Leading Omani law firm AMJ scoops major accolades
Oman’s largest and leading independent law firm, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co (AMJ), won the prestigious ‘Oman Law Firm of the Year’ award at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Middle East Awards on October 14. This accolade brings AMJ’s tally of IFLR’s ‘National Law Firm of the Year’ awards to an impressive and unrivalled 12 times in Oman.
The annual IFLR Awards brings together leading global and regional corporate law firms to celebrate the most outstanding legal deals that have taken place in the region in the past 12 months. The awards recognise the best law firms in each jurisdiction based on the innovation and the complexity of deals completed. AMJ was also shortlisted by the IFLR alongside the GCC’s top, global law firms for number of significant deals.
In addition to the ‘ National Law Firm of the Year’ award, AMJ has won the “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” award at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2020 for its work on a number of innovative transactions. The IFN judging panel highlighted the “ground-breaking” and “innovative” work undertaken by AMJ which “certainly is a model for many other countries”.
AMJ’s founder and managing partner, Mansoor Jamal Malik commenting on the awards said, “We are delighted with our continuing success at the IFLR and IFN awards in recognition of our teams’ achievement. In an increasingly competitive market for legal services, these independent research-based awards are an important benchmark of performance. They also highlight the resilience of the Omani market in terms of the quality of transactions and projects being undertaken in the country particularly given the tough market conditions of the past few years.”
Senior partner, Dr Said Hilal al Busaidy added, “We are all proud that IFLR and IFN have once again recognised the stellar effort of the teams and their dedication to serving the business and legal needs of our clients. It proves that the firm’s policy of investing in the recruitment of experienced international lawyers and the ongoing development of our first rate Omani lawyers, creates a degree of incountry value that is unique among law firms in Oman.”
AMJ is a top-tier, globallyrated, independent, commercial law firm and the largest in Oman.
In 2020, the firm celebrated 40 years of existence, and involvement in most, ‘first of a kind’ deals and landmark projects that have taken place in Oman and the region. Its resident team of lawyers includes many of Oman’s most senior and experienced practitioners, recognised as leaders in their fields.