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Kirkland & Ellis International Law Firm
Level 31, Tadawul Tower
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD)
3229 Financial Boulevard
Riyadh 13519
Saudi Arabia
Level 31, Tadawul Tower
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD)
3229 Financial Boulevard
Riyadh 13519
Saudi Arabia
We've moved! Our Riyadh office is now located at Level 31, Tadawul Tower.
Overview
Kirkland’s Riyadh office and Middle East Regional Headquarters opened in 2023 to deliver sophisticated legal services for international business in Saudi Arabia and the broader region. The office includes a team of Saudi Arabia’s leading attorneys who advise private equity firms, financial institutions, investors, public and private companies, sovereign wealth funds, government entities and other clients in M&A, capital markets, project development and finance, restructurings, antitrust and competition, debt finance, banking and Islamic finance and regulatory matters. The team is fluent in Arabic and English and qualified to practice in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. With access to the global resources of Kirkland’s elite platform, training and development, we are proud to be a destination for top legal talent in the Kingdom.
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Investor Consortium on Close of $55 Billion Acquisition of EA
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Rakiza and Iv3 on Acquisition of Omans Leading Industrial Water Utilities Platform
- In the News Reality Check: Law Firms in Riyadh Diversify Work as Saudi Arabia Downscales Giga-Projects
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in CreditSights’ First-Half Debtor Counsel Leaderboard
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in The Deal’s Q2 Out-of-Court Restructuring League Tables
- Award Proximo Honors Kirkland With Five “Deals of the Year” Awards
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot in 9fin’s LME Restructuring League Tables
- Award Kirkland Recognized for Exceptional Client Service by BTI
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Infrastructure Investor’s Annual Fund Formation League Table
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Private Equity International’s Annual Fund Formation League Table
- Award Kirkland Named Saudi Arabia Capital Markets Firm of the Year at Chambers Middle East Awards
- Award Partner Mark Boyagi Named Among PEI’s Annual “40 Under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity”
- Award Kirkland Ranks #1 in The Deal’s Q1 2026 Out-of-Court Restructuring and Bankruptcy League Tables
- Award Kirkland Earns Two SecondaryLink Awards for Law Firm of the Year
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Blackstone on Partnership to Invest in UAE Payments Infrastructure Platform
- Award Kirkland Honored at GCR Awards
- Award Kirkland Recognized as a Top Firm in The Legal 500 EMEA
- Press Release Kirkland Advises King Salman Park Foundation on $3.8 Billion Development and Construction of Packages 4 and 5 of Mixed-Use Development District
- Award For 18th Straight Year, Kirkland Named to IAOP’s “Global Outsourcing 100”
- Award Kirkland Receives Two Private Debt Investor “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- Award Kirkland Recognized as “Law Firm of the Year” by Real Estate Capital Europe
- Award Kirkland Sweeps PERE “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- Award Six Kirkland Transactions Honored at IFR Awards
- Award Chambers Global 2026: 86 Kirkland Practice Areas and 142 Attorneys Ranked
- Book Lexology Panoramic: Technology M&A 2026
- In the News Breaking Ground
- In the News Private Equity Wire Global Outlook 2026: Alternatives in Saudi Arabia
- Award Kirkland Takes Top Spot on Numerous 2025 League Tables of Legal Advisers to M&A
- Award IFLR1000 2026: 63 Kirkland Practice Areas and 247 Attorneys Recognized
- Award For Ninth Straight Year, Kirkland Named #1 Law Firm for Restructuring by GRR
- Award Kirkland Recognized at GRR Awards 2025
- Press Release Kirkland Advises King Salman Park Foundation on the Development and Construction of US$1 Billion Mixed Use Development District
- Press Release Kirkland Advised Tamasuk on Sale of 25% Stake to SEDCO Holding
- Award Kirkland Recognized at 2025 Law Middle East Awards
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk on Strategic Partnership with HUMAIN
- Award Kirkland Named an IP Litigation Powerhouse by BTI
- In the News Commanding the Kingdom
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Investor Consortium on Agreement to Acquire EA in Largest Take-Private in History
- In the News Kirkland’s Saudi Strategy: An Inside Look with Partner Kamran Bajwa
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Sport Clubs Company on Initial Public Offering on Saudi Exchange
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Jahez on Agreement to Acquire Snoonu
We practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, through Kirkland & Ellis International Law Firm, a professional simplified joint stock company with commercial registration number 1010969462. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kirkland & Ellis International Law Firm is authorised and regulated by the Ministry of Justice under the Ministry of Justice license number 450122000008.