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Jenan Banahi

She/herSenior Associate
About

Jenan is an experienced senior associate in the Corporate practice of the Bahrain office of DLA Piper and is a qualified lawyer with the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs in Bahrain.

Jenan practises in the areas of corporate and commercial law. She has advised a range of clients from start-ups to publicly traded companies. Jenan's primary focus is on corporate reorganisations, M&A, funds and FinTech.

Professional QualificationsAdvocate certified by the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Bahrain

EXPERIENCE

Technology

  • Advising and assisting a global crypto-asset exchange on its entry into the Middle East market and their negotiations with the Central Bank of Bahrain.
  • Advising a top-ranked research institute and vaping technology solutions manufacturer on its market entry to Bahrain and the wider MENA region.
  • Advising a regional company on the geopolitical assessments for its market entry strategy that included the set-up of a cryptocurrency exchange platform to be based in Bahrain.

Financial Services

  • Advised a regional family business on their cross-border restructuring and distribution arrangements (circa USD1.4bn) with a multinational automotive manufacturer.
  • Advising a global investment firm on undertaking a private equity offering to residents of Bahrain.
  • Advising a regional bank on its potential acquisition of a manufacturing company.
  • Advising a multinational conglomerate on the acquisition of assets from an industrial service company.
  • Advising and assisting a regional authority on undertaking real estate investments in infrastructure projects in the non-MENA region.

Oil & Gas

  • Advising a global independent commodities trading company on the restructuring of its subsidiaries in eastern Europe and the MENA region.
  • Advising an American construction and environmental remediation company to establish operations in Bahrain and the wider MENA region.

Consumer Goods, Food & Retail

  • Advising a multinational confectionary company on the regulatory framework of the food and beverage industry in the GCC region.

Life Sciences

  • Advising a pharmaceutical company on the regulatory framework for supplying medical products to Bahrain.
Languages
  • Arabic
  • English
Education
  • University of Kent, Bachelors of Law, LLB, 2017

Publications

  • "Bahrain: Amendments to the Commercial Companies Law", 2020
  • "Use of Electronic Signatures and Electronic Records in the Kingdom of Bahrain", 2020
  • "Competition Law in the Kingdom of Bahrain", 2020
  • "Bahrain Introduces Regulations On 'Crypto-Assets' ", 2019
  • "Bahrain Publishes Personal Data Protection Law," 2018

Additional Qualifications

Certificate in Law and Islamic Jurisprudence by the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Bahrain

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