Legal500 Ranking 2025
- Zaher Nammour
Legal500 “Leading Partners”
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Corporate, Commercial and M&A
Practical legal advice for complex transactions
We help businesses shape, execute and protect their most critical corporate transactions. As a one-stop legal team, we advise across the full lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings—delivering practical, end-to-end legal solutions in complex and evolving regulatory environments.
Working seamlessly with specialists across PwC’s audit and assurance, tax, deals and consulting practices, we combine legal, regulatory, tax and commercial insight tailored to each market and transaction. From simplifying structures and managing risk to entering new markets or preparing for growth, we work with you to move faster, make confident decisions and achieve strategic outcomes across the Middle East and beyond.
How we can help
End-to-end support for complex transactions
We guide you through every stage of the M&A lifecycle, from deal structuring to post-completion integration, helping you move forward with clarity and confidence. Our team combines deep regional insight with international legal expertise, including native Arabic and English-law qualified lawyers who have helped shape the Middle East’s legal landscape. Together, we deliver efficient, commercially focused advice that supports value creation at every step.
Structuring businesses for growth and efficiency
We help you design and implement business reorganisations that align structure with strategy. Advising on complex cross-border transformations—including carve-outs, integrations, simplifications and mergers—we combine legal insight with tax, regulatory and operational perspectives. Our integrated approach supports efficient execution, ongoing compliance and long-term value creation.
Clear insight to support confident decisions
We deliver comprehensive, efficient legal due diligence that helps you identify risk, validate value and prioritise issues early. By combining deep legal expertise with technology-enabled delivery, we streamline the diligence process without compromising quality. The result is clear, timely insight that supports faster, more confident decision-making in complex transactions.
Integrated support across multiple jurisdictions
We help you navigate the legal and regulatory complexity of cross-border transactions with confidence. With strong regional presence and global reach, we provide end-to-end support—from multi-jurisdictional structuring and regulatory analysis to negotiation, filings and post-completion integration. Our global PwC network works seamlessly to deliver coordinated, commercially focused advice wherever you operate.
Navigating regulation and managing risk
We support you in meeting competition law, merger control and wider regulatory requirements throughout the transaction lifecycle. From filings and approvals to post-deal compliance, we help you manage regulatory engagement efficiently, minimise legal risk, and keep transactions moving forward.
Our experience
Portfolio Co—Asset carve-out
Advised portfolio company on its acquisition of assets from a governmental entity under one of the largest privatisation efforts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Investment Group—Restructuring
Advised an entity owned by a sovereign wealth fund in the region on restructuring its investments in hospitality.
Public Sector Entity—Carve-out
Advised a government entity on its carve out of operations to a subsidiary for the purposes of privatisation under Saudi Vision 2030.
Global Oil & Gas Giant—Cross-border redomiciliation
Advised a leading UAE energy company on redomiciliation of multiple holding and operating entities, coordinating corporate approvals and filings across jurisdictions.
Utilities Company—Regulatory restructuring
Advised a regulatory utilities company and implemented the transfer of the load despatch function delivering a complex regulatory restructuring over a 12-month period.
Investment Institution—ESG governance advisory
Developed a comprehensive ESG policy and governance framework to guide sustainable investment strategy and reporting.
Awards and recognitions
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Rayan Abou Daya
Director, Corporate Commercial, PwC Legal Middle East
Tel: +974 (0) 5 511 0985