Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its capital solutions and financial restructuring practice in Riyadh with the relocation of a lawyer from London.
Husni Almousli, associate, has recently moved across offices to lead the restructuring practice in Riyadh.
Commenting on his move, Almousli told Law Middle East: “The energy and dynamics in Saudi Arabia and in the GCC region is very exciting. I have a soft spot for discovery and adventure, and I think being part of such a promising growth and innovation phase in the region is exhilarating.”
Continuing, he said:
“As the region’s economies diversify away from oil, there is an increased scope for international private capital to take part in unique new business opportunities. I am keen to support the infrastructure that allows these capital inflows to contribute to the inspiring phase in the region.”
Kirkland’s Riyadh office and Middle East regional headquarters opened in 2023. Since then it has grown to around 20 legal professionals, with core specialisms including corporate, capital markets, projects, and restructuring. It recently launched a construction practice in Riyadh, led by construction and projects partner James Clark.
Almousli joined Kirkland in May 2022, prior to which he worked at Latham & Watkins in London for nearly five years. He advises debtors, creditors, investors, sovereigns, and sovereign wealth funds on a range of financial instruments as well as restructuring and special situations transactions.
Prior to law, Almousli worked with United Nations agencies in the Middle East and Europe, and before that had his own entrepreneurial ventures in West Africa.
