Cleary Gottlieb has been active in the Middle East for several decades, based out of our hub in Abu Dhabi. Our unique strength is the experience of our first-class team: we have U.S. and UK qualified partners, as well as native Arabic speaking lawyers on-the-ground, who work in parallel with our experts from the U.S., Europe and Asia.

We focus on what we do best: strategic M&A transactions, LP fund investments and co-investments, private equity, venture capital, real estate and capital markets. By concentrating on these areas, we bring depth, precision, and insight to every mandate. Our focused approach is why sovereign investors, leading private equity houses, family-owned corporations, banks, and global institutions turn to us for their most complex, high-value, and cross-border transactions.