Natalia Kumar

Sustainable Horizons: The Saudi Arabian Vision

We are excited to share the latest edition of the Law Update, beautifully and appropriately titled “Sustainable Horizons: The Saudi Arabian Vision.” Giving special honor to the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, this update focuses on a collection of both informative and inspiring articles.

For those in construction, you can learn about how the tendering environment impacts risk-pricing for contractors, the updates on the legal framework of the construction industry and how contractors can protect themselves against financial difficulties.

There is good news too from the kingdom’s banking sector, from which the practice of “Open Banking” is being pushed for! But what is open banking? We’re answering that too.

Also . . . Are there any women trail blazers in Saudi Arabia you can name? We’ll help you with that. We cover how the Middle East has been making strides in empowering women in the entrepreneurial space,most notably in STEM fields.

Read the full edition

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Natalia Kumar

Senior Counsel

Biography

Natalia is an English qualified solicitor with over 10 years’ experience practicing in the UK and Bahrain.

She specialises in banking and regulatory matters and advises clients on the full spectrum of banking and finance matters including debt capital markets, trade finance, funds, conventional and Islamic finance, syndicated and bilateral lending, secondary market transactions, project finance and regulatory work. Natalia represents both lenders and borrowers including local and international banks, financial institutions, and multi-national corporate clients, both as lead international and/or local counsel.

Natalia is recognised by leading legal directory, Chambers Global, as an Associate to Watch, Bahrain 2022.

Recent Experience

Citibank N.A., acting as lead local counsel in relation to the lead local counsel in relation to the sale of Citibank’s retail banking business in Bahrain to Ahli United Bank B.S.C.
Arab Banking Corporation, acting as lead local counsel in Bahrain in relation to issuance of convertible tier 1 capital securities of up to USD 390, 000,000 by Bank ABC.
Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc; Nomura International PLC and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, acting as lead local counsel in relation to collateralized Islamic repurchase transactions with GFH Financial Group B.S.C. a leading Islamic financial institutional in Bahrain in an aggregate amount of USD 100,000,000.
BitOasis and Direct Trading Technologies, acting as lead local counsel in relation to each of their application for a category 3 license for crypto asset services from the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited, acting as lead local counsel in relation to their role as the independent financial advisor to Ahli United Bank B.S.C in in connection with its acquisition by Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.