Press Release

Kochhar & Co. expands into the Middle East

Brief introduction of our Middle East Partners

MIO Lawyers and legal consultants (MIO), established in 1985, is a leading local law firm in Abu Dhabi with a branch office located in Dubai. MIO provides full service legal support to clients in the areas of establishment of companies, commercial contracts & agreements and litigation & arbitration. MIO represents a wide range of corporations including banks, financial institutions, contracting companies, engineering establishments, insurance, real estate companies, international business groups, hospitals and hotels.

The Law Firm of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser (LFKAN) was founded in 1996 and provides full service corporate, litigation and arbitration services that are designed to meet the critical legal needs of multinational corporations and private investors with investments and business operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The firm has offices in Jeddah and Riyadh and is staffed by resident Saudi Arabian and international attorneys qualified in international law, Islamic Sharia and the Middle East legal system.

To know more about our Middle East operations please reach us by email at [email protected] (KSA offices) & [email protected] (UAE offices)

We are pleased to share with you Kochhar & Co.’s historic achievement of being the first Indian law firm to expand into the Middle East by establishing a presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This significant development was commemorated this month at a grand ceremony in New Delhi by the Chief Guest Mr. Salman Khurshid, the Honourable Minister of State (I/C) for Corporate and Minority Affairs, Government of India, and the Special Guests - His Excellency Faisal Al-Trad, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Larbi Moukhariq, Ambassador of Morocco and Dean of all Arab Missions in India and His Excellency Ahmed Salem Saleh Al Wahishi, Ambassador heading the Arab League in India.

Seen in the picture is our National Chairman & Managing Partner, Mr. Rohit Kochhar with the Hon’ble Minister, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser, Mr. Mohammad Issa Odeh, Mr. Pramod Karkal, Managing Director-Johnson Controls India and Mr. Manishi Pathak, Senior Partner, Kochhar & Co.

Kochhar & Co.'s UAE offices have been established in collaboration with the law offices of Mohammad Issa Odeh (MIO), one of the leading and largest law firms in the UAE, located in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In Saudi Arabia, Kochhar & Co. has commenced operations in Jeddah and Riyadh in partnership with the Law Firm of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser which is KSA's most dynamic and progressive legal enterprise.

With this initiative, Kochhar & Co. is now in a position to provide full service legal support to leading Indian and multinational companies doing business in the Middle East. India is the largest trading partner of the Middle East and Indo - UAE & Saudi trade is now valued at US$ 50 billion. Kochhar & Co. hopes to play a significant role in supporting this robust economic partnership between India and the Middle East. The collaboration will cover the entire length and breadth of legal representation in areas such as commercial transactions, infrastructure projects, banking and finance, arbitration and Islamic finance.