Built for complex mandates
Delivering partner-led counsel shaped by 48 years of experience, Al-Hossam Legal provides clear, commercially grounded solutions for Kuwait’s most critical transactions and disputes.
Al-Hossam Legal (Al-Turqi & Partners) delivers partner-led, commercially focused advice across corporate, banking and finance, and capital market transactions, regulation, and commercial disputes, combining local depth with international standards.
THE FIRM’S IDENTITY
Al-Hossam Legal offers a focused, high-end platform for clients navigating Kuwait’s fast-evolving legal and regulatory landscape. The firm positioned itself as the lead expertise around complex, high-stakes mandates, where local-law precision and practical execution matter. The firm’s profile highlights a full-service offering across corporate and commercial work, banking and finance (including Islamic finance), capital markets, M&A, and high-value commercial litigation.
The firm is built on deep regional experience where its bring more than 48 years legal experience of hands-on work on landmark projects, transactions, and commercial disputes in Kuwait and the GCC.
This combination, modern structure supported by long-standing market experience, has shaped the firm’s growth and client relationships.
MISSION & VALUES
The firm’s philosophy is practical and client-led: deliver advice that is clear, commercially aligned, and usable in real time. Al-Hossam Legal is known for providing “honest, transparent, well-grounded advice”, and, particularly in disputes, sharing legal assessment and strategy early, while discouraging unnecessary litigation and encouraging settlement where appropriate.
Integrity and ethics are presented as foundational, supported by strict business conduct, AML, and anti-bribery policies and procedures.
The firm also frames its approach as a partnership with clients, linking client success to innovation and long-term value.
CORE PRACTICE AREAS
Al-Hossam Legal’s practice is organised around the areas most relevant to major Kuwait workstreams: corporate and commercial transactions; conventional and Islamic finance; capital markets; M&A; major debt and corporate restructuring; investment funds; private equity; and complex high-value commercial disputes (litigation, arbitration and ADR).
PROVEN RESULTS
Al-Hossam Legal positions its work where technical drafting meets execution on the ground. The firm points to experience in structuring complex legal solutions, producing documentation tested in court, and contributing to legislative and regulatory development through proposed amendments that were approved by regulators and legislator.
TEAM EXPERTISE
The firm operates on a partner-led model, combining senior transactional and commercial disputes capability with sophisticated and regulatory coverage. It emphasises the depth of partner experience and the ability to advise across matters that cut across corporate, finance, capital markets and contentious work. The team also highlights multilingual service delivery in English, Arabic and French.
Hossam Abdullah, legal counsel and managing partner
Hossam has more than 33 years of distinguished expertise in corporate law, banking and finance (including Islamic finance), capital markets, and mergers & acquisitions. His practice spans complex transactional work, high-value commercial litigation, and arbitration. Hossam has been consistently recognised by leading industry publications among Kuwait’s top legal professionals, with clients and peers frequently describing him as an “excellent lawyer” and “effective legal strategist”.
Mohamed Fathy, partner
Mohamed is a certified Islamic Specialist in governance and compliance, certified risk and compliance management professional, certified as a pro-relationship banker, international advanced certificate in compliance. Mohamed has more than 15 years of extensive legal experience within the areas of conventional and Islamic finance, taxation, capital markets, agency, distribution and franchise, corporate & business matters, M&A, real estate, litigation and arbitration. He was admitted to the Bar Association (Egypt) in 2005.
Marc-Aurele Grassin, partner
Marc-Aurele holds a Master in European and International Business Law from France and is involved in both French and Kuwaiti law matters including agency, distribution and franchise, arbitration, banking & finance (conventional & Islamic), capital markets, construction & procurement, corporate & business matters, foreign investment, employment, litigation and privatisation & PPP projects.
LOOKING FORWARD
Looking forward, the firm’s stated direction is consistent: remain closely aligned with market and regulatory developments, maintain depth in regulated sectors, and continue delivering legal structures designed to work in Kuwait’s legal and commercial environment. The focus is on sustaining a high-end, partner-led platform for clients facing complex mandates, while keeping advice practical, timely and implementable.
