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co (“AMJ”), has appointed Al Sayyid Ahmed Said Hilal Al Busaid as a new partner in its Corporate, Commercial and Regulatory Department. Al Sayyid Ahmed has a broad range of experience in corporate commercial, regulatory advisory, Capital Market and Mergers & Acquisitions and advises his clients Read More

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Zarrar Mir to the position of Senior Associate at AMJ. Zarrar has been a valuable asset to our team, showcasing a diverse skill set and extensive experience in banking, Islamic finance, projects, corporate, commercial and mergers & acquisitions. Throughout his tenure with us, Zarrar has played a Read More

We take immense pride in announcing that AMJ has received three prestigious awards across different categories from the Islamic Finance News (IFN) for our innovative corporate and M&A transactions in 2023. These accolades include “IFN Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of The Year 2023” for outstanding M&A transactions, IFN Oman Deal of the Year 2023”, Read More