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JONATHAN BURNS

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

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Profile

Jonathan is a US trained and qualified corporate, commercial and regulatory attorney with extensive experience working in the GCC region. Having been based full-time and permanently on-the-ground in Saudi Arabia since 2012, he has amassed an in-depth knowledge of the local law and regulatory environment. Additional areas of experience include healthcare and pharma regulatory advice, labor & employment and investigations, company formations and equity capital markets work, as well as corporate re-organizations, share transfers and joint venture arrangements. Jonathan is the author of “Introduction to Islamic Law: Principles of Civil, Criminal, and International Law under the Shari’a”.

Prior to joining the firm, Jonathan worked at Dentons LLP in its Jeddah office.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate
Commercial
Regulatory
Employment

Jonathan’s experience includes advising:

A Malaysian utility and infrastructure conglomerate, in relation to the disposal of a percentage of its direct-equity interest in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal
A global provider and manager of alternative investment products in relation to its first real estate acquisition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a 215,000 square feet temperature-controlled warehouse located in Dammam, and subsequent lease to a third-party logistics company, which serves the Saudi market in the temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution segment
A Middle East-owned government bank in connection with the Nomu IPO of a Saudi burger restaurant chain where the bank acted as sole financial advisor and lead manager
A Saudi motor insurance company with regard to a SAR100 million rights issue
A national oil company in relation to the incorporation and roll-out of fuel stations across the Kingdom

Education

JD, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, USA

Admissions

District of Columbia Bar Association, USA
Indiana Bar Association, USA
Saudi Bar Association, KSA

English