Corporate Advisory Team

Mohamed Bishr. L. Alboukai

Senior Associate

Email:bishr@markazlaw.com

Tel: +965 22 46 4640

Practice Focus:

Mr. Alboukai is a Senior Associate in the firm's Corporate Advisory Department. He has significant experience representing foreign and domestic corporations in local & international arbitration cases, engineering disputes, and matters in connection with commercial & corporate law, securitization, investment, mergers and acquisition, debt restructure and finance law. Prior to joining Al Markaz in June 2012, Mr. Alboukai worked for more than 7 years for another leading law firm in Kuwait.

Representative Legal Matters:

• Acted on behalf of Lagoon City Sukuk Company Ltd with the enforcement of their security in relation to the USD$200,000,000 Islamic finance Musharaka Sukuk in connection with the construction of Al Kheiran Pearl City in Kuwait.
• Acted as Kuwaiti counsel for Efad Holding in the dispute against Standard Bank plc. in the United Kingdom valued at USD $58 million
• Acting on behalf of International Investment Group in their amicable settlement with International Investment Group Funding Limited and Kuwait Financial Centre in relation to their dispute arising from the USD $200 million Islamic finance Mudaraba Sukuk

Languages : Arabic and English

Professional Association and Memberships:Syrian Bar Association
Kuwaiti Bar Association

Education:Practice Diploma in International Arbitration Law - College of Law of England and Wales (2007)
University degree in law, Damascus University, Syria (2002)