On October 30, Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Riyadh office currently has 20 leading lawyers in Saudi Arabia. They will advise private equity firms, financial institutions, investors, public and private companies, sovereign wealth funds, government entities and other clients on all aspects of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, project development and financing, construction, restructuring, antitrust and competition, debt finance, banking and Islamic finance, and regulatory matters. Together with our talented legal talent around the world, they will be able to better meet the changing business and legal needs of our clients.

With the opening of the Riyadh office, Kirkland & Ellis now has 20 offices in Asia, the United States, Europe and the Middle East.