Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Pillsbury)
In January 2009, Agha & Shamsi entered into an affiliation arrangement with Pillsbury to better serve their clients based in or doing business in the USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region. Pillsbury, for over 150 years, has been a leader in corporate and financial transactions and has acquired internationally recognized expertise in many fields, including energy and infrastructure projects, aviation finance and real estate. Over the last decade, these practices have increasingly developed an important Middle Eastern focus. Through its affiliation with Agha & Shamsi, Pillsbury is now also able to expand its offerings by providing a wide range of expert advice on corporate transactional matters and dispute resolution in the United Arab Emirates and, through affiliation of Agha & Shamsi, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Likewise, Agha & Shamsi is able to draw upon the expertise and experience of Pillsbury’s lawyers in order to obtain for its clients effective and practical advice in the USA, Europe and Asia. Increasingly Middle East investors are moving into the USA and European markets where a combination of reduced asset values and lack of liquidity have made long-term asset investments increasingly attractive. A relative lack of competition over asset classes, arising from the lack of liquidity, has also assisted better capitalised Middle East investors to access markets on more favourable terms than have previously been available. Through its affiliation with Pillsbury, Agha & Shamsi intends to assist those investors looking to use Middle-Eastern funds held within Shari’ah compliant vehicles to invest in foreign markets.

Pillsbury’s energy and infrastructure, aviation finance and real estate practices all received Chambers and Partners rankings. Pillsbury was selected as the 2008 Energy Law Firm of the Year for the United Arab Emirates by Asian-Counsel and the 2008 Aviation Firm of the Year for the United States by ACQ Finance. In addition, 2008 Chambers Global hailed Pillsbury’s Asset Finance, Business Process Outsourcing, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Nuclear Energy, Oil & Gas, International Trade and IT & IT Outsourcing practices as amongst the world’s finest.

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International Networks

Agha & Shamsi has an extensive network of informal networks with many other law firms both in the UAE and worldwide. Through these networks, we can access on our client’s behalf, legal services and advice within the relevant jurisdiction.

Agha & Shamsi’s one-stop-shop ethos means that local legal advice is obtained at an early stage in negotiations to ensure that local legal issues are taken into account from the start and no disruption is caused to a transaction by the late discovery of idiosyncratic jurisdictional problems.

Agha & Shamsi is happy to discuss with clients their options for obtaining local legal advice in other jurisdictions. In addition, Agha & Shamsi would be happy to work with local lawyers who are already recruited by a client and will proactively assist them at all stages.

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