Professionals

Kasam is a UK-qualified corporate lawyer with a distinguished track record advising on complex, high-value mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings across the Middle East, Europe, and the UK. His practice encompasses a wide spectrum of industries, including hospitality, food & beverage, telecommunications, technology, logistics, and retail.

Before joining Hourani & Partners, Kasam practiced at several ‘Magic Circle’ and ‘Big Law’ International law firms in the UK and the UAE, including A&O Shearman, Eversheds and Clyde & Co.

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures
• Corporate
• Commercial
• Structuring & Restructuring

Kasam’s experience includes advising:

• The creditors’ committee of a leading healthcare group in the UAE on the corporate aspects of a circa AED 3.5 billion (USD 950 million) debt restructuring.
• A regional food and beverage group on its purchase of a business with operations in the US and UAE.
• A global security services company on its £670 million separation and sale of its cash solutions business across 30 jurisdictions.
• A prominent financial services and asset management company on a £500 million joint venture within the senior living sector, to build a portfolio of retirement homes with a gross development value of approximately £4 billion.

Education

• LLB, The University of Manchester, UK
• Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, UK

Admissions

• Law Society of England & Wales, UK
• Dubai Legal Affairs Department, UAE

• English
• Punjabi
• Urdu