Newton Legal Group is a Bahrain based international law firm established in 2012. The firm
operates out of an office in Manama.
The firm has a well-established offering across several areas in the financial and corporate domain. The firm’s transactional work in the energy sector,
particularly oil and gas, is well
recognised.
It has a strong banking and finance practice that advises on local law aspects of a range of financing and refinancing transactions.
The firm is also visible in the restructuring and insolvency space, where it advises both lenders and borrowers.
Key clients include Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Bahrain National Gas Company (BNGEC), the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Bahrain Islamic Bank (BiSB), Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), Czarnikow Group, and Mashreqbank.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
During the research period, the firm was active in banking and finance, M&A and restructuring and insolvency work during the research period.
In banking and finance the firm worked on loans financing and refinancing, including Islamic finance, typically on the side of the borrower.
In M&A the firm worked on both private and public
acquisitions,
acting mainly for acquirers.
The firm has been active in restructuring and insolvency. One notable example of the team’s work in the sphere is its representation of GARMCO, the first and one of the largest downstream
aluminum facilities in the Middle East, in
its court-led restructuring proceedings.
Deal highlights:
33rd edition (2023/2024)
The Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding)
$1.6
billion refinancing
