Allen & Overy Opens Riyadh Office Ahead of Merger With Shearman

Allen & Overy opened a new office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after receiving its license to operate in the region, the firm announced Monday.

The team in Riyadh includes A&O partners Hosam Ibn Ghaith and Haris Meyer Hanif. Following A&O’s merger with Shearman & Sterling, which is slated to close in May, the Riyadh office will be joined by Shearman’s local team led by Dr. Sultan Almasoud and includes partner Mohsin Suleman.

Allen & Overy, which ranks fifth on Bloomberg Law’s leader board of global law firm deal volume in Saudi Arabia, previously had an association with local ...