Stephenson Harwood: Exceptional legal services to clients with complex and cross-border mandates

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm headquartered in the UK, with over 1,500 professionals, including more than 220 partners, located across 10 offices throughout the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Its Middle East network spans Saudi Arabia and the UAE with offices in Al Khobar, Dubai, and Riyadh. With 21 partners, it is one of the 30 largest law firms in the Middle East and most recently it was awarded ‘International Law Firm of the Year’ by The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2025 and ‘International Law Firm of the Year – UAE’ by Law.com International’s Middle East Legal Awards 2025.

Stephenson Harwood provides clients a full-service offering across multiple areas, including banking and finance, commercial disputes and international arbitration, construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes, as well as consultancy in the areas of corporate/M&A and commercial, employment, insurance, Islamic finance, maritime, trade and offshore, private wealth, projects, energy and infrastructure, and technology.

The firm has advised regional and international clients on some of their most high-profile and sensitive matters for over 20 years, most recently advising:

• KFin Technologies on its US$34.7 million acquisition of a 51% stake in Ascent Fund Services, with assets in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
• A U.S. headquartered global construction and project management company in connection with a c. US$4.5 billion arbitration (ICC, London) concerning a transport infrastructure project in the Middle East.
• National Bank of Fujairah PJSC and The Arab Energy Fund on a US$300 million financing facility provided to Stanford Marine and Allianz Middle East Ship Management.
• Yellow Door Energy on a multi-million term loan financing facility with the Arab Banking Corporation for the financing of 25 operational solar PV projects, totalling over 42MW across the UAE, Bahrain and Oman.
• ICICI Bank on its claim against Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty over NMC Healthcare’s widely reported financial issues in the DIFC Courts.